It’s not like people were asked, “Do you favor ordinary people having a real voice in their workplaces, neighborhoods, and society? Do you favor a higher minimum wage, universal health care (Medicare for All), strengthening labor unions, and increasing the power of working people while weakening the power of corporations?”
Those are not socialist policies, I’d say they’re more social democratic than socialist.
That’s my point. People overwhelmingly like DSA policies, but are hesitant to say that they would consider voting for a DSA candidate because of their (incorrect) association with socialism.
McCarthyism has done such a good job of muddying the waters in American politics that any policies labeled as “social-anything” are immediately associated with USSR gulag bread lines or Maoist famine.
A not-so-insignificant number of Americans believe the Nazis were the same as the Communists because their party has “socialist” in the name.
Those are not socialist policies, I’d say they’re more social democratic than socialist.
That’s my point. People overwhelmingly like DSA policies, but are hesitant to say that they would consider voting for a DSA candidate because of their (incorrect) association with socialism.
McCarthyism has done such a good job of muddying the waters in American politics that any policies labeled as “social-anything” are immediately associated with USSR gulag bread lines or Maoist famine.
A not-so-insignificant number of Americans believe the Nazis were the same as the Communists because their party has “socialist” in the name.