User generated society?

I was thinking about last week's discussion. I am still shocked that a large segment of the Internet is user generated. I never thought capitalism would get a run for it's money in America. That goes to show you how often I am wrong. Does the proponents of capitalism have anything to worry about? A true version of socialism is already working in the virtual world. Will that ever leak over to the practical world in America? I don't know. I think the word "socialism" has become too taboo in our society. That has been purposefully done over the years to further the capitalistic model. Now a days just saying that word equates to being unpatriotic. So the question remains, can a template such as the one being used on the Internet work in the "real" world. I think it would still take a very long time, lots of work, and is not very likely to be adopted by America. But I also never thought it could possible in any realm of American life. So, one will never know. Maybe one day our society will become more user generated.