But what is socialism? What you describe as free-market policies of Sweden is much closer to what Marx wanted than what Venezuela has. So why is it that Sweden is free-market and Venezuela is socialism?
I will tell you why. Because socialism is an euphemism for what you don't like. Much like Nazism as a term. They don't have any meaning, your discourse just likes to throw around meaningless words to sound smart and keep arguing in circles.
The difference in Venezuela and Sweden is not socialism. It is corruption. Sweden has not been at war for a long time, hasn't seen economic hardships in long time and hasn't experienced cultural anxiety in a long time. They benefit from deep rooted connections to old-money by being an refuge for Jews when they were hunted in UK and then having free access to USA by creating colonies and later having visa-free travel (because they were white).
Venezuela is a colonized country where constant political meddling, being extremely poor, having sanctions and having revolutions - each of which lead to corruption. And unlike French, they couldn't outsource their misery and corruption to other people who were "different". What has socialism got to do with it? Nothing. There is no comparison between sustained wealth and long term poverty.