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Bailouts aren't socialism, nor are subsidies or healthcare for that matter.
Talking as someone who lived in an actual socialism as a kid, most "socialism" in US political discourse is just the bare minimum of social measures that most Western democracies are already doing matter-of-factly (not only out of the goods of their hearts but also because it is generally known to pay itself off in the long run).
Curious, where was that actual socialism? As far as I'm aware of, any country that had (attempted) socialist policies got bombed, their leaders were assassinated, and/or got their economies crippled via crippling sanctions.
So you're saying inner purges aren't enough for "actual socialism," one needs external hegemony as well? All japes aside, I wish that universal healthcare haters could have that sweet sweet social democratic healthcare given to them for a couple of years, then taken away, and see where they stand on the matter.