If you lived in a low-performing socialist country, I guess it's tough to blame you. But keep in mind that socialism, like any democratic experiment, is different based on the country's initial historic and material conditions.
One can pin point at China, a high performing democratic experiment and say they are doing fairly well, "despite" being a socialist Republic.
However I'm curious what you refer as "horrors" of communism.
Communism has more variables than central-planning vs market-economy: one-party, authoritarian, no private property, no political speech, nothing approaching civil rights, political executions...
If you lived in a low-performing socialist country, I guess it's tough to blame you. But keep in mind that socialism, like any democratic experiment, is different based on the country's initial historic and material conditions.
One can pin point at China, a high performing democratic experiment and say they are doing fairly well, "despite" being a socialist Republic.
However I'm curious what you refer as "horrors" of communism.