> This happens despite the repeated, abject failure of this tactic over the past decades to help their cause How do you measure this? Socialism hasn't taken ov

> This happens despite the repeated, abject failure of this tactic over the past decades to help their cause How do you measure this? Socialism hasn't taken over, thus it didn't help their cause? There are many factors at play, so you can't make and simple conclusions about a single strategy like this.