Keyword you seem to have missed is "colloquial". Yes I know they don't. But 99% of the time those are the type of programs being railed against by free market evangelist....
But in reality....The USA mic is the closest thing to actual meaning of socialism the USA has ever tried.
Colloquial usage of the word is simply incorrect. I don't see how the US is the closest when nowhere in its history have workers significantly controlled the means of their own production. It simply hasn't happened around the world and I doubt it ever will.
But in reality....The USA mic is the closest thing to actual meaning of socialism the USA has ever tried.