abandonconflict
Well-Known Member
No you don't. You have terrible examples. Just like the US is a terrible example of democracy.
Cuba has been under economic embargo for decades, and yet still has far better health statistics than the US. Venezuela recently became socialist and like Brazil, is now growing faster than most other countries on earth. So yes, they are fantastic examples of socialism.
These examples are not socialist at all, but fascist. I'll just quote Orwell so you can get an idea what that means. "Since 1930 I had seen little evidence that the USSR was progressing towards anything that one could truly call Socialism. On the contrary, I was struck by clear signs of its transformation into a hierarchical society, in which the rulers have no more reason to give up their power than any other ruling class." ~George Orwell
The rest of your bullshit conclusions were premised on this BS. Basically, you are mistaking socialized resources for nationalized resources and then proclaiming that privatization is a better option. Privatization is indistinguishable from nationalization.
Power to the people.
At least learn what socialism is before you talk about it. Orwell would be a good start.