We have definitely taken steps towards a socialist society, especially with the government bailout. The government now owns huge chunks of our banking system... that will probably never be undone whether we like it or not.
And while there are plenty of people who don\'t want us to go full out socialist, there is a surprising amount of people who do. I\'ve always thought I supported totally open and free capitalist system.. but something deep down inside of me knows we need some sort of system to keep our poor and lower-middle class at least with a barely passable quality of life.
I could totally see if we had a completely hands off approach to capitalism... you have the top 5% of society.... the super rich elites who own 90% of everything - that create a walled off paradise of a city, while the rest of us outside those walls kill each other over bread crumbs.
Sounds like a movie I\'ve seen before the more I think about it.