The usa is not headed towards communism (where big gov't owns all of the business'), but a twisted "horseshoe" political practice (where the left and right meet in the middle for the common good - BIG gov't)... We are quickly gravitating towards authoritarianism, where big gov't central planners will make the decisions for the people and big business' who collaberate with the gov't, will be the allowed to do commerace (while the individual business owner is put out of business)...