Social programs does not equate to a socialist economy, which is what real socialism is....a failed economic policy of total government control that led to the deaths of up to 150 million people in the 20th century alone.
This failed system has been rebranded and reshaped into post-modern Marxism through the use of identity politics, but the ends are the same.
The “socialism bogeyman” referenced above is real.
It’s the history that keeps getting brushed under the rug.