Akenaton: "Now hold on a minute, Socialism is primarily concerned with how the economy is managed; every thing else flows from that.
Ideals like making your country great should apply to all shades of political opinion, as should personal responsibility. Social conservatism has a huge part to play in a socialist society.
The biggest impediment is convincing people that financial aspiration is not a positive ideology; that other things like better standards of education, health, public transport, housing, are of more importance to society than personal enrichment.
To put it simply one sector of our divided society cannot move forward without the other and partisan politics like the amazing Pubs/Dems war, are delaying any kind of political change."

Brilliant observation....now go further...the 'political' problems, on both sides,(which some here do not want to admit..or too blind to see) may not be the 'hold up' at all. What if it's theater, to keep people distracted, while the REAL agenda is being carried out, AWAY from the scrutiny OR say from the public?????

Follow the money, and it will lead you to those who use it as a stepping stone to the power, and control.

GfS