Well, that was a lungful of hogwash. Moriarty seems to come from the school of 2+2 = a giraffe. How he got from the collapse of the Soviet Union to a the US becoming a socialist federation is absolutely beyond me. And how anyone could call the sort of corporate plutocracy we suffer under a socialist federation is equally difficult to understand.

so·cial·ism [soh-shuh-liz-uhm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole. 2. procedure or practice in accordance with this theory. 3. (in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.

Does that sound like the United States to you?

I think it;s actually closer to this: to be apt, one must place the word "corporate" in front of each definition.

feu·dal·ism (fyōōd'l-ĭz'əm) Pronunciation Key n. A political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to about the 15th century, based on the holding of all land in fief or fee and the resulting relation of lord to vassal and characterized by homage, legal and military service of tenants, and forfeiture. A political, economic, or social order resembling this medieval system.,

or probably even closer, this:

plu·toc·ra·cy [ploo-tok-ruh-see] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun, plural -cies. 1. the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy. 2. a government or state in which the wealthy class rules. 3. a class or group ruling, or exercising power or influence, by virtue of its wealth.

No, the Cold Civil War I'm referring to is the Cold Civil War between those of us who believe in things like physics, art, mathematics, literature, the Constitution, etc, and those like Pat, and Dale, and Marc, and KevinG, who believe, as far as I can see, in Dominionism, the Rapture, imperialism, the gutting of the social safety net, and the divine right of kings and corporatists.

The Libertarians, who seem to have enfolded Moriarty in their simplistic grasp, are a whole nother thing altogether, and protect themselves from being despicable, rather than just annoying, by their muddle-headedness and their resulting ineffectiveness.

Norway? Socialist.

The United States? Not so much.

One could also explicate the Cold Civil War as being this on one side: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3IMTJjzfo (Pat's Team);

and this on the other: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqEYLvPt0lA