It was interesting that Donald Trump in his State of the Union speech gave a warning about the rise in socialism in the US. It is clear that the Republicans are testing the water to see if fear of socialism bogey can be made into a successful election slogan. But they are treading warily because the actual ideas being painted as socialist, especially when it comes to health care, turn out to be quite popular.
Seth Meyers describes the right wing freak out, and his segment about nutter Phil Robertson’s statements about who provides his health care is hilarious.
Lately I have been explaining it to my Pennsylvania neighbors as “you like roads? That’s socialism in action!”
That’s a good line! I am going to use it too.
Allow me to repeat my promotion of a blueprint for modern social-democracy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_Level_(book)
It contains all the information aspiring progressive politicians need to counter Rethuglian slander.