Why do American Progressives want more Socialism?

WHY IS IT THAT AMERICAN PROGRESSIVES ARE HELLBENT ON TAKING US TO A FULL BLOWN SOCIALIST STATE?  SOCIALISM HAS ALWAYS FAILED IN THOSE NATIONS THAT TRIED IT.  SURE THERE ARE SOME SOCIALIST COUNTRIES IN EUROPE---BUT LOOK AT THE SAD SHAPE THEY ARE IN.  AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE HADN'T PULLED THEIR FAT OUT OF THE FIRE IN WWII.  AND WHY IS IT THAT SO MANY EUROPEANS TRY TO COME TO AMERICA FOR A BETTER WAY OF LIFE.  THE PROGRESSIVES OF THIS COUNTRY MUST THINK THEY CAN MAKE SOCIALISM WORK HERE DESPITE WHAT HISTORY SHOULD HAVE TAUGHT THEM.  THEY CLAIM TO BE INTELLECTUALS, BUT I DOUBT THAT.  PEOPLE WHO CANNOT LEARN FROM HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.

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