Russia' Pravda Ru States "America Moving from Kingdom of Cash to Socialism Slowly but Surely"

I came across an interesting article on Pravdu Ru's website that says America is moving from a "kingdom of cash to socialism, slowly but surely." That may be just what the right wing is hoping would be the conclusion that many are reaching about Barack Obama's presidency. Here's the article in its entirety:

America Moving from Kingdom of Cash to Socialism, Slowly but Surely

Obama’s decision not to build the Missile Defense System in Poland and the Czech Republic and his Noble Prize have not yet been comprehended from a philosophical viewpoint. It’s time to do it.

Power of Money against Power of Spirit

The last turning point similar to the current one happened approximately 400 years ago. The Western European society discovered a new hierarchy of values. Feudalism that valued service and chivalry was replaced with capitalism. Wealth became the measure of success, and everyone was to care about his own pocket only. The cult of money replaced all other values, including religious.

Capitalism turned everything upside down and made people more excited about stuffing their bank accounts than anything else. This system turned out to be extremely efficient in terms of production of goods, services, and comfort. America benefited from the system the most, and decided that the rest of the world has to adopt it as well. If some underdeveloped countries are unable to appreciate the benefits of capitalism, they should be forced to do it.

Collapse of the Illusion

Meanwhile, philosophers says that capitalism is driven not by hard cash, but rather, striving for hard cash. It’s driven not by the production of goods, but rather, striving for consumption of these goods.

If everyone had these values, the “dog-eat-dog” principal would be the major principal in the world history. But America failed to do it. There are plenty of “underdeveloped” people in the world who continue to cherish spiritual values. There are not that many chances left to force them into worshiping money since these “underdeveloped” people adopt western technology and become stronger. The appeal to adopt American values doesn’t work either. Why would we adopt the system if the system is in crisis? Pragmatic America realized that billions of people are not willing to live in the kingdom of hard cash and decided that it would be better off leaving this kingdom itself. Now the USA is talking about introducing elements of socialism.

What does Obama’s decision not to build the Eastern European Missile Defense System have to do with all of this? Well, it means that it’s not capitalism that’s undergoing the crisis, but the belief in its high efficiency. And this, in turn, means that America, the bulwark of capitalism, is no longer the boss of the world. And if it’s not the boss any more, it has to be friends with everybody, including Russia. And it’s America’s turn to offer Russia to push the reset button. Or maybe it’s just tired of imposing its rules on others and felt that friendship is more valuable than money and power? If this is the case, we will soon witness another turning point in the world history. Source: Pravda Ru

I viewed President Obama's decision not to proceed with the Eastern European Missile Defense System purely as a calculated political move to allay Russia's fears. I didn't view this as an indicator that the country is moving towards Socialism.  President Obama decided to take that course of action on counsel of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the Chiefs of Staff and opted for a "smarter, stronger and swifter" system involving both sea-based and land-based mobile interceptors. President Obama also said that the latest intelligence suggested that the threat of long-range missile attacks from Iran had receded, but the threat of short- or medium-range attacks were a real one. I don't agree for one minute that the threat from Iran has receded. He said that the system would be "phased and adaptive" and used proven technologies to create an effective missile defense system.