designatedheckingadult:

commissarchrisman:

dearnonacepeople:

You smugly say “Show me a time socialism worked”

The idea of socialism is only around a hundred years old, has been implemented in maybe a dozen countries, has only been implemented in countries already in turmoil economically, once socialist those countries have been cut off from most capitalist countries or attacked by them, and have often been taken over by dictators who’s actions were in no way socialist.

But enough about socialism, show me a time capitalism has worked and how it worked. Let’s look at the richest capitalist country in the world; the United States was built on stolen land gotten through genocide and made rich largely through slavery and has continued to prosper through overthrowing democratically elected leaders, killing political opponents, supporting terrorists, invading countries for their natural resources and continues to have institutional inequality and oppression as well as having many citizens unable to feed themselves or their families.

So before you smugly ask me when socialism has worked answer me when capitalism has.

As a former director of the CIA once said, no socialist country has been allowed to rise or fall based on its own merits.

Also, most of Europe is far more socialist than the US and much better off for it. The posts about American schools and medical debt are proof enough of that. Plus, like, all the statistics.