re: Identity Politics are being used to divide this Country like no other time

By that logic, petting a dog and scratching his belly is beastiality. You are a clown.

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Advocating for socialized medicine kinda sorta makes you a socialist

By that logic advocating for the police, fire department, or any kind of social program makes you a socialist.

Luckily that kind of logic is asinine and you should be able to under what a mixed economy is

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Police, fire department, national defense etc are considered public goods.

One of the determinants of socialism is that it must entail the public provision of non-public goods(like healthcare).

So you can advocate(your word) for the police and fire department and not be advocating socialism because they are public goods.

But advocating for universal healthcare, a non public good, probably does make you a socialist.

Just try thinking this through my friend.