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* Socialism is about social control of the economy to achieve fairer outcomes.

* Its “success” depends heavily on the model—social democracies have fared better than state-communist systems.

* The U.S. opposition is deeply historical (the Cold War), ideological (individualism vs. collectivism), and economic (powerful capitalist interests).