Government run healthcare is not socialism. These terms and labels get abused way too often. Socialism is the government taking over the private sector and managing all production. Most leftists in the states don't want to take it that far. Most people in the states don't even understand what the bleep they're talking about when it comes to capitalism vs socialism, and that's true for both sides. The left wants what Scandinavia has. They want the government to pay for college, healthcare and large social safety nets. All of that is possible without destroying capitalism, but the left AND right seem to be ignorant of that fact.
I tried but I can't get past that,
@Dexter Those "most leftists" to whom you refer?
Are they like the supposed 'moderate' democrats who can't find a spine to call out their party leadership on their sprint toward Socialism?
I don't 'see' one...not a single one. The silent end up complying.
You don't think the average member of Germany's Socialist Worker's Party wanted to exterminate 6 million "deplorables" did you? And yet it happened.
Today, the average Democrat has been totally brainwashed with a coordinated 24/7 media attack...Hollywood attack....athlete celebrity attack. EVERYBODY hates "Trump" and his supporters.
No matter where he/she turns, it's TRUMP IS THE DEVIL.
So please reconsider your POV here.....they are all mindless drones.