You obviously have an entirely different definition of the word "socialism" than most non-Americans do, pdq. ;-) No surprise there. I know it's right next to the word "satanism" in the American dictionary.

You see, what Americans think when they hear the word "socialism" is something very different from what the rest of the people in the world think when they hear it. And that's the fault of your educational and political propaganda system which starts out indoctrinating young minds right from kindergarten on.

The rest of the world takes socialism as a totally normal thing that is a part of any modern society, and that works harmoniously alongside capitalism. In most of the world capitalism handles the manufacture and marketing of the vast majority of goods and services, and runs the vast majority of businesses of all kinds in most societies, and that's fine with me. Socialism takes care of the few absolutely essential public services and institutions such as: the different levels of government, the police, the fire department, the parks department, major transportation infrastructure such as highways, bridges, etc...some major utilities such as the hyrdoelectric grid or communications infrastructure...the armed forces....all totally essential things that are, by definition, not there to make a profit! They are there to supply a needed part of a society that must exist, and that is not there for profit, but for result. Thus they are funded by public money, and are therefore socialist institutions.

Another public service that is utterly essential in any modern society is to give everyone access to inexpensive health care. That can only be done through socialism, as it is being done in most modern countries.

A society does not have to be ALL socialist, and it shouldn't be. Nor does it have to be ALL capitalist, and it shouldn't be. It should be a mixture of the two.

Your braindead American propaganda system fails to explain this to your people and gives them the impression that socialism is an ALL or NOTHING proposition that takes over everything. It isn't, except under Communism. Communism is an extreme form of socialism that I don't agree with, because it takes over everything. The most extreme form of capitalism could be called a "robber baron" system, such as existed in the Middle Ages...where the richest men take over everything, hire the most soldiers, and they terrorize the populace, rape, loot, and do as they please. The only check to that in the Middle Ages was to take refuge in a church...was was sort of vaguely socialist to some degree, as the church did offer sanctuary to all who entered its doors...but the church was also capitalist, in that they had a lot of money, and were busily seeking to get more of it.

I am neither a socialist nor a capitalist, because I know a society needs both of them in harmony to be a healthy society. Your children are not being told about that. They are being kept ignorant, afraid, and misinformed, and their view of socialism is an American myth fabricated to enable big corporations, drug companies, and doctors to rob them from cradle to grave.