Why do conservatives think Canada, Australia, Europe, Japan, New Zealand etc. are socialist?

[The Texan]

Well, I have been to Canada many times. That doesn't mean much. But my company has hired 6 Canadians over the last 6 years and not one said Canada was better in any way shape or form. Taxes in the US are half and they get twice the house for the money here. Plus, where we work healthcare is free. And they indeed told me horror tales of your healthcare.

So facts are the reason I feel that way. Besides, people wise, Canada is tiny compared to the USA. Maybe 50% more people than Texas. Throw another 250,000,000 people in Canada and 40 more provinces and see how well your health care works. It would be a boondoogle like Obamacare.

As for Europe ...

"Two Swedish economists recently published a study that asks how European countries would fare if suddenly admitted into the American union. The results? If the UK, France, or Italy became U.S. states, they would rank as the fifth poorest of the fifty, ahead only of Arkansas, Montana, West Virginia, and Mississippi. The richest EU country—Ireland—would be the 13th poorest. Sweden would be the 6th poorest. In fact, the study found that 40% of all Swedish households would classify as low-income in the U.S.

This means that poorer U.S. states enjoy affluence comparable to that of richer European states—Denmark is equivalent to Kentucky—whether measured in terms of home ownership, or number of microwaves and cars possessed. “Material prosperity,” the authors write of the U.S., “is high and not associated with the material standard of living which many people in Europe probably associate with poverty. Good economic development, in other words, results in even poor people being relatively well off.”

Fredrik Erixon
Chief Economist, Timbro

[Gazza]

Because most Americans haven't got a clue about the world outside their borders.
I think the person asking that question on the link you provided was actually making fun of the USA.
In my opinion Canada is without a doubt the best country in North America.