Will African style socialism work in America?

Will we settle for 40% reported unemployment, like Kenya?



Will all syndicates come under the grip of one strong man, like they are in Kenya under control of Obama's cousin, Raila "The Butcher of Mombassa" Odinga?Will African style socialism work in America?
No way, no how!
You're bound to get the standard leftist objection "You don't understand what socialism is."



See the answers to my question:



What IS socialism? An escape from poverty, or a luxury for prosperous exporter nations?



I have asked this question several times. Each time, I get answers from around a dozen persons. And no two of them give the same answer.



But each person is supremely confident that his or her definition is the right one, and that this is the authoritative definition that we should all view as the true meaning of socialism. Even more amusing is, even though the other answers are plainly visible to them, each person seems blissfully aware that nobody else agrees with their chosen definition. Less amusingly, even though they consistently demonstrate a total lack of consensus about what socialism is, they frequently mock and berate opponents of socialism for "not understanding" what socialism is, then they invariably fail to demonstrate that they understand, either.



Their answers tend to fall into four general categories:



The purist view: Socialism has never existed anywhere. No nation has ever established a pure socialist state according to the original definition of socialism. Subgroups of this view include those who declare that socialism is a stepping stone to communism, which is correct according to the original definition; others dutifully recite the definition from the dictionary.



The indiscriminate vew: Socialism already exists almost everywhere. All forms of public works and charity are socialist, because they are done to benefit all of society. Roads, bridges, schools, police/fire departments, national defense, and charities to help the poor are all forms of socialism. And almost all nations have at least some of these, therefore all nations are socialist.



The progressive view: Socialism exists in certain "progressive" nations, such as Canada and many countries in Europe. Some individuals count Japan as a "progressive" socialist nation. The individuals who hold to this view seem unaware that most of these so called "progressive" nations are highly capitalistic exporter nations, which seems to contradict the idea of having some form of Marxism. And the "progressive" nations that are not strong exporters are debtor nations. See this website to get the economic statstics for these nations:



http://www.tradingeconomics.com/Economic鈥?/a>



The remnant of communism view: Socialism exists in formerly communist nations that have not yet fully abandoned Marxism, and they are making a gradual transition to capitalism. This view is rarely cited, but I include it here for completeness.



Of course, there are also various answers from those who strenuously oppose socialism. I am focused here on the answers from those who advocte socialism, or who give a neutral but objective answer.



The only thing that seems to be the common thread of socialist advocacy is: taking money from those who have it, and giving money to those who don't. And we're all supposed to believe that the advocates have no motive other than pure unaduterated altruism in their hearts.



So the fundamental question is: how can we regard socialism as a viable political cause when even its most ardent advocates can't agree on what it is? And when there is scant actual evidence that it exists or ever has existed, other than as a remnant of a failed communist state?Will African style socialism work in America?
Kenya is a democratic republic, just like us. Do you like find articles out of the garbage from 20 years ago, where the hell are you getting all your information?



Who even cares what his cousin's name is? Do you stay up at night thinking about this? I hope you aren't racist. It's not something I want you to admit to, come on, you know better, right? You're an American.
NO to many veterans %26amp; patriots ... who will not let AMERICA fall.Will African style socialism work in America?
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No political system works in Africa. None!
ah, a little fear mongering republican
The Kenyan went to Harvard so I'm sure the standards are a bit higher
Is this the kind of jokes they tell during KKK rallies?