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social welfare programs, regulated market economy, and gubmint gibs aren't socialism. Socialism refers to an economic system in which the means of production (factories, farms, mines, etc.) are publicly owned and production and distribution is done through planning rather than a market economy.
I'm not a socialist since I believe the market should still exist in some capacity and the whole economy can't be planned but I am left-leaning so I'm somewhat sympathetic to socialism.