> Socialist societies Please make a difference between a socialist-leaning societal culture and an actual totalitarian government necessary to force everyone t

> Socialist societies Please make a difference between a socialist-leaning societal culture and an actual totalitarian government necessary to force everyone to follow socialist policies. The socialism you're thinking of starts when you abolish elections (or make it the law that you have to vote for The Party) and merge the three branches of government. Simply enacting socialist policies for the benefit of the community within the established democratic framework of checks and balances on the power of governing bodies, is not a slippery slope and does not end with actual socialism.