>With all due respect, I don't think many americans really know what socialism is about
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>With all due respect, I lived in England for 2 years, so I do have some idea...

Well from your rants up here, I could not conclude that. So tell me about the evils of socialism in the UK.

Anyways, I feel that the word 'Socialism' in the US is over used, in the wrong context and solely for the purpose to scare people off, while not knowing how the rest of the world has implemented a level of socialism and are doing faily well.

I can see parallell with the usage of the word 'liberal' in the US by the republican crowd.