All these programs  you mention were put in place by the people and not the 'state'.  In America, the 'government' is the people   ruling through their elected representatives. In socialism the government is the 'state'. You confuse 'socialism' with some  'social' programs that were established by Americans for Americans within the framework of a capitalistic system. In communism the wealth of any nation all goes to the top, the top of the 'Party' that is.
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Social Security is money paid by employer and employee into an insurance policy that pays out upon reaching a certain age. The military answers to our President, the highest elected representative of the people. The Generals ultimately answer to him.  In your 'banana republic' version of America the generals  rule, but not in America. 
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Read "Animal Farm" by George Orwell to see how,  in socialism, some animals are just  more equal than others. You can never hope to move up the ladder of success apart from the 'Party'.