Absolutely, as an European I am constantly amazed how deeply the 'socialism bad' mantra is embedded in the American psyche, how can you blame even the most text book failure of capitalism on socialism?
Perhaps the problem is the people can only imagine either capitalism or the Soviet Union and nothing in between. Guess what, you can have a mix where it makes sense. There's no need to obsessively pull out every socialism trope as if one were ChatGPT at every hint of an extremely mild criticism of capitalism.
Feedback is an important mechanism for the gradual improvement of any system.
Perhaps the problem is the people can only imagine either capitalism or the Soviet Union and nothing in between. Guess what, you can have a mix where it makes sense. There's no need to obsessively pull out every socialism trope as if one were ChatGPT at every hint of an extremely mild criticism of capitalism.
Feedback is an important mechanism for the gradual improvement of any system.