Not too sure about this. All socialism is tyranny and the next step towards communism. Even democratic-socialism is just polite terminology for tyranny of the majority. I bet you will point to the Scandinavian countries, but they use a capitalism/democratic-socialism hybrid, not pure socialism.

Here's my issue with Nordic-style democracy: under democratic-socialism, while most people will feel good about the way their country is run, the minority opinions feel completely shut out. That's a bad thing when the dissenting opinions hold more value than they are treated to have, such as those based in facts when the majority is ignorant to said facts.