Not sure what the writer is scared about.  Does he mean he is afraid of universal healthcare, universal education through community college, and a three pronged retirement system that actually allows people to retire gracefully at age 60 to enjoy one's senior years? Seems that Canada and Europe already have all of this.  

We have a system of extreme capitalism that works for five percent of the American population and large corporations to support a vast military empire that fights war after war after war while the homeland decays from within.  Yeah Socialism of the European style seems pretty horrible.  They get a 32 hour work week, six weeks vacation, and a health care system that works.  All of this made possible by sharing of their taxes.

Russian communism was extreme...and American capitalism is extreme as well. There has to be a better way of life offered by a more benevalent system.