danielpalos
Diamond Member
- Jan 24, 2015
- 73,961
- 5,055
Special pleading, Pumpkin? Social-ism is applied Government.The correct answer is that Socialism doesn't work anywhere, because of the economic calculation problem, and the fact that taxes result in diminishing returns the higher you raise them. The government has no way to measure supply and demand curves, so it results in forced rationing, causing people to get little while the government pays too much, the cost then causes the government to raise taxes, but they end up getting less money the higher they raise it, causing the government to go further and further into debt. The fact that some overbloated governments do better than other overbloated governments is not a method for claiming Socialism works, especially given its colossal number of failures. The fact that some locations have yet to collapse DUE to Socialism does not mean it's working either, especially, again, due to the numerous times it has failed throughout history. Nothing works when centrally planned, it only creates a monopoly, and the fact that government is the holder of that monopoly only makes it worse than a private monopoly(Which only forms due to government interference).Every successful modern country, like Scandinavia Germany France Australia New Zealand Canada Japan..."we are all socialists now!"--Finland prime minister when ObamaCare passed....Where does socialism work?What governments don't rely on capitalism to some extent? Simply using fiat money is a capital convenience.Only the capitalist onesthe new world has opportunities?
I'd also like to point out that you CLAIM that those specific locations are Socialist, however having centralized Healthcare is a Socialist component, but that doesn't make a place Socialist, Social control of the means of production does. In fact, New Zealand is economically freer than America. Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom
So are Canada and New Zealand. You're actually making an argument against Socialism.
With that, I'll give you a handy list of socialist failures:
Afghanistan(Twice), Albania(Three times), Angola, Benin, Bulgaria, Cambodia(Twice), Congo-Brazzaville, Czechoslovakia(twice), Ethiopia(twice), Germany, Hungary, North Korea, Mongolia, Mozambique, Poland, Romania, Somalia, Russia, North Vietnam, South Yemen, Yugoslavia, Venezuela, Greece.
So, even if, hypothetically, you weren't being flat-out dishonest or ignorant, you'd be cherry-picking.
We have a Command Economy. Congress commands fiscal policy and the Fed commands monetary policy.