What a bunch of simplistic blathering propaganda that, as usual for this sort of topic, ignores actual facts. The very essence of "conservative" "truthiness". I

What a bunch of simplistic blathering propaganda that, as usual for this sort of topic, ignores actual facts. The very essence of "conservative" "truthiness". I put "conservative" in quotes as most "conservatives" these days are not at all actual conservatives, but authoritarians having a raging temper tantrum. Denmark etc are far closer to socialism than the USSR ever was, and they are well run societies with a better average standard of living than the US which is turning into a shithole for a lot of people. But socialism works for those societies because they are largely homogenous and culturally cohesive, unlike a 'melting pot' like the US or a very multicultural one like the UK. That is a large factor in whether socialism works - because people are on the same page in what they believe society should be like. The US and UK, in comparison, are too individualistic and the basic sociological/psychological/philosophical principles their societies are based upon are not inclined to support socialism. Russia tried to change its basic principles and that was never going to work, especially in a country that had tsars and serfs for hundreds of years. How is Stalin anything but another version of a tsar? How is the current Russian oligarchy nothing but modern day tsars? You can't change a country that easily. Well, the UK has some socialistic tendencies - the NHS, etc - which have worked over the years but the assault of the "Conservatives" over the years have weakened the social framework. And so I'd say the UK is a far less moral society than it was in the 50s when the NHS was set up... Fucking Thatcher. Really, whether a society has morals or not depends on a lot of sociological factors and the economic system is hardly a significant one. Only 20 year old libertarian retards who think everything can be reduced to the price of something believe stuff like this. Libertarians know the price of everything, and the value of nothing...