Any time socialism is tried and shown to inevitably fail, the far left narrative is to simply say "that wasn't real socialism". Which is particularly distastefu

Any time socialism is tried and shown to inevitably fail, the far left narrative is to simply say "that wasn't real socialism". Which is particularly distasteful, even for extremists. At least Nazis don't try to point to a ruined post WWII and claim "that wasn't real fascism".