Yup, because old-school socialism is generally utterly repellent to the people it claims to be for (the modern intersectional variant will be once it's full impact becomes known, I suspect) about the only way die-hards can advance their agenda is to co-opt somebody else's. As such, they will always tend to favour the most authoritarian implementation of government for one simple reason:

Which is easier, to convince an entire population that this year's socialism is what's best for them or to convince one dictator to force socialism upon the populace?