I'm not sure why you were downvoted, this isn't entirely incorrect per se. In political dialog, too often "socialism" and "communism" are equated together in t

I'm not sure why you were downvoted, this isn't entirely incorrect per se. In political dialog, too often "socialism" and "communism" are equated together in this country incorrectly. Venezuela and Sweden usually aren't directly compared together, but what happens is that failed authoritarian central-planned nations like Venezuela are often used as boogeymen against "socialism" in general, including socialist policies (like, say, a universal healthcare -- which is not socialist per se, but has some elements if there is large central planning) that have nothing to do with why Venezuela failed, and are implemented with some decent success in other countries. Heck our own current president even used Venezuela as a boogeyman against "socialism" in general fairly recently. (https://www.newsweek.com/trump-was-laughed-world-leaders-dissing-socialism-667785 https://www.newsweek.com/trump-was-laughed-world-leaders-dis...)