>We live in a country where people love ACA but hate Obamacare
>and vote for candidates who want to repeal it and stop
>socialism.

people in red states overwhelmingly approved a lot of liberal policies via ballot measure last midterms...then also voted for conservative politicians sworn to block/repeal those same policies.

i dont even know what the remedy is for a population that dumbed down.

no amount of superior policy proposal can fix that. dems could lay out a program that would put $1k/mth in peoples pocket and add 10 years to their lifespan...and repubs would find a way to create a scare around it and get half the country or more not vote against it.

every popular govt program today was called socialism and resisted by republicans. then when they eventually pass...people love them and republicans move on to calling something else socialism and people fall for it again for a while.

ronald reagan literally recorded an album just to bash social security and medicare...saying shit like medicare will lead to a socialist dictatorship (sound familiar?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_Speaks_Out_Against_Socialized_Medicine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bejdhs3jGyw

democrats need to front page this silly shit to show the repetitive fearmongering repubs have engaged in around socialism...and more importantly...how beloved the policies are that they fearmongered against. basically 'if repubs call it socialism...its almost guaranteed to be good for you'.