@freemo perhaps if you tried to get away from the binary divisions of Republicans and Democrats, your politics would become much more mature and stable.
Scandinavia is quite clearly a capitalist economy, but quite clearly operates a more socialist welfare program. They are neither socialist not capitalist. Time for some nuance
https://www.ted.com/talks/harald_eia_where_in_the_world_is_it_easiest_to_get_rich