Socitalism American Style

Welcome to the new American standard, no longer dictated by a free wheeling, freedom loving market economy. We are now Socitalists people. We're not a Capitalist Democracy anymore, and maybe that's a good thing. However, we're not true socialists either. Only the banking industry is being nationalized, not every sector of the economy, or the infrastrucutre of the country. Still, we as Americans are now on a new road, a road we are paving even as we move along the higway. We are on the verge of creating a whole new governemtn system. SOCITALISM.

Some might liken us to the British, or other European Social democracies, but we're not like that at all. Those nations all had strong moonarchy's, so in essence, they were accustomed to a strong central authority controlling everyday aspects of their lives. But we're also not like true socialists, simply becasue of the way we became America.

Our struggle was a political and to a lesser degree, a Religious one, and economic and religious freedom have always been cornerstones of our democracy. We rebelled against a strong authority figure in Geroge III. Most if not all of our early struggles were over taxes, and unfair levies imposed on an unruly colony to bring them in line. We as Americans have always hated a strong authority figure telling us what to do. That's why we created a tripartate sytem of checks and balances among the three branches of government. We are able to be influenced by great leaderhsip, but a king or queen, or chancellor, would never work here. We might prefer anarchy to that.

The things in our society which can be nationalized, will be. Health Care for one. Even though the European sytems are sometimes clogged and slow, nationalized health care is inevitable, especially now with the partial nationalization of the banking system. We're already owners in the banking industry. Maybe Health Care should go the same way.

But take heart Americans, we are not doomed, just evolving. The founding fathers, in their wisdom, never really stated what this nation was other than a demcoracy, and as we all know, democracies stand or fall by the power, persuasion, and temper of their electorates. Over the years we became a Capitalist Democracy. For the past 28 years, ever since the Reagan era of serious dismantling of the regulatory system, and more specifically over the last 8 years, we saw that rampant run amok Capitalism eats itself alive, and our savings along with it. We're optimistic, but we're not stupid. Those days are over, and good riddance to them.

Right now we have no choice, We need to embrace the new, and say goodbye to the old. History creatres it's own narrative, a narrative we are subconsciously writing everyday. Instead of worrying and hand wringing, we need to embrace this new Socitalist order, and make it what we, the new owners of America want it to be.