Eisenhower was considered a socialist in his era by some, but notably those some were the people who did the business plot and those like them. The 20th century in America can be summarized as unregulated capitalism destroyed our society and pushed us to the question of socialism or barbarism, a compromise was struck, and the ones who demanded barbarism spent the remainder of the century inching us back towards unregulated capitalism while pointing at the socialists and calling them barbaric.
Eisenhower was considered a socialist in his era by some, but notably those some were the people who did the business plot and those like them. The 20th century in America can be summarized as unregulated capitalism destroyed our society and pushed us to the question of socialism or barbarism, a compromise was struck, and the ones who demanded barbarism spent the remainder of the century inching us back towards unregulated capitalism while pointing at the socialists and calling them barbaric.