It took me a while to realize this, but what’s been happening is that the Democrat party establishment really doesn’t care one way or another about socialism. They just want POWER. A strong centralized government gives them power. They are NOT the Bernie-type supporters who truly want a Nordic-style socialist welfare state, who in fairness those countries tend to have low corruption scores on Transparency International. Nope. The Dem establishment just wants to hold on to power, and they’ve been dangling “get free stuff!” as a way to buy votes...and now people are finally catching on.
Just like the Republican establishment kept dangling “we’ll secure the border! Pinky swear this time!” when they didn’t really mean it, and finally Trump exposed them on their fraud.
Weird how the “conservatives” gained control of both houses and have squandered their position.