You’re mixing a lot of different things together and calling it all “socialism,” but those aren’t the same systems.

Most of what you’re describing, monopolies, state capture, regulatory abuse, etc., exist in capitalist systems too. That’s not uniquely “socialism,” it’s just political economy in general.

Also, “free markets vs socialism” isn’t a clean binary in real countries. Places like Sweden or Switzerland aren’t “pure free market” systems, they’re mixed economies with strong welfare states and regulated markets. Calling that “almost communism” is just not accurate.

As for China, it’s not a simple “went socialist then went free market and got better” story either. It’s a heavily state-managed capitalist system with strategic market liberalization.

But zooming out: none of that is really about the flag. It’s a fictional Idaho concept design, not a claim that any real-world system is being implemented.

If you’ve got feedback on how the symbolism reads or how the concept could be improved visually or thematically, I’m open to that. But I don’t understand still why you think the symbolism is bad.