Well, I understand what you’re saying...but I think people tend to confuse being a capitalist with big government handouts (not socialism), and and being a socialist, where the state controls the means of production and distribution, as well as dictating the means of individual citizens of a society...
”Democratic” Socialists have worked tirelessly, over the years, to blur the lines between the two...
Europe, for example, has high taxes, and spends a lot on government handouts- but they are not socialist...👍