Oh, absolutely. And often not even very well concealed behind the scenes. America adopts a laissez-faire attitude to business (which I don't necessarily disagree with, apart from the extent of it). Consequently, the business community has more power than in other countries. Say what you like about left-wing policies, business doesn't like them because paying decent wages and having provisions such as health care are bad for competition.
When you hear Americans talk about socialism, it's almost like talking about the devil. Nobody really knows what it is apart from it's a "bad thing". Which sometimes it is. But the second red scare and McCarthyism were a very public and controversial (almost fascistic) stance. You wouldn't get away with that today, but the real position (in private) may be even worse. The FBI is a traditionally right-wing organisation (despite itself having grown concerns about terrorism from right-wing, conservative organisations). The FBI destroys business in America's international trading partners and I'm not sure that's anything like its remit, but becomes so when most lobbyists support it.
The closest America got to not being controlled by conservatives was during JFK's tenure, and look what happened to him.
IIN, that I'm EXCITED about Obama's new big gun control crackdown?
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You believe that conservatives control America. Wow, and people consider you intelligent?
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Do you believe the Pope is Catholic?
Oh, absolutely. And often not even very well concealed behind the scenes. America adopts a laissez-faire attitude to business (which I don't necessarily disagree with, apart from the extent of it). Consequently, the business community has more power than in other countries. Say what you like about left-wing policies, business doesn't like them because paying decent wages and having provisions such as health care are bad for competition.
When you hear Americans talk about socialism, it's almost like talking about the devil. Nobody really knows what it is apart from it's a "bad thing". Which sometimes it is. But the second red scare and McCarthyism were a very public and controversial (almost fascistic) stance. You wouldn't get away with that today, but the real position (in private) may be even worse. The FBI is a traditionally right-wing organisation (despite itself having grown concerns about terrorism from right-wing, conservative organisations). The FBI destroys business in America's international trading partners and I'm not sure that's anything like its remit, but becomes so when most lobbyists support it.
The closest America got to not being controlled by conservatives was during JFK's tenure, and look what happened to him.