This text analyzes the profound crisis of socialism, drawing on the reflections of the Czech thinker Emanuel Rádl from 1933. The author views Soviet "real socialism" not as the movement's fulfillment, but as a regrettable degradation and a perverse branch that fundamentally betrayed its original democratic ideals. Given that socialism historically emerged with the aim of extending democratic principles to their ultimate societal conclusions, Bolshevism and similar totalitarian heresies represent a total debacle and the collapse of the socialist idea. However, the text is equally critical of so-called democratic socialism, which has failed in crucial historical situations and has failed to offer any new, viable vision. The modern welfare state is perceived as an ill-conceived and unsustainable project. The absence of fresh programmatic goals and the inability to respond to societal shifts lead to the conclusion that socialism as a whole is experiencing a fundamental existential crisis, with no clear path forward currently in sight.