Why hasn't there been a socialist revolution in United States?

[Anonymous]

[purplepoppy]

Mostly because the American elite has managed to demonise socialism.

What people forget is the poverty on deprivation that led to the rise of socialism in other countries. All the countries wealth flooded in the pockets of the elite leaving countless struggling and little investment into the country.

The question American elite faced was how to prevent the poor rising up against them in a simlar way, so they demonised socialism and threw just enough crumbs to keep them happy.

It was so successful that the average American now feels he has to show how much he hates socialism and barks at it like a rabid dog. From the better dead than red marches of the McCarthy witch hunts to the anti socialism memes of today, Americans feel they need to show their hatred of the lefty bogeyman. There is no other country in the world where people feel the need to show how anti-socialist they are.

[Agagagagaga]

Go shag a sheep, you spectacular idiot.

[YAsQuen]

wow socialists so demonized amirite.

Most of your comment was scarily up side down. But dont worry ull get your socialist dystopia in about *1 financial collapse* .

[Anonymous]

Probably because many immigrants escaped the ravages of socialism

[zagor]

Because most people are reasonably comfortable, or believe they have the potential to be. The Russian Revolution of 1917 did not necessarily institute what most Russians wanted, even among those who sought to overthrow the Czar. It was used as an opportunity to seize power by Lenin and co.

[AngryCarl2]

Because Americans have been brainwashed by the capitalist media.

[zagor]

Go to Cuba and Venezuela and see for yourself - socialism is just an excuse for a different group of people to seize control.

[AngryCarl2]

@zagor Socialism is just a different economic system. It can't eliminate the problem of corruption in public office.

[zagor]

Yes, but it gives those in public office more control over day-to-day lives, due to control over the economic system.

[AngryCarl2]

@zagor Yes but would you rather have the economy controlled by an elected government or international corporations?

[zagor]

Which is in charge of elections?

[AngryCarl2]

@zagor They pay for both parties. What you gonna do?

[Staximus]

Because socialism only works when you make people cooperate with it, usually by pointing an AK-47 at them you uneducated commie. Here we still have some freedom. If you don't like it, move somewhere with a government that likes to control your life more

[WindAtMyBack]

Because most people are not that stupid. Because there are enough people like me who would fight them to the death that they wouldn't last long if they tried anyway.

[KhunMike]

They would be better off trying that shit in Europe.

[WindAtMyBack]

@KhunMike

It didn't work there either.

[KhunMike]

No, but there's just no way in hell the cops are going to come for our guns in America. Cops just want to go home to their family at night.

[goaded]

No such thing as a socialist revolution. Communist, perhaps. Socialists are just waiting for people to wake up to the idea that they don't have to be owned all their lives. Democracy is fine for that; not so good for the fascists.

[KhunMike]

And the Venezuelans ate their dogs and cats because they tasted good.

[rigmarole]

You think the dejected soy boy socialist you recruited at Anime festivals can actually take on American men in a violent revolution? You must be high.

[rigmarole]

www.youtube.com/watch

[Alexandrubaschet08]

Because "Get out of my property" is in USA people blood
and
Second Amendament, with thous 2 is imposible to impose communism with no blood share.

[DextroShade]

Socialism has failed spectacularly everywhere it has been tried and resulted in the deaths of 100,000,000 people, mostly from famine. Not saying our system is perfect but socialism is a far worse alternative.

[exitseven]

There are too many gun owners that would not take kindly to the idea of the government taking their property.

[Snakeyes7]

This is one going on right now. In fact it has been going on for about a decade now.

It's not even a revolution really, the people in power want this.

[FunkyMonkee]

Not enough idiots and weirdos that believe in that shit!

[FunkyMonkee]

If you really like that shit so much, there are other countries out there that live that way! why don't you just go move to one of those instead of trying to make EVERYONE ELSE'S life a living hell? Russia and China would LOVE to take your freedom away from you!

[Rangers]

Because we have a second amendment and those leftist soyboys know we'd easily crush the rebellion

[Anonymous]

They tried back in 2008 going into 2009. They had Obama they had occupy wall street. It just didn't take because capitalism, consumerism is ingrained in Americans.

[legalboxers]

[Dargil]

Patriots owning 350 million firearms.

[KhunMike]

Joey the retarded clown still hasn't defined what an assault rifle is, or a high capacity magazine is.

[NamerOfStars]

Why would there be?