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Originally Posted by blade02
Every time someone tries it, USSR... North Korea... China.... Cuba... the end result is 1) A dominating government 2) A disproportionate investment in the government's military so they can stay in power 3) A populace where almost everyone is poor.
Socialism has the worst track record as far as results go when its implemented. I'm not sure why everyone wants to defend it so badly.
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Currently, over a quarter of Canada's House of Commons would describe themselves as social democrats. Canada has been "trying it" for a while now. We aren't doing too bad.
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Its like watching people try to jump over a canyon and fall to their doom. But instead of calling them stupid for jumping over a cliff, everyone makes excuses on how their jumping technique wasn't correct and thats why they failed.
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What?  Jumping over canyons can put a man in space?
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