People who understand that socialism is a form of helping people, and that it has never been implemented on the planet will realize that socialism is actually a good thing.
Those uninformed who believe that the USSR was a socialist state, do not understand socialism. The USSR was a dictatorship with state-owned capitalism. The profits and decisions on what was done with state-owned enterprises were still run by a small cadre of people, as it typically does in every capitalist system.
In a socialist system, the workers, who get less for their work than whatever they produce, be it goods or services, in any capitalist system, have a say in every aspect of the workplace, and enterprise. These same workers also share in the profits of the enterprise.
For a better understanding, please log in to http://www.democracyatwork.info for much more info than I can put here. A specific podcast there will explain the difference between capitalism and socialism. It is the "Get the latest" section > Economic Update Radio Show. Then listen to the July 6 show, entitled "Class and Socialism."
It will give a much better explanation than I could ever give.
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