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Originally Posted by Paul&John
We had socialism here (in the eastern block of the EU) for 50+years and I can tell you it sucked big time..
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Warsaw Pact countries no more exemplify socialism than Hitler does capitalism.
Then again, some idiots in the US actually seriously believe the Nazis were socialists. They had the word "socialist" in their name, so they must be right? That's the kind of balloon-headed retardation you are dealing with in trying to explain socialism to some people. I wonder if they also think the GDR was democratic.
As an aside, Lucy mentioned Britain was in debt after the war. In debt, broke, cities destroyed, Empire lost, and yet still managed to create a free health service for all, something the richest country on the planet can't do.
At least not while socialistically bailing out crooks and rogue states to the tune of billions anyway.