First of all, they REJECT the labels absolutely.
Second of all, you don’t even need to be politically literate to understand that they’re not socialist. And no, it’s not because “marx’s theories are outdated and socialism has been updated.” ITS BASIC FUCKING HISTORY.
The US had several fucking nukes pointed at the USSR. Multiple times the world almost ended because of ideological conflicts. Latin American and Asia were invaded, interfered with, and openly and proudly.
So why the FUCK would the US be allies with socialist countries now? Why would they share intelligence with Canadians if they’re socialist? Despite trading heavily with China, the US still have nukes pointed at their country. They have soldiers stationed near their borders. Why isn’t the Canadian-US border heavily militarized? Why aren’t there nuclear submarines patrolling near their waters?
YOU IDIOT
ITS NOT SOCIALIST
THATS WHY
China's government holds the reins over the domestic bourgeoisie; their interests are only partly aligned and the state will slap down individuals and entire industries that act counter to the government's interests. c.f. Jack Ma, cram schools etc.
The Nordics are ultimately dictatorships of the bourgeoisie; the interests of business and always present and paramount no matter how the people vote in elections. The state in the Nordic countries acts to mediate frictions between the workers and capital on behalf of capital.
These differences are why the Nordic states social safety nets are slowly eroding/being farmed out and the Chinese state is tackling the Three Mountains.