How does a 'welfare state,' which provides things like free health care and schooling, relate to, but not fully achieve, the socialist goal of changing who owns and controls the whole economy?

A welfare state is a system where the government provides a range of social services to its citizens, often funded through taxation. These services commonly include free or subsidized healthcare, education, unemployment benefits, and pensions. The goal of a welfare state is to ensure a basic standard of living and opportunity for all, thereby reducing inequality and providing a safety net against life's uncertainties. The socialist goal of changing who owns and controls the whole economy involves the collective ownership and democratic control of the means of production. The means of production are the resources and infrastructure used to create goods and services, such as factories, land, and machinery. In a socialist system, these would ideally be owned by t....