[BfloGuy]

The French are interesting.

They're perfectly comfortable with accepting socialism as an economic system -- but they do not like its effect on their culture.

[skeeter]

They're perfectly comfortable with accepting socialism as an economic system -- but they do not like its effect on their culture.

Americans don't like the effect socialism has, either. Neither socially nor economically.

Its just that we have much less a voice than the French in our corrupt political system.

[dfwgator]

In a fairly homogenous country with everyone having the same values, especially an ingrained work ethic, socialism in small doses could be ok.

In a multi-cultural society, it’s a recipe for disaster.

[Caipirabob]

They're perfectly comfortable with accepting socialism as an economic system -- but they do not like its effect on their culture.

Basically they agree with Adolph Hitler's philosophy and they are the ideological children of the national socialists, but they'll complain when the trains show up.