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The US was always far more evil than the USSR, and gave its citizens fewer rights. The US committed numerous genocidal invasions against Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and much more, while the USSR supported anti-colonial liberation movements in Cuba, China, Palestine, Angola, and much, much more.
Further, Finland, the Netherlands, etc are not Socialist. They are Social Democracies. Their safety nets are deteriorating, the state is under the control of capitalists, and they fund their safety nets through Imperialism. They all are reliant on the US millitarily. You cannot "control" Capitalism, Capitalism directly means the system is under the control of Capitalists. Socialism is required, meaning overwhelmingly public ownership of large firms and key industries, and power in the hands of the working class.
When the US Empire falls, the rest of the Global North will fall with it, or will have to pivot to the Global South.