I mean really socialism is a scale. A true free market would have no regulations, meaning monopolies would form and the biggest company would basically become more powerful than the government (which is kind of what blackrock is, to most countries outside of the USA.) Whereas there's a system which is so regulated that everything is controlled and owned by the government.

The middle ground is whatever denmark is doing. Yes the middle ground, not communism, but the middle, where under a largely similar system to the USA, the capital owners, big companies etc, but still, the basic needs of the people are supplied by a governing body. This means that Democrats and other "left leaning" political governments who don't advocate for universal free healthcare are right wing.