What do Americans think of their allies?

looking at some of the comments in the US election thread and some general trends in the states.. seems like nearly half think universal health care and more taxes is socialism, and socialism is bad.

what do these Americans who think things through this way view lovely Scandinavia, a country with nice blondes, high HDI index, low corruption, lots of universal health care and other state involvement at the cost of high taxes, same for Japan, Korea, to a lesser extent, most of Europe.. are they Soviet Union bad too? 🙂

how about Singapore, ruled by the People’s Action Party that was rooted in communism and still maintains heavy state control in the economy.