Reddit reviews The Case for Socialism (Updated Edition)

There are a lot but you could start with The Case for Socialism by Alan Maass who points out that the term "left" in the context of political philosophy has its roots in the French Revolution and that later it was applied to socialism, communism, and anarchism.

It was in the late 19th Century when Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto that the terms "left wing" and "right wing" were established with "right wing" refering to capitalism, monarchism, and the general idea that social hierarchies are natural and inevitable.

Thats why democracy is bullshit at least in any form which we're likely to be exposed to.

For the United States there was never an intent to create a truly representational democracy. The goal was actually to protect the wealthy and powerful from the whims of the masses. This is why great disparities of wealth exist here even though these disparities are in fact detrimental to the majority of the population.