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It's not the problem with socialism, but communism which most popular version came from USSR, came with authoritarianism and extreme corruption, but so does fascism.
I think social democracy, like we see in Nordic countries is much better. They seem to put a lot of effort fighting corruption.
IMO strength of institutions (whether the society is ruled by law) and amount of corruption is what decides whether the system is good for citizens or not.
Social democratic governments objectively have the best metrics for well-being among all forms of government we've tried.
That doesn't mean it's the best possible form of government by any means but it does mean you need to make a strong case for why your system should be better.
Personally I think more could be done to reduce the power of the wealthy and the state in those countries, so I'd like to see more experimentation to move towards libertarian socialist policies but I don't think it's crazy to start with a social democratic foundation.