Stepping back, any country run by humans will inevitably be corrupt. So we are really talking about degrees of corruption. For context, I was referring to soci

Stepping back, any country run by humans will inevitably be corrupt. So we are really talking about degrees of corruption. For context, I was referring to socialist countries under the European definition which is a mix of socialism and capitalism. This might include France, Denmark, Sweden etc. For us socialist != communist which is way further left. As with everything there is a spectrum. I feel like in the US in some circles... socialism == communism and socialist policies are demonized.... a result of the cold war echoing through history. There is little language to describe a left of center policies.