Soviet Russia poisoned the word 'socialism' — and Trump has been using that ever since

Soviet Russia poisoned the word 'socialism' — and Trump has been using that ever since

When Bernie Sanders sought the presidency, he was victim of a rhetorical mistake. He called himself a Democratic Socialist. Oops! Bad word! Classic socialism advocates government takeover of the means of production. Sanders, however, and most of America’s “democratic socialists,” have never advocated such a thing. They advocate expansion of popular social programs like Social Security and Medicare. It was Soviet Russia that gave socialism a bad …