>Capitalism is objectively a failure too (in certain countries, e.g. the US) For one, no country on earth has ever been Capitalist. The word itself is a Marxis

>Capitalism is objectively a failure too (in certain countries, e.g. the US) For one, no country on earth has ever been Capitalist. The word itself is a Marxist word describing a system that worships capital, it's actually meant to be derogatory and sarcastic. Every western country today is a liberal democracy and follows Liberalism, where any one in particular lies on a spectrum from Capitalist to Communist is variable but only within a fairly small range. Finally, only a wilful idiot could call the current US a "failure". Is it flawed, far from perfect, miserable for a large part of its population? Yes. But does it also deliver them from starvation, war and natural disaster? Yeah, mostly. Better than nearly all other systems. It could do better, maybe a lot better, but it's so far from "failure" it's quite laughable. But besides from that, European-style social democracies (note, also liberalist) can only exist because the US exists to guarantee that you can be that way safely. And because advanced, rich nations are more profitable for the US to trade with.