A lot of Americans sadly think that rich = communist, or pretty much anything bad = communist.
"Socialism for the Rich" was intended to highlight how socialism is beneficial to the participants and a strategy adopted to "win" the economic game.
Instead, it looks like "Socialism is how rich people hurt me! I demand more capitalism!" is the view that's managed to emerge.
They know inherently not to trust their government, yet when it comes to communism and racial dog whistles they have full faith, its really an interesting break in logic but a rather exploitable one.
It's not really about trusting/distrusting the government. It's about trusting folks on your team and distrusting folks on The Other Team.
Capitalist media has successfully Other'd "Socialism" on both sides of the fence. That's made it more easy to vilify and more difficult to promote.
"Socialism for the Rich" was intended to highlight how socialism is beneficial to the participants and a strategy adopted to "win" the economic game.
Instead, it looks like "Socialism is how rich people hurt me! I demand more capitalism!" is the view that's managed to emerge.
It's not really about trusting/distrusting the government. It's about trusting folks on your team and distrusting folks on The Other Team.
Capitalist media has successfully Other'd "Socialism" on both sides of the fence. That's made it more easy to vilify and more difficult to promote.