@ dandelion
The word socialistic is a bit misunderstandable... The pure socialism is really mutch like comunism. By this i like your try of socialistic/capitalistic system...
In german its quite easy. We name our economy "Soziale Marktwirtschaft" (importent with a big S)
It defines what you tryd to describe...
The state cares for the people and the labor force has influence on the companies... This inside a free market system.
But it looks quite like an american issue to call everything, were the state supports people, socialistic... As mutch as i can say, a lots of americans call europe socialistic. But it isnt, its social...
In the marketsystem between the usa and europe is nearly no difference...
I think it would be mutch easier to run social programs, if they wouldnt instantly talk about socialism... America has to learn, that a state can be social, inside a capitalistic system.
So if the next time the republikans try to doom a socialistic era, dont akzept it. Never akzept the word socialistic in a diskussion, always use social...