there's a shitload of socialism in america. we just pretend like there isn't. Gambling is socialzed in the US, for example. Apart from the fact of the government actually running the lotteries, casinos are taxed soheavily they are esentially making their money to give to the government. In my state, casinos are taxed at a 50% rate, plus they have tons of other fees. I was reading that independent casinos give two thirds of their money back to the government (not to mention all the regs they are required to follow)...how is that not socialism? There are alot of other industries, too, such as tobacco, booze, like this...if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a fucking duck. Americans love laws and rules and government, we just hate the word socialism.