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A lot has been discussed recently about socialism. People are worried that that an elected democrat will turn us into a socialist country. I decided it was time to take a deep dive into the meaning of socialism.

From Merriam Webster:

Socialism: Systems of social democracy, now often referred to as democratic socialism, in which extensive state regulation, with limited state ownership, has been employed by democratically elected governments (as in Sweden and Denmark) in the belief that it produces a fair distribution of income without impairing economic growth.

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Some examples of socialism in American are farm subsidies, Medicare, Social Security, Infrastructure, education, policing and fire, clean water, etc. We all like that.

Words we have forgotten:

Empathy: The action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner.

Integrity: firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values.

Democracy (noun): a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.

Federal Republic (this is us):

While often categorized as a democracy, the United States is more accurately defined as a constitutional federal republic. ... A republic is a form of government in which the people hold power, but elect representatives to exercise that power.

Fun Fact. Before Hitler rose to power, they had a democracy. They had a President, a Parliament and held elections. Four years later, Hitler was elected as Chancellor and we know the rest. My point being is that things can change very fast if we arent paying attention.

Folks, its time to move on and remember we are all Americans. We have the same hopes and dreams, we love our children and care about each other. If we dont, as was recently said, someone is going to get hurt, shot or killed.

Leslie Martin Tucker, Shalimar

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