We already have more than a little bit of socialism, do we take our wealth for granted? Yes we definitely and I would say more than 90 percent of us are oblivious by how much and how easily that wealth could slip away. The reality however is that socialism fixes none of it, in practice it has been shown that a completely free and unrestricted economy gives prosperity for all (not just the super rich). Since the war on poverty started in the US to now the number of Americans below the poverty line has only changed by about 5 percent or less. We have tried injecting Socialism and simple fact is it does not work, depressions are inevitable we cannot prevent them but we can limit their impact by having a free economy. But again I do not understand why our fatassitude or anything we do is your concern just as i don't care what your country does (so long as you don't attack us).