Not to say this isn’t its own folly. Sometimes people can be too “bright” for their own good, and not see the subtle servant which wishes them a new kind of bondage. Who’s going to govern a socialist utopia and how? The USSR seems to be a good answer to that.
Governing a socialist is easy. The governed possess no iwill of its own or is too afraid to speak truths. Socialists are the crowd seeking an oven for their own baking