> if we are not a communist country (everyone seems to think that we are not) why the F would we socialize losses?!?

Hold on, the logic is any country that socialises anything to any degree is communist? Where the hell did you get that from?

If you use the word "Socialise" then the current trend of reactionary ill-informed is to assume "Communism". It's an argument I'm sick of having, but it's an argument that needs to be had.

> it's an argument I'm sick of having, but it's an argument that needs to be had

OP [1] is the first person to make the argument that socialising anything implies communism in this thread. The entire shtick is a straw man. It doesn't need to be argued if it's only brought up by the side tearing it down.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575045

The first in this thread. I often come across people making this claim.

the terms are used interchangeably for the HN crowd but you get the point... US is the largest socialist country on the planet by far. Not communist country yet but Project 2025 is working hard on that :)

> terms are used interchangeably for the HN crowd

Except they’re not. They’re only mis-used in this thread by those claiming they’re mis-used.

fair enough!