It will always be something in between and I think that's a good thing. The biggest problem is the way people use these words to make themselves look better or to demonize others. By definition, a "socialist dictator" should be impossible, but there are many dictators calling themselves socialist as a tool to justify their actions.
I don't cling to any label, I want to see lots of experimenting by groups without these kinds of tyrants
people are throwing around words left and right. when i see all the commie and nazi calling i feel like USA is again in the cold war, using it to scare people.
looks like the problem is that we as a society never had true democracy nor true socialism.
I feel things are changing though, we’ll be able to do better now if we push the right innovations forward and get involved in building