It's not that simple as there's many varieties of socialism:
Socialism - Wikipedia
Personally, I prefer the Nordic Model:
Nordic model - Wikipedia
Any movement in this direction, is away from Democracy and is therefore a threat to Democracy. Democracy is about citizens before Big Brother Government.
Socialism is appealing to many since it allows you to symbolically stay at childhood with Government your surrogate parents. You get to play and they take care of your logistics. Democracy is about growing up and becoming an adult, who still honors their parent; law and order, but is now free to make their own mistakes and seek their own good. Control of private property and Socialism is analogous to parents owning the house and the children get to live there. Once the children grow older, they want their own property to build a family, so they can be socialist overlords to their children, until they are old and wise enough for Democracy.
There is a pattern in culture of children leaving and returning to the security of parental socialism, due to the tough economy. A sound economy is needed to allow the resources for a growing Democracy of adults. Messing up the economy is better for extended parental Socialism.
The Left tends to play this game of projection, where they describe themselves and then try to tag Trump with their projected qualities. Trump never used Law fare against anyone in the DNC, like the DNC has done since Trump was elected in 2016, yet Trump is called the threat against liberties.
When Trump ran for president in 2024, the RNC allowed open primaries which included people who did not like Trump. Biden and the RNC, did not allow such a thing, since they are not for Democracy. Although, once given a choice of the one stronger candidate; Biden, puffed by media propaganda, people did vote for him in a semi-Democratic way. That was one foot in Democracy.
Once Biden looked tired and beatable, the DNC did not opt for an open convention or a democratic vote of his replacement. Rather Harris was coronated like we live in a monarchy. That is an obvious threat to Democracy, yet projected on Trump. Monarchy is a threat to Democracy and should be pegged as such, if adult level truth and clarity, mean anything to the unruly manipulative socialist children.