Scary Socialism

I've been seeing Facebook posts about socialism. Some people appear to be afraid of our government "becoming" socialist. People. Please. Don't be so naive. So . . . you're against things like public schools, Social Security, labor unions, any level of minimum wage, paying armed force personnel (at all), national parks, interstate highways, GI Bill, veterans benefits, unemployment insurance, VA home loans, any pension or retirement plan, etc., etc., etc.? Because the payment for NONE of these things are based directly on free market capitalism. Even retirement plans offered by private companies are socialist. All you have to do is join the social group (others working in your company), meet the basic requirements (employee class, years of service, opt in to a plan, etc.) and you get it. It is not based on the market value you provide for the company. Your retirement plan doesn't immediately/automatically change, if you, effectively, raise your company's market value by landing a big account, or creating some huge savings for your company. The way to make it non-socialist would be to allow people to opt out of a retirement plan, and pay them 100% of the cash they'd otherwise take out of their checks to pay for this benefit. But people seem to love these socialist retirement plans. I don't see any of you anti-socialism people protesting against them, or the GI Bill, or military retirement benefits. I mean . . . don't you trust yourself to be responsible with money? Do you need a socialist safety net? The money is yours! If you are such a capitalist, why wouldn't you demand to keep that in your paycheck, and invest it on your own, rather than join a bunch of others in some socialist retirement plan? Maybe you'd say you're not joining such a socialist group for you. You did it for those poor guys who aren't responsibly saving for retirement. You're doing it for their welfare. You, then, believe in socialist welfare benefits. I mean, really, is our federal government anything BUT socialist? Are any federal employee salaries based directly on profits they help to generate on the free market? The social group is the American people. These people pool together resources (via taxes), and hope to share in some benefits. Now I think we can talk about how our socialist government channels the resources. Maybe reduce the loopholes and breaks rich people are able to take advantage of. Maybe even reduce the size of government. But if, say, a Republican says he's against socialism, how can that be true? If he or she chooses to be paid by a government which IS completely socialist, he or she IS a socialist.