The perception disconnect between the US and the rest of the world is that examples of “socialism” are dramatically different. Is socialism defined by the Cuba

The perception disconnect between the US and the rest of the world is that examples of “socialism” are dramatically different. Is socialism defined by the Cuba/Venezuelan example or Scandinavia/Nordic examples? I think what people see as socialism in the US is more related to their understanding of the term from the Cuba/Venezuelan flavor than Scandinavian flavor. Americans have a distaste because they see people who prefer attempting a dangerous escape from those socialist countries to living in them.