WHY do you worry about Socialism?

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Cobrabill's funny pic is more applicable than ever!

That pic illustrates perfectly the problem. Lot's of talk about "sliding into socialism", what SPECIFICALLY leads one to that conclusion? Indeed, perhaps a definition of "socialism" is in order! Cobrabill (put the hose down), perhaps you would like to clairify just what socialism is? We hear that term a LOT here on CC, surely somebody could define it for us?

Proto (comes before) facism, one man's definition:
An obsession with an outsider element that is perceived to be "destroying" the integrity or moral fabric of the nation and robbing it of its destiny. One could make a case that our founding father's were facist. Land owners, business owners controlled the Government. Anybody else was dealt with quite harshly and had no political voice. Ah, the good old days!