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"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of "liberalism" they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." Norman Thomas, for many years U.S. Socialist Presidential candidate.

Quoted from bumblethru

"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism."

Lets see... socialism.  

Socialism?  Like a Volunteer Fire Dept?

Socialism?  Like the Boy Scouts?

Socialism? Like Socialist: Public Libraries, policed forces, bridges, landfills, public garbage collection?

Socialism? Like Socialist: Public schools, the EPA, Polio vaccines?  That socialism???

Socialism? Like zoos, public parks, museums?

Socialism? Like socialist: sewer systems, public beaches?

Socialism? Like The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)  Department of Education
or Customs and Border Protection?

Socialism?  Yea, you're probably right Bumbler... America would never buy it.