Very very true.

And the refusal of Americans to educate themselves on the facts.

Oh,so true!!!!!!!!!

Socialism is what they called:

1. the direct initiative’s democracy,
2. the referendum’s repeal of what a legislature did, and
3. the recall’s removal from elective office.

In short, socialism is what they called the consent of the governed.

They want the governed to pay taxes and to provide cannon fodder for their wars.

They want power and they do everything they can to divide the governed.

Truer words are never spoken, but the propaganda works, partly because most working class people still buy the myth that if they behave and work hard, they will be rich, or at least better off someday due to their efforts and the fairness of the system. They are wrong, but their dreams and hopes die harder and slower than they should. By now I think most poor people have figured out that the system is rigged, that capitalism will never help them, but since both major parties have forgotten them, they see no point in voting and they are right to drop out of the process.