Is the US headed towards a socialist government?

[kandrathe]

At those thresholds, there is no society that exists or has existed for all human history which is not in danger of Fascism. Looking at Umberto Eco's writing about the topic, it is abundantly clear he means something rather more specific than the incredibly broad sketches you are drawing.

You are thinking of the "result", rather than the process of transformation. We won't wake up tomorrow in a jack booted police state, but in due course, yes it is possible here. Also, yes, any society is in danger of becoming statist, authoritarian, and tyrannical.