this doesn't even make nonsense. "feeling healthy" isn't a substitute for "being healthy." & the more elderly workers, presumably the fewer younger workers whose place they are taking. no one of these vultures thinks: "Oh. Why don't we just tax the ultra-rich equitably? Maybe that would solve our problems."

five vultures contemplating a barely-conscious slow-ebbing-but-still-breathing carcass with avid interest. you see it often in the woods, less often in public places.

what does the term "socialist" even mean? 'communist"? "capitalist"? these are ideas that are implemented by human beings in relationship to contexts in which there is debate, disagreement, compromise, adjustments. a political leader may have an idea about "welfare"--"free public transportation"--"universal health care"--but the idea is worked out in detail over months if not years. the idea is opposed, there is debate, voters vote; if it doesn't work out, it is jettisoned for other ideas. any political idea or idealism has no existential reality without being put to the test. since every attempt to establish communism through force, in a state, has failed disastrously, it is not likely that "communism" per se is any threat to anyone, seriously. "capitalism" has been modified constantly through taxes, regulations, etc., yet as an idea it is still viable, practical. "socialist" ideas are everywhere, like the air we breathe. demonizing sincere attempts to remedy crises is not helpful when the present state for so many Americans desperately needs to be improved.