Just to clarify, socialism is about government ownership. Communism is about ownership of the people. As I see it no society has ever reached communism. Those t

Just to clarify, socialism is about government ownership. Communism is about ownership of the people. As I see it no society has ever reached communism. Those that have gone full socialist have failed. There seems to be a fair amount of success in halfway there "socialist-capitalist" (essential services socialist, regulated capitalism for the rest) countries like Finland.