> You don't need socialism to have universal healthcare. What I'm saying is that many, many people on both sides of the issue use "socialism" to mean "any soci

> You don't need socialism to have universal healthcare. What I'm saying is that many, many people on both sides of the issue use "socialism" to mean "any socialist policy regardless of the majority economic or governmental system." That's not what Marx intended, and it may not be what it means in the former USSR, but that's usually what it means in English. When someone says "we need more socialism" or mocks the idea that "socialism will destroy America", then barring additional context, it's not helpful to assume they want a full Soviet system.