I'll slow it down for you: "...the gop gets dumber and poorer--as we've seen" Also, Individual GOP members, who may represent working Americans, are known as RINO's.
I can see how the Democrat party can get votes to appeal to our sense of community to try and fix societal inequalities but the more the progressives and socialists attempt wealth redistribution the more a state declines .
Yes , the sate really is just an organization and looking a bit deeper the philosophies of progressivism and socialism have historically been negative to a nation's freedom and prosperity for a multitude of reasons .
Even if true; that's a far cry from supporting a conclusion that a political party, which doesn't fly the socialism flag, is a socialist party. I could say that, historically, evil men have led to bad outcomes for others; but that offers no evidence that you are, in fact, an evil man. Additionally, there is no nation without some form of socialism. The police departments are a socialist construct, etc. etc. So where is the line? Where is the point where, when a nation has enough socialism going on, we can conclude: THAT NATION IS SOCIALIST!!? Where is the point where, when a party supports enough programs, we can conclude: THAT PARTY IS REALLY SOCIALIST!!? And, where can I read about this line? And, who gets to decide where that line is drawn? And, how did they go about making that decision? You see, it's much deeper than posting on a website: "DEMOCRATS ARE SOCIALIST!!"
I never said democrats were socialist that was the OP . Like most western countries the US is mixed economy and some western countries are increasing in progressive , socialist or marxist philosophies .
The evil tends to start when rights are removed for collective benefit etc and when the rule of law becomes undermined and arbitrary .