When you put it this way, it is not good.

However, and I have no idea what socialism is/was in US or Soviet or how it manifested, I think helping people with whatever or however we can is not a bad thing.

Making people equal is impossible, at least not in terms of intelligence (not only IQ), behaviors, looks, morals, color or riches.

Equality in rights, that is something else. But I guess that is not what the socialism you are talking about is advocating for?

They have no faith in voluntary charity (but more than happy to make 'helping' a legal statute?), while continually stating how good all people are...

We have many examples in steemit where you can see what humans do wherever they go! like bid-bot scams and reward-pool abuse, etc

Is it okay to force people to give money to others? Forcing is never okay. But unfortunately, people love rules and thy want someone to implement them. That is why they elect all sorts of idiots/tyrants who promise them what they want to hear and put them under the new age slavery (collecting the dollar)

Thanks for sharing!