What is "socialism"? - An attempt to clear up myths/misconceptions

[VGPolyglot]

DonFerrari said:

VGPolyglot said:

I actually think it's liberals calling themselves left-wing, rather than leftists calling themselves liberals.

You may think they shouldn't be calling themselves left-wing, I won't complain about it, but when they want the government to interfere on economy on ever increasing size and frequency and also the "social freedom" they want is also through lawmaking to make things they don't like forbidden.... nothing the american "liberals" preach are really liberal in concept independent of what name or ideology they say they have.

Government intervention is not necessarily left-wing though, if the goal of the intervention is to reduce income inequality then sure, but some times it is done to break up unions, cut social services, etc.