So, when you say 'socialism', you of course don't mean all the social democracies where taxes are used for welfare (literally a small dose of 'from each accordi

So, when you say 'socialism', you of course don't mean all the social democracies where taxes are used for welfare (literally a small dose of 'from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs')? And when you say capitalism, you of course don't mean China or Russia, with their terrible human rights records, despite their economies being very capitalistic? You mean the USA, right? But all the spying and surveillance it does (along with many other countries - the UK comes to mind) doesn't matter, because East Germany was worse. No, those aren't true capitalist countries. What you mean is some Randian utopia of Free Markets and Free People that will totally exist, as soon as you find a perfect, incorruptible government to maintain it. Or perhaps surveillance, repression, and social policies are somewhat orthogonal.