By Daryl Hunter

The Socialism Ideal is popular with Intellectuals and Academics because of the apparent rightness and fairness of this ideal. This idealism conceptualized in the ivory towers of our universities has been thoroughly thought out and debated then taught to students of said institutions who then debate it among themselves. Then the rightness and fairness of the ideal perpetuates itself among student bodies of our learning institutions by idealistic advocates in rose colored glasses. Out of our universities come our journalists, policy makers and legislators.

The intellectual aspect of American Socialism is what makes the Democrat Party's position so popular with pseudo intellectuals, celebrities and nouveaux riche, it's empathetic, politically correct, and doesn't take much thought because the ivory tower guys have done the thinking for them. 89% of our journalists sucked this Democrat Socialist Ideal up like mothers milk in college resulting in retarding their instinct for objectivity, hence our biased media. Our Hollywood celebrities gravitate to this Democrat dogma in their incessant quest for popularity and political correctness, hence the popular culture endorsement. Largely lower income Americans have endorsed American Socialism, albeit not by name. Not attributable to their political analysis, but because they're the major beneficiaries of these empathetic social (ism) program safety nets.

The un-debated oversight of this socialistic idealism is the fact that socialism is top-heavy with government management (bureaucracy). If government bureaucracy was designed on computer models, then administered by said computers that strictly adhered to the perimeters of said computer model, the Socialism Ideal would have a slim but possible chance of proving it's promise. However, government is run by people, mostly lazy people with little oversight or accountability. This is what separates Socialist Idealism from Socialist Utopia. This is the reality of human nature, and it's fallibility.

Socialism so0cial0ism 1.a. A social system in which the means of producing and distributing goods are owned collectively and political power is exercised by the whole community. b. The theory or practice of those who support such a social system. 2. The building of the material base for communism under the dictatorship of the proletariat in Marxist-Leninist theory.

Clearly American Socialism is distinctively different from the above definition. In America where we remain a capitalistic free market society. Incrementally we're instituting social programs. Take note of the root word (socialism). Instead of a system owned collectively by the people, our system is owned privately but taxed mercilessly by the government for wealth re-distribution for our collective social good. I.E. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare and Education. This results in the American Socialism Model, better known as our social (ism) programs.

The socialism paradigm penalizes success and rewards mediocrity and failure. It brings to mind an old Russian saying. "The government pretends to pay us, and we pretend to work." An apropos epithet for USSR'S Gross Domestic Product. Well folks, there isn't a one of us that haven't heard someone say "I don't want to work overtime on Saturday because all the extra money will go to taxes." We're penalizing productivity for the alleged benefit of all. All being those that can't or won't provide adequate income, retirement or medical care for themselves, and those who don't need it, but having had it extorted from them, insist on receiving their rebate as a social entitlement program.

Americans are a compassionate people, and we have always had a safety net for the needy as we should. However, as time goes on and we're taxed into oblivion everyone is starting to demand their piece of our collective safety net, and the people we elect promise us just that. And they do their best to deliver said safety net for their re-election insurance, no mater the cost! As much as we are taxed, it isn't enough to cover current entitlements (socialism programs), hence our $5.7 trillion collective National Debt.

As I listen to our politicians speak, I realize that incrementally we're becoming a nation of dependent pan-handlers. To the best of my recollection it wasn't a bunch of folks with their hands out that made this country great.

All I can say America is, "We better be careful what we ask for"!

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