definition of "socialism", which is: worker ownership of the means of production
Bzz, false. The dictionary definition of the term is:
a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies
See? No "worker ownership" — government ownership. Schools don't need to be owned by the teachers for public education to be socialist, they need to be owned by the government. And they are!
Same goes for retirement financing, and medicine for retires — with millions clamoring to expand it ("Medicare for all!!") — what GP enumerated. The "single-payer healthcare" — another euphemism — would be exactly that too.
Workers can own shares of their employers — indeed, Anthrophic employees do (and anticipate to profit handsomely). That's not socialism at all — not by the dictionary definition.
I blame the libertarians for making the definitions unclear
I blame you for pulling the definition from under your tail — and the morons upvoting you.
"anything the government does that benefits the people instead of corporations."
That's spelled "KKKorporation$". Make a note of it. Benefits the people, eh? The per-pupil spending nationwide went up (inflation-adjusted) from $9083 in 1989 to $13790 last year. And what did this expense buy us — the barely literate population unable to even define such terms as "socialism" correctly...
And they've adopted the word "democratic socialism"
The term (not "word"!!!) was adopted by "former" Communists, who've proudly elected a Senator some Congresswomen and, most recently, New York mayor. Who immediately proceeded to establish a government-owned supermarket.
