I wish there was more data on the subject of alternatives to capitalism to make comparisons. Really it's most likely any conclusion is in vain with only half of

I wish there was more data on the subject of alternatives to capitalism to make comparisons. Really it's most likely any conclusion is in vain with only half of the picture. The best we have is china and the soviet union and those are faulty sources at best considering none of them actually had a socialist economy. Any other systems come from small societies without known large nation scale examples. Maybe democracy is a fragile construction at its core or maybe all political systems have an inherent fragility to them.