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Man, I hate to break it to you, but none of those things are socialism.
Paid sick leave, workers' rights, unemployment benefits, affordable education, family leave, and labor protections all exist within capitalist economies across the developed world. Those are features of social democracy and welfare states, not socialism.
In fact, when people point to countries they admire for these policies, such as the Nordic nations, they're pointing to highly capitalist countries with strong private property rights, stock markets, and large private sectors. They are not socialist economies.
Bernie Sanders and AOC are generally advocating social-democratic policies, not the abolition of capitalism. Whether you agree with them or not, that's an important distinction.
The meme's entire argument depends on treating "government programs I like" and "socialism" as the same thing. They aren't.
I tried explaining this difference to Americans on the old place several times and it ...did not go well.
I've been in that boat.. hopeless task. The red scare essentially brainwashed generations, it seems.