Should have been:
Why is the U. s. running toward it?
Why is the U. s. running toward it?
Nah, shoulda been "Why is the U. S. running toward it?"
But I like your screen name, so I'll answer:
What's Left of America is running toward EVERYTHING socialist. Period. A lot of it is because those at the top see future Big Money in being the elite, over the Soviet Masses. Another reason is that our schools of "higher learning" (and I love it that Michael Savage calls them "schools of lower learning") are viper pits of Marxism and socialism. So kids are taught that Socialism, Marxism & Communism (all the same, really) are GOOD, while Capitalism is BAD. Whaddaya speck when they come out into the real world?
All of which is why I call it What's Left of America. And there isn't much.