I'd be ashamed to tell everyone I was a socialist. That would be admitting I was a moocher who had low self esteem. I would be telling the world I didn't think I could make my way in life on my own terms and needed a nanny state to guide my every move. I would be a person who saw no shame in taking what others had produced and using it for my benefit while whining I was unable to cope.
Yes, I don't understand how anyone could want to be a socialist.
I know know, I mis spelled democrat.