A socialist state with a decent standard of living within 80 miles of the US cannot be allowed to exist for the same reason as why the oligarch class is throwing everything at Zohran. The only real threat to the their wealth is the 99% organizing to take (some of) it. You can probably see what effect any successful examples of redistribution could have on this prospect. The owner class have worked relentlessly to stamp out most of these ideas. Now that foreign sources of profit are looking uncertain and exploitation is turning inwards, it’s even more important for Americans to be kept away from such thoughts.
A socialist state with a decent standard of living within 80 miles of the US cannot be allowed to exist for the same reason as why the oligarch class is throwing everything at Zohran. The only real threat to the their wealth is the 99% organizing to take (some of) it. You can probably see what effect any successful examples of redistribution could have on this prospect. The owner class have worked relentlessly to stamp out most of these ideas. Now that foreign sources of profit are looking uncertain and exploitation is turning inwards, it’s even more important for Americans to be kept away from such thoughts.