E.g., most members of the Democratic party in the US would endorse “social safety nets, universal health care, equal opportunity education, respect for minorities” but would not self-identify as socialist
Many mainstream European politicians would though, whilst happily coexisting with capitalism. Treatment of “socialism” as an extremist concept which even people whose life mission is to expand social safety nets shy away from is US-exceptionalism; in the rest of the world it’s a label embraced by a broad enough spectrum to include both Tony Blair and Pol Pot. So it’s certainly of value to narrow that definition down a bit. :)
Many mainstream European politicians would though, whilst happily coexisting with capitalism. Treatment of “socialism” as an extremist concept which even people whose life mission is to expand social safety nets shy away from is US-exceptionalism; in the rest of the world it’s a label embraced by a broad enough spectrum to include both Tony Blair and Pol Pot. So it’s certainly of value to narrow that definition down a bit. :)