Reply #48: This is like saying Socialism worked for my family... [View All]

[Imajika]

...so lets do it on a national level in a big country. Technically, Denmark is a Constitutional Monarchy. It has only 5 million people and has right of center governments all the time. In fact, the current government is slashing unemployment benefits, child welfare payments, etc, etc. Denmark is a not really a socialist country at all actually. It is a pro-free trade, mixed economy with a very flexible labor market (very easy to hire and fire people just like here in the US). When people talk of the wonders of places like Denmark, it is as if it is just some place they read about in political forums and thought it was utopia - like some land of milk and honey told in fairy tales.

There are NO successful socialist nations. Not a single one. Not ever. Where do you think most people would have preferred to live, West or East Germany, South or North Korea? Miami or Havana? Enough said. The explosions of growth in India and China were both as a result of largely dumping socialist economics in favor of capitalist free markets.

A blend of capitalism and socialism is what seems to work best - basically, regulated capitalism.