Norman Thomas is reported to have said this in a 1944 speech:

"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism.
But, under the name of "liberalism," they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program,
until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.
" He went on to say: "I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party.
The Democratic Party has adopted our platform."

Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884 - December 19, 1968)
was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.

Stinkdyr wrote:

This land is your land...this land is my land...:-"

DrMaddVibe wrote:

First thing I thought of when I read the heading of the post.

Good old Woody. Even if he did have sympathetic views of communism... or so I've read. 🌫

Buckwheat wrote: