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This isn't really true, though. You're confusing the necessary mechanisms put in place to defend socialism with a general, vague, idealist notion of "authoritarianism." People don't seek to improve their conditions with respect to their peers, but instead seek to uplift themselves. In capitalism, you see such anti-social behavior because that's what the underlying mode of production is focused on.
Whoah there! I was talking about communism, specifically. Not socialism (which isn't well defined).
You were referring to socialist countries like the USSR, where public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy and the working classes in control of the state. Communism is post-socialist.