General Discussion

When I was a Captain I mentioned to a Lt. Colonel (who openly despised Obama) that I was in favor of a a socialized medicine system, like the military had. He sputtered and veins popped out and he said “That’s not socialism!!!” but I pointed out that it was taxpayer funded, single payer, etc….
He did not like it but had no ammo to refute it.
Most of our benefits, retirement, unemployment, etc., were actually socialist ideas that were incorporated into capitalism just enough to block communism from getting a foothold. During the Great Depression, when our economic system had failed us (except for a privileged few), otherwise reasonable people flirted with the idea of communism. This was long before the brutal excesses of Stalin would be known.
The US bent a little bit, in order to keep the uber wealthy from being dragged from their homes by mobs.