Ratzinger was and remains a dyed in the wool leftist.  You don't see him as such in today's world because you progressives have become so extremist that rationality is no longer possible.

MSW a "Trad"?  In what universe?  Clearly you have no understanding whatsoever of Traditional Catholicism.

Democratic Socialism is still nothing more more than legalized thievery.  You can repackage it to fool the unthinking man all you want, but forcibly taking what doesn't belong to you doesn't become morally acceptable just because you plan to help others, even if you don't line your own pockets first.  

Keeping the murder of innocents legal because you're unsure how to go about supporting them is extremist, irrational, and evil.