If put to a vote, Americans would likely reject socialism by a substantial majority. Those same Americans, however, are voting by a substantial majority to allow governments to acquire more and more land and to tighten the controls on the private lands that remain. Socialism, classically defined, is "government ownership and/or control of the sources of production." Land is the source of all production. A vote for acquiring more private land by government, or tightening government's control of the remaining private land, is a vote for socialism in America. Of course, it's not called socialism; it's called "protecting the environment."...