There are no socialists in europe or america period. In the countries which have a socialist leader, like they had in Portugal or in Spain, government has just taken the same right wing approach as the rest of europe: fuck the working class to save the elites asses.
The thing about violence. There is no need for violence to redistribute wealth. I'm not saying we should do it, but government just has to pass a law and change bank account's owners, see, no violence.
What i think BCEmporium is trying to say that keeping people starving to death and poor is just as bad as "stealing the rich" if not more. Maybe its not violence but you can attack people indirectly if you don't let them develop.