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Originally Posted by dalakhani
Is the idea of bailing out wall st with public funds socialist?
Is the idea of a "stimulus package" socialist?
Is the idea smart growth socialist?
Is the idea to build 1300 new power plants with government funds socialist?
Is the nationalization of 90% of the mortgage industry socialist?
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I assume you realize that the answers to all of your questions is actually, "NO."
By your definition, basically every Western Democratic government in the past 200 years has been socialist. At that point the word has lost all meaning. What steps has the administration taken to transfer real power in terms of transforming who owns the means of production? None. That pretty much means they aren't socialists.
I think your point is simply that the Bush administration has grown the size of the welfare state considerably, rather than cut it as conservatives proposed to do in the late 70s and 80s. In that sense you are correct, but that hardly makes them marxists. I guess it all comes down to how you define the word socialist, but your definition seems extremely broad.
This thread has spun wildly out of control. Why are we talking about socialism at all? Can we please get back to talking about how Sarah Palin is completely nuts?