SOCIALISM IS A PRECURSER TO COMMUNISM THEY ARE ONE IN THE SAME; IT'S "DEMOCRATIC" SOCIALISM, WHICH IS A NICER WAY TO SAY IT; IT DOES NOT MATTER IF IT IS A NICER WAY TO SAY IT, COMMUNISM SUCKS AND HAS FAILED EVERY PLACE IT HAS BEEN; BUT WE NEED TO HOLD PEOPLE IN CHECK AND GET RID OF THEIR RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM OF CHOICE; NO ONE GETS TO DECIDE THAT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. NO PERSON GETS TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR ME.