All the same, really. Socialism under the Fabian Society is Marxism in slow motion, hence their turtle mascot.
People make a mistake thinking that a nation can flirt with “some of the better” policies of Marxism. The cultural result of supplying welfare for unmarried Mothers, is more women unmarried, with more children. Welfare and SS for those without an address or a family to tolerate them, homeless encampments.
In my mind the easiest way to solve most of any countries problems is to get rid of the income tax. In lieu of that, people should quit paying. The government would crumble under the weight of its debt and we would eventually return to fiscal responsibility. Of course people are much more afraid of arrest than living under a dictator. We just do not have the will to win.
My tiny county of less than 100,000 people has a budget equal to what the State it is part of spent in 1972. Of course as most would say, that is not a problem.