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Socialism is an economic system, he didn't implement any socialist principles. He implemented a safety net and various social policies to placate and buy the loyalty of the populace and stop them from drifting into extremist politics seeking to upset the capitalist order of his time.
Like, I don't wanna be high and mighty, but it's a pretty huge meme when you guys complain about the right calling the government doing anything socialism and communism and then proceed to do the same things yourselves and it seems to stem heavily from a lack of basic education into what these things actually are. Socialist literature and theory isn't hard to find and even a quick read highlights the glaring flaws in your view on the topic.
It's not just an economic system though.
Well, I have Clement Attlee to thank for establishing the True Welfare State in the UK.
It also usually has accompanying political theories yes but none of those are present in the west either.