I would agree the definition of socialism found on Wikipedia’s website here reflects the common understanding of the political philosophy of socialism by its adherents.

Thank you for your comment.

Most socialists share the view that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital and derives its wealth through exploitation, creates an unequal society, does not provide equal opportunities for everyone to maximize their potential[4] and does not utilize technology and resources to their maximum potential nor in the interests of the public.

I strongly agree with your comment, particularly the kick in the heinie part, except I would label Obama a crypto-Muslim, since he goes about masquerading as a Christian from what he calls a non-Christian country, while acting very much like a Muslim hater of America. (Confusing, isn’t it? Well, he is confused; very confused. Don’t academics usually strut around in a cloud of unknowing?)

I have been saying all along that Obama was the man for the job he was eventually elected to. Had McCain been elected president, that might have spelled doom for our free, federal democratic representative republic of the United States of America (quite a mouthful I know, but I think an apt description of what and who we are as a nation).

The reason I thought McCain would be so bad for us is that he would have continued carrying us down the road of one party rule; rule by the Demopubicans, as I sometimes call them. Even as the ruse of two party rule was being kept up, it had come to pass that we were in effect under one party rule by a political combine of liberals, ultra-liberals, socialists, and outright Marxists. Obama is one of the last; a dyed-in-the-wool, crimson Marxist.

I knew Obama would be like a cleansing enema for our country’s electorate. We had lost our way; going from being a political right-of-center country to a left-of-center headless fowl flopping around, looking for a helping hand from a Yahoo. The Yahoo, our very own federal government, which meanwhile had a firm grip on our national neck and was ringing it for all it was worth.

The way we can hope to avoid this dreadful fall from grace happening again in the future is by turning to the Almighty under whose grace this country has so long been the beacon of freedom for the whole world.

One way for us, who really care about our country’s future, to help bring it back to the way our Creator has shown from our beginning as a nation, would be to read, sign, help spread the word about, and work to implement the Manhattan Declaration.

See what you started, Steve? Thanks for provoking me to speak my mind about the points I am so pleased you brought up.