[trickyricky]

"the powerbrokers know they can never convert the US to full socialism"

Huh? The United States of America IS a socialist nation.
We are living in a socialist dictatorship, right here, right now.
The window dressing is just that.

[Clock King]

The United States of America IS a socialist nation.

Maybe I should have said "openly acknowledged socialist nation" (aka Canada, Central and South America).