This is one "set of eye glasses" through which to define socialism -- george

HONOR LABOR  

There's the class that  owns the means of production and then there's the rest of us who do the work It's we who put the food on the world's tables and clothing on people's backs.  It's we who wash the dishes, clean the house and get the rest of the family off to work and off to school. And we are the builders, the transporters, the miners, the harvesters and repair people. We're essentially in charge of taking care of ourselves and the rest of the world because we do the work.

          Now who disagrees with that?

We take care of our homes and children and often enough the homes and children of others. There's nothing wrong with being a maid, a janitor or caretakers of children except often we're doing it for people who ought to be doing it for themselves. Essentially we're in charge of raising the next generation.  

        Now who disagrees with that?

We are the producers of the luxuries that only the rich can enjoy. Without our labor there'd be no time and materials  for the professionals,  the intellectuals and artists, there'd be no profits for business, no dividends for stock holders, no interest for banks and no taxes for government.

        Now who would disagree with that?

So why shouldn't we, why couldn't we run this world our labor is taken to produce?                        

        You got a second hand rich man's excuse?

        and a second question, do we really think that we can have democracy without democracy                   in the work place or with the capitalists owning the wealth and power