the reason that socialism never succeeded in the U.S. is that Bubba has almost always had the opportunity to get that boat...and even the opportunity to move up in economic class to buy a bigger boat if he worked hard enough, smart enough, and was lucky enough.

Now the rent-seekers and do-gooders want to take that away from Bubba to make it easier to"control" him.

But in their own pompous stupidity, they won't acknowledge that Bubba's contentment in life is also a major hindrance to getting their own necks stretched.

They will never reprogram enough of American culture to make it safe to disarm us. They might still try to disarm us, but that won't work out so well for them.