If Democrats are ‘Socialists’ Then America has been a Socialist Country Since Day 1 — Eddie Krassenstein

When one thinks of the term “socialism,” depending on your age, you will likely think of one of two things:

1. America’s historic enemies, such as Karl Marx, Fidel Castro and the old days of the Soviet Union.
2. Modern day Scandinavia and similar philosophies and governments.

True socialism is a government that owns and controls means of production and the majority of the means of making a living. In a true socialist system private companies cease to exist. The government produces everything made within the country and then disperses it or its profits to their citizens.

Modern times, however, have led to some people, mostly younger generations, referring to governments such as the ones we see in Scandinavia as socialists. To take things even further, even Bernie Sanders calls himself a Socialist, when his ideas are no where within the same spectrum as Marxism.

When President Trump and much of the GOP and even some of the Democratic Party attacks socialism, they are doing so by bringing up the socialism of Marx and Castro, because this form of socialism (the real form of socialism) is a cousin to Communism and has been viewed as “evil” by the Western World for over a century.