Is socialism offers more freedom than communism?

Generally speaking pure socialism exists nowhere. Nations where the government has allot of power in the economics of a country but allows freedom of speech, different political parties, the secret ballot, free unions, and a good degree of private enterprise are called democratic socialist......

..In these countries by voting, the people can change the economic policies of their government.

In contrast, a theoretical communist country, much like the former USSR was, and now to a large degree China, the government is authoritarian. Only the communist party is allowed. This also means that freedom of speech is very limited, no major private enterprises can exist, and if they do, they are closely controlled by the communist government. Wages are also controlled.

In my view, democratic socialism is far better than a communist system.