Reply #37: I don't think it has, at all.

[Spider Jerusalem]

By and large the average person posting here is considerably more centre-right than they'd probably be willing to admit to themselves. There are a host of issues where the majority, or an extremely vocal minority, express opinions which I wouldn't consider in any way "leftist", from gun control, to immigration, to capital punishment, to general agreement with the pernicious idea of American exceptionalism. The only time you see anything remotely socialist is when people call for single-payer healthcare reform (which is something most European countries, including the one I live in, have...and I wouldn't call the UK socialist either), or when someone with a severely limited understanding of economics suggests nationalising oil companies (which is more because they think it's a good way to ensure low petrol prices, which it isn't, than out of any socialist impulse...observe that no such calls are made for any other industries; the motivation is pure selfishness and more of that American exceptionalism..."we have a God-given right to cheap gasoline!", never mind that you've still got it...try $8+ per US gallon at current exchange rates).