In a fairly homogenous country with everyone having the same values, especially an ingrained work ethic, socialism in small doses could be ok.
In a multi-cultural society, it’s a recipe for disaster.
So the bottom line is that you're going to get some kind of statist. The choice is whether you get a socialist left-wing multiculturalist, or a "statist" nationalist who opposes having his country turned into a dumping ground for the Third World.
American conservatives opposing the latter on purist grounds because they are insufficiently libertarian on economic issues is ridiculous.
and theft is tolerable, and so on.