"Also you have the option to move to socialist/communist countries whenever you see fit, they exist." Actually, most folks don't really have that option. Not l

"Also you have the option to move to socialist/communist countries whenever you see fit, they exist." Actually, most folks don't really have that option. Not legally, anyway. And honestly, I think your statement is pushing a horrible ideology on others as well - capitalist societies have the same sort of hangups on closed-mindedness you fault communism on, evidenced by people's outcry that national health care is a socialist policy. It makes actual fixes nearly impossible. More to the first point, it is expensive for folks to move, and expensive to find housing and work enough to meet immigration requirements. Even planning for schooling is expensive. Not to mention the fact that in many professions, you need to speak the local language. It is even an expensive prospect when you are moving for marriage (I've been through it, and it is still expensive). Sometimes the education from the US isn't quite good enough to transfer to the same job. Not really an option for large swaths of population making minimum wage or slightly more. Not when a flat tire messes up your finances for weeks or more. This advice is as bad as telling jobless folks they should just move to a part of the country with jobs. It isn't reasonable or practical. I was freaking lucky to be able to move out of the states and into a socialist democracy (Norway).