Originally Posted by
Chillpill
You, as many others, confuse left leaning ideas or social democracy with socialism. Bernie's own definition of "democratic socialist" is not socialism.
I can't think of a single active politician who is an actual socialist, apart from some fringe lunatics. But in the US it's customary to throw the "socialist" title on anyone who leans more to the left, without having a clue what it means.