What's called "socialism" in America was bog standard "liberalism" a few decades ago. In some cases, it was considered moderate, common sense bipartisan policy. Even Nixon thought universal healthcare and the Clean Air Act were good ideas!
@gwynnion What's disdainfully referred to as "socialism" in the US simply isn't a thing. It's strawman comprised of the worst parts of Russia under Stalin + dashes of anecdotes & scare stories from Cuba & Cambodia etc. + whatever things Conservatives don't like, real or fake, as if that constitutes an ideology & also represents what everyone asking for any kind of basic human rights *really* want...