"...Gradually over time, they'll get around to the rest of society under the guise of some form industry "nationalization" to "protect" it...In other words the exchange of freedom for government security
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>>The day is never done for a socialist...LOL!
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Jim,

You are absolutely correct, except that we (the United States) are already very socialist (ie, Social Security ponzi scheme, Dept. of Education, welfare, etc., etc.) Progressives/liberals "started small" a hundred years ago. What I find really sad is that many people do seem to believe the false premise that if something is run by "the government" it is somehow more secure or immune to corruption (ie health care), which history has shown us not to be true. The sad reality, imo, is that "we the people" have let our system of government become exactly what the founding fathers fought so hard to avoid - a huge, centralized, federal power that strives to control every aspect of people lives and make laws to "protect" the "unwashed masses" from every possible bad event (real or imagined) that might ever occur. IMO, all the stuff you've cited is dead accurate, but it's not the beginning of socialism. It's just yet another manifestation of it, one among many.

Thanks,
Ed

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