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Originally Posted by Villages PL
It's frustrating when you see the nation's health going down and can't get others to see it. Then I realized its because it involves addiction. And suddenly I saw a parallel between socialism and fast food. So, here it is:
1) Since around the mid 1900s people have gradually developed a taste for both socialism and fast food.
2) Both feel good in the short run but have long term consequences.
3) Both can become an addiction but the users seldom see it as such. They just think it's good.
4) Now one addiction has led to more of the other. The health of our nation is deteriorating and more socialism is seen by many as the fix.
Note: If I have to explain #4, you're more addicted than I thought. 
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That's an interesting anaolgy except that you cannot really field a strong military without a strong central government. You also need one for uniform transportation like roads, canals, and railroads; homeland security; computer security; patent and copyright enforcement; immigration; epidemic control; food and medicine safety; banking, etc.
Space exploration is getting interesting though with private companies getting involved.
Think a more adequate analogy would between Jacksonian Democracy and that of Jefferson.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonian_democracy
I just do not buy the "socialism" rant you see in much Republican writings.