America is already a country of democratic socialism. Our society functions through socialist systems: Social Security, USPS, roads and bridges, Medicare and Medicaid, farm subsidies, public schools, federal college grants, police, emergency medical services, fire departments, etc. The biggest socialism though, is the military, oil subsidies, massive tax cuts for the rich, and corporate bailouts – there's always more money for any of those. But, the basic systems our country cannot function without are perpetually under threat of the chopping block.