I've noticed that many people on this forum are intimidated by the very idea of socialism, and even social-democracy. In many posts I've seen the idea of communism and socialism treated as something entirely bad. Some people are even comparing these things with fascism. Everybody knows that communistic regimes are very prone to becoming exactly the opposite what they are supposed to stand for, but this doesn't mean that the basic idea of communism is "evil"... its actually very humane.
Why are people still looking as these things the same way they did during the cold war?