I think those two words 'communism' and 'welfare' will scare some people away. However, I think if Americans could see how much freer they would be if they had guaranteed access to health care, retirement and income (such as a guaranteed income when unemployed, a living minimum wage etc.), they would embrace any party and politicians who wanted to work to get these. However, the idiotic popular culture, issues and lifestyle politics (as taken up by the two-party political monopoly), and militaristic nationalism are used very effectively to distract the majority working class from what the potential is. Add a non-parliamentary strong executive government system with a very big-money two party monopoly (addicted to militarism) on politics, and you see a mission that seems impossible.
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