Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy...?

It's all politics. Socialism is a "radical" ideology; people are afraid of it. Churchill hated and feared communism, and communism and socialism, despite their differences, are often ociated in people's minds. Socialism is a rational system; in fact, some of the elements of our own government and economy draw upon socialist ideas (welfare, government regulation of industry, etc.)