Pope Benedict XVI: "Democratic socialism managed to fit within the two existing models as a welcome counterweight to the radical liberal positions, which it developed and corrected..." https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1260700804706525184

"...In many respects, democratic socialism was and is close to Catholic social doctrine and has in any case made a remarkable contribution to the formation of a social consciousness." https://www.firstthings.com/article/2006/01/europe-and-its-discontents

Pope St. John XXIII "We must speak of man's rights. Man has the right to live. He has the right to bodily integrity & to the means necessary for the proper development of life, particularly food, clothing, shelter, medical care, rest, & finally, the necessary social services..."

"...The worker is likewise entitled to a wage that is determined in accordance with the precepts of justice[...]The amount a worker receives must be sufficient, in proportion to available funds, to allow him & his family a standard of living consistent with human dignity..."

"...The fact that authority comes from God does not mean that men have no power to choose those who are to rule the State, or to decide upon the type of government they want, and determine the procedure and limitations of rulers in the exercise of their authority..."

"...Hence the above teaching is consonant with any genuinely democratic form of government." Pacem in Terris, 1963

Now, I get it. It suits the material interests of many to broaden the atheistic, materialist socialism explicity condemned since Leo XIII to define any form of government that meets the criteria above.

In place of capitalism, they propose something called "corporatism," and either are ignorant of, or hope their audience is ignorant of, the indisputable fact that "corporatist" enterprises end up in regimes that not only enshrine the rights of the capitalist elite...

...above those of the workers, but do so with a degree of repression - in the name of "harmony" - that at the very least rivals today's liberal capitalist states.

If you are a worker, these people do not have your interests at heart. They are lying to you or to themselves.

Please, take the time to read this, from Herbert McCabe, OP, Master of Sacred Theology: https://medium.com/@taycross/fr-herbert-mccabe-the-class-struggle-and-christian-love-1980-684842ebce61

"What is wrong with capitalism is simply that it is based on human antagonism, and it is precisely here that it comes in conflict with Christianity. Capitalism is a state of war..."

"...but not just a state of war between equivalent forces; it involves a war between those who believe in and prosecute war as a way of life, as an economy, and those who do not." - From the above excerpt from Fr. McCabe