Think of books. You buy a physical book and you think you own it even though strictly speaking you bought a license. I feel the same about my '90's games as my '90's books, I bought it, I can sell it, give it away or do anything besides distribute copies of it, along with a couple of other things like public performances

Think of a book, comes with a license that allows you to do all kinds of things with it, excepting making copies and distributing them. Actually I have at least one book that says the license is only good as long as you have the book cover.
Even though the book is actually licensed, you basically own it. And if you own it long enough (actually your family etc), eventually the license expires and you can do anything you want with that book including copying it.
Now a days, some books, just like software, are only in electronic format and the license can be revoked even though you paid for it just like a physical book

I can quote Merriam-webster too, without using the simple version which I guess is for simple folks who can't think, from https://www.merriam-webster.co...

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: any of various egalitarian economic and political theories or movements advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

Notice the collective or government ownership. Things like Credit Unions and Co-ops are examples of actual socialism.

Yes, for what is basically a Constitution level change, it should be a clear majority, at least 60% if not higher. Results that are basically a tie mean that under slightly different circumstances such as different weather could well have resulted in the opposite result. Things that are easy to revert such as a referendum on getting rid of the time change (last referendum I voted in) can be simply 50%+1.

Yes, that has probably always been true that some people simply don't want kids. Today it is easy to not have kids as birth control in various forms is common. In my parents day (before the pill) the majority of marriages seemed to be due to pregnancy and married people often screwed up and ended up with kids. Sex is fun and even being careful, pregnancy can result with being careful successfully in the past being a lot harder then today.
Used to be a lot more lack of entertainment as well, nothing else to do at night then have sex. Even more recently, power outages have resulted in a baby boom 9 months later.

I don't think I've ever seen so many strawmen built on weird assumptions trying to argue that a credit union is communist and belonging to one means trying to get rid of the government. I think you need some deprogramming or at least some education. I mean to be so down on Groucho Marx, I mean it's true I got conditioned by watching You Bet Your Life as a youngster but you act like it's the worse thing ever.

You mean that after Germany declared war on you, you joined the fight rather then surrendering.

It's the Conservatives who label the 50-60's America's golden age. You're right that no one paid the 90% top end. Instead they paid their workers better, put money back into their business and such which led to a fairly robust spread of wealth and the average person doing OK financially.

Why do you think that socialism has to involve the government, besides things like enforcing contracts.
From the American Heritage dictionary,

noun
        Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy.

My Credit Union is owned collectively, same with various Co-ops I deal with, though I'm not a member of most of them.
Wiki has much more on it, starting with,

Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems[1] characterised by social ownership of the means of production,[2] as opposed to private ownership.[3][4][5] It describes the economic, political, and social theories and movements associated with the implementation of such systems.[6] Social ownership can take various forms, including public, community, collective, cooperative,[7][8][9] or employee.[10][11] As one of the main ideologies on the political spectrum, socialism is the standard left-wing ideology in most countries.[12] Types of socialism vary based on the role of markets and planning in resource allocation, and the structure of management in organizations.[13][14]

Socialist systems are divided into non-market and market forms.[15][16] A non-market socialist system seeks to eliminate the perceived inefficiencies, irrationalities, unpredictability, and crises that socialists traditionally associate with capital accumulation and the profit system.[17] Market socialism retains the use of monetary prices, factor markets and sometimes the profit motive.

Personally, I like the market forms, which are hopefully more resistant to authoritarianism.

OTOH, America's golden age was at a time when the top tax bracket was up around 90%.

Yep, better to borrow the money to give to the wealthy elite.

Credit Unions and Co-op's are about as socialist as you can get and often quite successful. Socialism can be quite compatible with the free market as long as the government doesn't interfere too much to help the capitalists.

The larva are perhaps more important for the food chain. Fish food might be important, especially for the young,

Looked it up in case my memory was bad. From wiki,

Vegetables are edible parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. This original meaning is still commonly used, and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots, and seeds. An alternative definition is applied somewhat arbitrarily, often by culinary and cultural tradition; it may include savoury fruits such as tomatoes and squash, flowers such as broccoli, and seeds such as pulses, but exclude foods derived from some plants that are fruits, flowers, nuts, and cereal grains.

Which agrees what I was taught in school.

Could be worse, handing them to religious nut jobs to sexually abuse. Of course some governments are full of religious nut jobs so you have the worst of both worlds.