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==History Lesson: When Did the Democratic Party Become Socialist?==

==History Lesson: When Did the Democratic Party Become Socialist?==

The Democratic Socialist movement allegedly began around 1944.  Then a six-time Socialist Party candidate for President stated:

The Democratic Socialist movement allegedly began around 1944.  This occurred when then a six-time Socialist Party candidate for President stated, "The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened…. I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democratic Party has adopted our platform."

"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened…. I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democratic Party has adopted our platform."

Socialists within the United States did not achieve a full movement towards making the Democratic Party more of a Socialist Party until the 1960’s. The "new" party idea did get popular when one certain radical seemed to alter his tactics. This figure for the Socialists was Saul Alinsky, who, by the way, is a very good friend of former Presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton. Saul Alinsky stated that "to change a society, one had to first infiltrate the major institutions, the school, the media, the churches, the entertainment industries, the labor unions, and the three branches of government, and then it would have the power to implement policies."

Socialists within the United States did not achieve a full movement towards making the Democratic Party more of a Socialist Party until the 1960’s. The "new" party idea did get popular when one certain radical seemed to alter his tactics. This figure for the Socialists was Saul Alinsky, who, by the way, is a very good friend of former Presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton. Saul Alinsky stated that "to change a society, one had to first infiltrate the major institutions, the school, the media, the churches, the entertainment industries, the labor unions, and the three branches of government, and then it would have the power to implement policies."