I hope you're right ... do you even know what socialism is? It's total control of the means of production by the government. What people on the so-called left want is nothing remotely like that. Government regulation is what we need not control. There is a big difference. When you have people in government in bed with the people they're so supposed to regulate, there is no regulation. And that is the problem. Socialism, Jesus, Joseph, and Mary ... the ignorance about that term is total disinformation and a classic example of what Orwell has shown to be the tactic of autocratic governments.
Thanks for the high school civics simplistic definition. The real world has nuance that may be beyond this narrow and sophomoric view.
There are many forms of socialism and there is no single definition. Each form of socialism involve some degree of social ownership. “Total control” describes socialism only in extremis.
Please read Angela Davis, Vivian Girnick and Karl Marx, and spend some time in Socialist countries, and then return to lecture me on the meaning of socialism. If you don’t want to take the time to understand in that depth, google and Wikipedia are helpful.
Have a nice day.