Socialismo light o full – full, con AA

Obama, ¿es un socialista? Yo creo que más que socialista, el candidato demócrata es un populista, aunque para la cultura política de EEUU no se trata de algo necesariamente negativo.

Según Donald Boudreaux de la George Mason University, no se trata de un socialista full – full sino de una versión más light. El problema es que el poder destructivo del socialismo es tan grande que aún con dosis diminutas alcanza para destruir una economía:

This "socialism-lite," however, is as specious as is classic socialism. And its insidious nature makes it even more dangerous. Across Europe, this "mild" form of socialism acts as a parasitic ideology that has slowly drained entrepreneurial energy – and freedoms – from its free-market host.

Could it happen in America? Consider the words of longtime Socialist Party of America presidential candidate Norman Thomas: "The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the name of liberalism, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist nation without ever knowing how it happened." In addition to Medicare, Social Security, and other entitlement programs, the gathering political momentum toward single-payer healthcare – which Obama has proclaimed is his ultimate goal – shows the prescience of Thomas's words.