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Socialism is a transitional state between capitalism and communism, where the working class holds power in society but existing social relations have not been abolished. This is precisely what you have in China and DPRK. Both are genuinely socialist.
That's literally the definition Lenin gave, but I'm sure an intellectual titan such as yourself knows better https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3228-lenin-s-three-theoretical-arguments-about-the-dictatorship-of-the-proletariat
I think its not entirely false but more complicated. But this discussion is quite old. As I said i don't disagree wit the underlying Point of yours.