This is so vague, it's got my puzzling over what the point is. "A few desultory anecdotes about mostly failed attempts at pursuing something I am calling social

This is so vague, it's got my puzzling over what the point is. "A few desultory anecdotes about mostly failed attempts at pursuing something I am calling socialism, based on how I choose to define that term" is what I would call it. Not as punchy of a title, I grant you.