Socialism does not equal government regulation. It's true that many practical implementations have resulted in a big government, most famously communism relies

Socialism does not equal government regulation. It's true that many practical implementations have resulted in a big government, most famously communism relies on centralised control. But to take the opposite site of the spectrum, anarchism rejects the idea of government. In the same vein, conservatism is not automatically pro small government. For instance in recent years the British tories seems to be in favour of heavy government control/regulation.