… (I)t is very clear that in fundamental theory, socialism and democracy are almost, if not quite, one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members. Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals. …All depends on the definition of “democracy”. Wilson and those who are/were like-minded with him see democracy and socialism as “one and the same” and always have, not to mention always will.
— Woodrow Wilson, 1887
Good point.