As the leading power of the European Union, Germany is in a great starting point for economically, and maybe politically, influencing a large part of Europe. This time there will be no Soviet power to stop it from the east. Last American Anecdote. As Clinton ends his eight-year presidency, we can reexamine his attempts, in several areas, to create what is close to being a social democracy. It is time that we stop fighting a dead ghost.
Socialism has some benefits, at least to the lower levels of society.