There are no governments that are purely socialistic and there are no governments that are purely capitalistic. All governments are a combination of both Socialism and Capitalism. The only difference is the amount of the two in relation to each other. In the US we not only have quite a lot of Socialism in our government institutions and services, but we also have Socialism in the way our money is allotted to many of our private institutions. The defense industry, for instance. The defense industry depends on taxpayer money for its survival, so the allocation of defense industry money is also socialistic. We are less socialist in terms of how well we take care of the needs of our citizens, but we are far more socialistic than any other country in the world when it comes to allocation of resources for our military-industrial complex.

The thing I notice about a lot of people who criticize socialism, is that they are happy to live with some degree of socialism in this country and in their lives, but they draw the line at that point at which they have what they want and/or need.