I thought this was pretty interesting considering the uninformed, underdeveloped, and lunacy-tinged regurgitation of the cry of "socialism!" by the GOPpers. Keep in mind that this is a Rasmussen poll. Rasmussen. Not a NY Times, ABC, MSNBC, or otherwise "lefty influenced" sham. Rasmussen. Not Zogby either. Rasmussen.
So according to Rasmussen polling data, a BIT more than half of the American public prefers capitalism. Yeah, the results struck me as strange too. But as Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker puts it:
What I do conclude is that all the conservative shouting about how Obama is a socialist has had the unexpected effect of educating a sizable portion of the public to think of socialism as synonymous with "European socialism" (i.e., democracy plus private industry plus nice, soft, 400-thread safety nets) instead of Soviet-style "socialism" (i.e., totalitarianism plus gigantism plus poverty).
What do I conclude? That the GOP is driving us to socialism. Their utter inability to do anything but shout nonsense is tragically infecting the masses with a skewed and uninformed notion of the various economic systems and philosophies that the GOP claims to understand, and even master.
In short, the GOP fails again, comrade.
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