WHAT NOW AMERICA?

NYT--Hammer-and-sickle flags flutter above government offices in central Vientiane, and the entrance to the national museum is decorated with massive sculptures glorifying the workers’ revolutionary struggle.

Officially, this sparsely populated country is still communist — and has been since 1975. But these days, that really depends on whom you ask.

BANZAI7 NEWS--Stars and Stripes flutter above government offices in Washington DC, and the entrance to Federal Hall at the head of Wall Street is decorated with massive sculptures glorifying capitalism.

Officially, this densely populated country is still a capitalist democracy — and has been since 1776. But these days, that really depends on whom you ask. Here we have socialism for the rich and capitalism for everyone else.