No. They're socialist. Everyone thinks of them as socialist. Sweden especially is considered socialist. Universal healthcare, disability welfare, redistributed wealth, higher taxes on the richer fellows, the whole nine yards. The most you could say that they aren't socialist is because not everyone gets a cheque from the government. But I'd consider that the only thing. And even that's not a requirement for socialism.
A quick google search could probably clarify your confusion over what socialism is or if it applies to any of these states, even Sweden. They might have a 'socialist party' in their parliament, but that doesn't make the state a socialist state with socialist public policy.
Anyways, the original question was why some people don't like socialism and I thought I made that clear. They don't like systems like Sweden has either. Same general idea though, some people reject the morality of having the money they earned forcibly taken by law, for no benefit to themselves and given to somebody that didn't earn for dubious reasons.
So it goes back to personal accountability and individual rights and responsibility vs involuntary obligations and duties.
Also, there isn't much difference in a fundamental sense, between Nazi Socialism and regular commie/socialism. Vietnam invaded Cambodia and China hated the Soviets and Leninists hated Stalinists, Trotskities hated Leninists too. Mensheviks hated Bolsheviks.
Just because they hate each other doesn't make them dissimilar. Same basic ideas form the basis for their ideologies, same as with Nazis and Commies.
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