Do you know what a socialist even is? Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism Your sentence woudl be acceptab

Do you know what a socialist even is? Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism Your sentence woudl be acceptable if you said "left-leaning people" as opposed to equating everything to political left with socialism. And even then, you'd need to specify which country you're talking about; for example, compare the UK's nationalized healthcare with the USA's current attempt.