Modern socialism is easily defined as " We are not Communist". The only difference is the illusion of democracy and timeline. Instead of revealutionary war it is attrition and deception. Think about those that call and want an end to misinformation. In our country only 20% consider themselves as progressive, Democratic socialist (includes fascist) or Communist. All of these are minority beliefs that can easily debunct as no matter how they attain power it comes at the cost of Liberty. All are totalitarian where the classes are broken down to two classes; the rule makers, rule enforcement and rule promoters are the upper class and then there is everyone else.
Common sense analogy, in the US the mean average income is approximately 75,000.00, globally it is 14,000.00. Now which direction does our middle class go in real spending value?