Extreme Rent Increases Are Killing US Businesses

[protectionist]

In your opinion, which areas are socialist, as in, means of producing and distributing goods owned by the collective in the US

The word "socialist" has a number of meanings. In the US, many things are socialist or socialistic, having in common being under government control > Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, transportation systems, postal service, law enforcement, fire departments, the military + hundreds of government regulations, some more suitable than others (anybody wanna buy a Ford Pinto ?)

 

[Captain Caveman]

The word "socialist" has a number of meanings. In the US, many things are socialist or socialistic, having in common being under government control > Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, transportation systems, postal service, law enforcement, fire departments, the military + hundreds of government regulations, some more suitable than others (anybody wanna buy a Ford Pinto ?)

Socialism is a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.