'Socialism'? It's Already Here.

by George F. Will - November 16th, 2008 (Publication Date) - Washington Post

Hyperbole is not harmless; careless language bewitches the speaker's intelligence. And falsely shouting "socialism!" in a crowded theater such as Washington causes an epidemic of yawning. This is the only major industrial society that has never had a large socialist party ideologically, meaning candidly, committed to redistribution of wealth. This is partly because Americans are an aspirational, not an envious, people. It is also because the socialism we do have is the surreptitious socialism of the strong, e.g., sugar producers represented by their Washington hirelings.

In America, socialism is un-American. Instead, Americans merely do rent-seeking -- bending government for the benefit of private factions. The difference is in degree, including the degree of candor. The rehabilitation of conservatism cannot begin until conservatives are candid about their complicity in what government has become.

You are certainly right about this George. Conservatives are not honest to any degree about their positions on many things. That includes their self righteous proclomation of being Christian. They display more intolerance and lack of Christian Charity than any group in America. Also, their love affair with Wall Street, which regularly abuses the concept of free markets and has never met a monopoly building acquisition that it did not embrace, has turned the term capitalist into a joke.