There is so much here that I am unsure where to begin.
Several posters here have directed comments and responses to me,making statements they say are absolute facts. All I have been trying to do is responed to them, in their context.
For all of you who have said things like; there is nothing socialist going on in the USA; or that no one is advocating government ownership or administation; or that the only socialist program has been universal health care; or that no liberal actually believes what I claim they believe; or other statements similar in nature; I am going to combine all my responses.
Let's start here, shall we?
http://www.dsausa.org/dsa.html
Pretty self-explainatory, and if you through at it, you'll see some different connections to the Democratic Party.
I am not saying they are one and the same, only that there is a link. And they have a tendency to be mutually supportive.
Here again, is the definition of socialism that I used.
1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
If the "means of production and distribution of goods" does not refer to the nation's economy then what can it possibly be referring to? And is it not true that by using governmental regulations and laws, that the "administration" of the goods is greatly effected, and controlled?
I do not think it necessary to get into a list of federal and state regulations that dictate to companies what can be done, and how it can be done.
But all of the absolute statements that have been made here are just plain out not true.
I have never said that all US polices are socialist. I have never said that all democrats are ultra liberals, and socialists. But there are those who do believe in these socialist principals,
in different degrees, and they do promote these ideas. They do not use the word "socialist" but the connections and actions, and the voting records are there.
In different degrees.
http://www.internationalsocialist.org/ Here is another link to a socialist organization in the United States.
If you look at the statement at the top of their page, it is in effect their mission statement. And just about all of the items that they stand for, are very similar to the positions that the Democratic Party takes.
I am not saying these people and the Dems. are the same thing, but they do have some of the same core values, and positions. There is a connection. There are people in the country that do believe these principals. There is some socialism in the United States. And with the move towards a larger Federal government, and regulations, the tendencies are there.
This is the entire
context of my comments concerning your "absolute" statements.
Oh, and Thedrin I do not think that Sharpton is a typical anything, much less a Democrat either. But then they do not distance themselves from him either.