Where do Conservatives get the impression that socialism means not having money or the government paying people not to work?

Because they've been systematically taught that anything with an "ism" is baaaaaaad. It appears they don't even understand that the military, police, fire, roads and whole list of things fall under the banner of Socialism. What I find fascinating is how they fight against having their own money come back to them in the form of better services. That's a mind blower. All I know is when you look up the "happiest" and best performing countries in the world they most all fall under the "socialist" banner.