Please spare us your poor takes and off-base comparisons. The west hasn't come anywhere close to the level of mass killings by socialist Germany, Russia, and China.
Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Somalia, and the former Yugoslavia. I have a Libyan friend who hates the US for what it did to his country. I also have friends from Eastern Europe who watched as NATO bombs reigned down on them.
Then there was the two nuclear bombs that the US dropped on innocent civilians the only country in history that has used nuclear weapons against innocent people.
What I'm getting at is we tend to use certain narratives in history to label others without realizing that most countries in history are guilty of atrocities and put certain countries on a pedestal. Nothing takes away evil no matter what shape or form it comes in.
By the way, most countries during the covid pandemic ruled by decree and repeated often "it's for the greater good" which I believe is a socialist doctrine also.