I have.  For some 40 years or so.  Didn't say you were 'e'fing stupid,' just endearingly naive and ignorant (in the academic sense, not the pejorative).  What would you suggest as a candidate for 'the greatest evil of our time' circa 1956?

That's statement is a bit ironic, because under socialism you begin to waive your rights/responsibilities to the government (for entitlements), then finally under communism you have no rights, all is for the "good" of the people. Any "disagreement" is a threat to the people. You can't try it to see if you like it or not, it's not easy to throw off once it's installed. Ask the East Europeans while it's still fresh in their minds. Could the left stop at socialism without proceeding further? Well IMO the far left thinks of the government like a potato chip, "just can;t eat one".

Education must be failing in the US because we are not learning a thing from history. That or our majority "liberal left" teachers are glossing over the facts.

*Sends Hugs to LW just because*

Who would have thought LW was one of them as well.

I comprehend well enough, why don't you enlighten me further with your definition of socialism/communism instead of the superior left wing elitist "cop out answer" attitude? 

Lucas the problem with your or anyone else's socialism is the fundamental fact that someone ELSE is telling how much and how often I should contribute to the betterment of society.  In addition to the fact that someone ELSE again gets to determine WHERE that money goes. 

If you aren't smart enough to figure that one out then, that would be why you support socialism? 

If so, don't impose your nanny state on me, just go back and live with mommy and daddy.

Guess what, someone else already tells us where our taxes go nationally. The only exception is when you get down to the state and/or city/county level. We don't vote on national budgets, someone else does. Our elected leaders decide it, i.e. the government. For that matter, we're also told how much and how often...with taxes. It's in how much we pay, and when we pay every year. Not only that, but guess what, we also have taxes when it comes to parks and government things like that.

Welcome to a socialistic/capitalistic democratic republic of the united states of america.

Your argument is weak based on that one thing. Now, if you don't like what I'm suggesting, alright. To each their own opinion, no biggie. I don't take things personal anymore (I do get frustrated though).

First off, lay off the assumptions, it makes you come across as an asshole.

Secondly, i'm not some superior left wing elitist. Jesus e'fing christ, will you quit with that sort of shit. Seriously, please, that whole idea is childish.

For what it's worth: 

My definition of socialism, or better yet, my view of socialism is that it should serve the people. Take it and eliminate the control aspects. I'm not advocating full fledged socialism, as i mentioned earlier...it won't work, because of people, us/ourselves. Example, healthcare.My goal is that everyone is covered, either by the national health care or private. 

With socialism, you don't have to have complete gov't control. Look at our nation.

Also, if we got rid of every socialist aspect (or at least slimmed it down) as lulla mentioned, then we can say good by to such things as

Almost funny;see the following.

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There, that is what I meant. If you had looked into what I said (i.e. researched), then you would've known instead of having been a douche bag.

Again with the childish stuff, what gives?

That's all I needed to read to understand you. Come back when you have some real-life experience. I was knee deep in the cold war (you might have heard about it since it espouses your socialist/communist beliefs) when you were still squirting green. I'll bet your liberal teachers love your papers, good for you. Here's some advice, change your blog name again and start over, your cred is zero with me anyway (I'm sure you'll lose sleep over that).

I'm fascinated, just where is an example of "true communism" (since I'm assuming by true communism you mean the pure/ideal communism)? (just that you earlier mentioned that communism in it's pure form will never work).

One of the reasons Hitler was able to rise to power was due to peoples fear of the communists (well, that and blaming a fire on them), and he managed to convince a country to elect him, and parliament to make him a dictator, so I'm a bit sceptical that communism wouldn't be viewed as worrying by people without the McCarthy era. The general idea behind communism - that everyone works for the good of the country/the state, and the government operates a command economy - is terrifying to me since it would destroy the economy of a country if implimented, compared to a more capitalist approach.

I agree that the US and Europe have socialist elements in their systems of government, the most noticeable being how almost all of them feature progressive taxes. I disagree that going further down the path of socialism is a good thing though.

For the record, in case some of you didn't get it when I mentioned it.

I don't agree with the welfare system as it is now, when it comes to supporting those who won't work or find work. I'm all for a system that helps people help themselves. I don't think we should get rid of it because then we're pretty much screwing those hardworking people who've fallen on hard times for whatever reason.

If someone has had something happen, and they need a little help, by all means give it to them. But, just so long as they show that they're working to get back to where they were, or become stable.

See? Again, I'm not a socialistic/communistic loony.

An interesting counter-argument can be made that the majority of people do not participate in truly productive activity, and that by transporting to work, maintaining those facilities and so forth is counter-productive from an energy input/output standpoint.   There are a massive number of people involved in producing useless objects that create waste during both consumption and production cycles.  Further efficiency losses are found in the massive energy expenditures that are devoted to transactions of this nature.   Planned obsolescence and just-in-time manufacturing are cornerstones of the frenzy of activity to which our country tends to engage itself.  As energy supplies reach increasingly critical mass there are some interesting arguments and potentials for constructively disengaging the work force or redirecting it towards creation of greater utility products and infrastructure.

Do they tell you where your charity goes nationally?  You are confused again.  I suggest you read Animal farm (not the comic book version).