Market socialism is good. Syndicalism is good. Pretty much every form of socialism that starts without "maybe we should build a dictatorship, what's the worst that could happen" is going to be better than capitalism.
Dragunov: disrespected. PKM: also disrespected. Skorpion: most disrespected on this unhappy day.
For real, infantry training is way more valuable than any particular weapon gimmick as long as it is "good enough". The Soviets figured out qd optics crazy early, but it's not like every grunt was issued an AKMN and taught to use a magnified optic.
Maybe try reading about the 1920s attempt and get back to us on if you still feel that way.