Is the US headed towards a socialist government?

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Please tell me what you know about the liberties of people in Denmark and compare them to what you know about the liberties in the US.

Honestly, I don't know much in-depth information on any of the countries you mentioned other than what type of government they declare themselves as; I really don't. Am I making too many assumptions about other countries here? It would seem I have, and did.

As was pointed out before, America has always touted itself as a Democracy that was the land of the free, with freedoms afforded to all. When kandrathe made his points known about naming a child Adolf Hitler, almost everyone on these boards thought CPS had the right to take the children away from the parents if they saw a real threat present (some even if they didn’t), while kandrathe made the point that there was no known threat, yet most of the other posters shown a "cry me a river" attitude which leads me to believe this is one freedom (the freedom to choose any name you want for your child) most posters on these boards either don't agree with, or don't have in their own country so simply can't sympathize. On this thread, I was pointing out specific issues of foreseeable change to a more socialistic attitude, and a trend for this movement, yet again heard the "cry me a river" song from most posters, which again leads me to believe most posters on these boards either don't agree with this, or don't have the same freedoms in their own country so simply can't sympathize. This is what I meant when I said “I don't think people from other cultures can truly understand or respect our ways of life.”

Don’t get me wrong, having our banks ran by the government and our health care system completely redone and also government ran could be a good thing for us, but also terrifying at the same time. For most of you in countries where this is the normal way of life, I can see you sitting back saying, "Stop whining! We've lived like that for as long as I can remember and have been doing fine all this time! Now look at you in the US crying a river, all the while having lived in luxury, now you have to wallow in what you built!" Call me cynical, but that’s the way I see it. But please, I am probably reading far too much into this and will only end up sticking my whole foot in my mouth (lord knows it wouldn't be the first time, and definitely not the last time), so forgive me if I offended you with that statement.