Were FDR's economic policies "too socialist" for anyone here?

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23. I disagree.

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"It is the government control of the means of production."

I think your definition is too limited.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/socialism

Socialism: Social and economic doctrine that calls for public rather than private ownership or control of property and natural resources.

This fundamental conviction nevertheless leaves room for socialists to disagree among themselves with regard to two key points. The first concerns the extent and the kind of property that society should own or control. Some socialists have thought that almost everything except personal items such as clothing should be public property; this is true, for example, of the society envisioned by the English humanist Sir Thomas More in his Utopia (1516). Other socialists, however, have been willing to accept or even welcome private ownership of farms, shops, and other small or medium-sized businesses.