The Way Things Are: Socialism - US Civics 101

Euphemizing a term is rather like euthanizing small animals.  We do it all the time whether by using a word improperly or joining terms to mean something different than either separate term on its own.  And then there is the twist - the flipping of the word that begins the combination to mean some thing different.  Like Social Democrat  and Democratic Socialist.

So the body politic of the US is FINALLY getting around to the notion that the US, in its inception, is a Socialist Economy.  Socialism is an economic System where the means of Production is owned by the Government.

The first three words of the Preamble to the Constitution are "We The People".  We the people are the power behind the Government that we created. As the Constitution is a Living Document that  the Creators made amendable. The People alive can change and make the Governance of the Government serve the people living today rather than over 200 years ago.

So when we talk about our Government we should combine the additional words, "as Amended", to it. This is part of what makes our form of Government so great - when we use it properly - and strong.

Getting back to the Socialist part of the Constitution, the "We The People" announcement means that all the citizens are the owners of everything within the borders of the US.  We collectively own all the Land and Wealth of the United States.  By the Constitution, "We" are responsible for Electing Members of the Governance, Creating a Judicial System, and Electing an Executive to direct the Governance, all who serve at the people's "Pleasure".  We broke away from a King and have no need for a new one.

The above mentioned Governance is the temporary group of people that serve the people by keeping the Governance running and informing the People when there are needs to keep the Governance operating.

Governance also means that Individual Citizens do not out right own any wealth in the United States.  The Governance is tasked with maintain an orderly system where qualifying citizens can take responsibility for acting as a sole care taker of temporary owner of land and other wealth and the returns it makes. We can treat this property and wealth as owners but are aware that with use of the land and wealth we must support the Governance and pay rents.

I could go on, but I think the fundamentals of the idea that the US is a Socialist System regardless of the order of words as one describes it.  Bottom Line is that the US is a Democratic Republic with a Socialist Economy that is run by capital principles making it a Capitalist Socialist Economy.  If the Founders had common usage of the word Socialism in the 1700's we might very well be using that term today.