Well take a look at the mixed economies of Europe. Most of them worked for years, not because of the socialism, but the underlying foundation of capitalism. In every case, socialist experiments fail. The healthcare of the EU countries started with great fanfare but fails to provide for everyone, and rationing is a part of life in Europe.
When a human being is denied healthcare in a socialist system, he is not informed that he is too expensive for the state to treat. He is told we are putting you on a "waiting list." The "waiting list" is a nice little lie that allows people to die instead of being cared for by the state. People in Europe DIE of medical conditions that are treatable here in the US.
Rationing in the guise of waiting lists have already been made law in the US. These laws were not in the health care bill, but were hidden in the stimulus package that was too big for senators to read before they voted. If you are elderly, mentally handicapped, or have any "Expensive" disease; US law (passed by democrats) will deny you health care. Such are the wonders of socialized medicine.
But look again at Europe. The states are collapsing economically. Why. Its not the capitalism, no its the socialist programs that are sucking all the money. Socialism requires ever increasing amounts of money: at some point you run out of money. See socialism promises the moon, and get drunk on the milk of human kindness. BUT. Socialism cannot afford the ever increasing entitlements promised to the people.
GREECE is a perfect example. They are out of money and are being forced to cut back on entitlements. The people riot because they have been told these entitlements are their just due. Govt's collapse because the people turn against those who have cut of the flow of govt freebies.
ALL OF EUROPE is shaking at its foundation because they cannot provide what socialism promises.
Collapses like we see in the EU are the meat and drink that cause tyrants to rise in power.
Socialism not just failed in Europe, but ultimately endangers the people.
Communism is worse than even socialism. It promises utopia, but delivers only monstrous tyranny on par with Nazi Germany. because it cannot deliver its promises, the all powerful state maintains power by the sword.
The old Soviet Union was a super power because it had nukes, but its economy was a third world misfit. Production was based on quotas that were never enough to meet the needs of the people. The communists ate American wheat because govt control of farming was too inefficient to feed their own people. At its collapse, the USSR was too poor to even pay for moving its soldiers out of East Germany.
with the Soviet boot off their necks, the eastern block wasted no time in overthrowing their former masters and embracing capitalism. Today Eastern Europe is NOT on the verge of economic collapse. Why? They are no longer socialist.
If communism worked, why did no Easter European nation chose to remain communist?
The only other large communist nation, China has embraced CAPITALISM to keep its economy afloat,
If you learn nothing else: learn this. You can never be free and Communist at the same time. Communism cannot grant freedom. It will always be a tyranny. It promise utopia but it will never ever deliver. It cannot tolerate dissent, opposing political parties, free speech, or a free press. Communism allows no competition, it must have total utter control.
---In both Russia and China, the murderous purge killed far more people that Hitler ever dreamed of. The worst human rights abuses have been generated by communists.
Only a fool gives power to a communist.
