“The American people will never knowingly support socialism. But, under the name of ‘liberalism,’ they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program... The Democratic Party has adopted our (Socialist) platform.”
— Former Socialist Party nominee Norman Thomas, on why he was no longer running for President in 1944.
I always laugh when Demonrats get indignant about being called “Socialists.” I mean, that’s incorrect. The Republicans are Socialists, since they haven’t rolled back Demonrat excesses since 1921. I wouldn’t dare insult Demonrats as being Socialist, since they haven’t been that in 90 years. They’re Communists or Stalinists now. When they chose to link arms with the Soviet Union and be in awe of their achievements, they made the transition official.