I guess it depends on your experiences. My leftist friends are very much involved in co-ops and in general what you say it's true. However, when we talk about

I guess it depends on your experiences. My leftist friends are very much involved in co-ops and in general what you say it's true. However, when we talk about the actual socialism, that is the political system in Eastern Europe from 1945 until 1989, the parent is right - the socialists, and their older brothers communists, wanted your property and in general non-part initiatives were either frowned upon or strictly forbidden.