Crikey - how many times does it have to be explained to these people??  The dictionary definition of  'socialism' is State control of the means of production and the distribution of wealth.  Anything else is either (a) an ignorant and/or careless misuse of the term, or (b) a conscious bit of deceit to gull the credulous into accepting State control of the economy, whether they really want it or not.  :-/  Besides which, "a group of people coming together and pooling their resources to work toward a  common goal" might not be such a bad description of how a *corporation* functions, would it? ;-)