No. Maybe in parts of Eastern Europe. But certainly not the Wrstern half, like in the Scandinavian countries. Poverty don't exist here like it does in the US. What is considered "poor" in the US is considered destitute here. Just look at your trailer parks; anyone living in a trailer would be considered homeless here. Look at your decrepid and drug-filled slums; nothing like that exist here. Look at your uninsured masses; here, everyone is guaranteed healthcare. Look at all the employees working ling hours for minimal wage and no benefits; here, benefits are mandated. Look at how little social mobility there is in the states compared to here. And so on, and so forth.
Once again. If you want successful socialism, look at western Europe.
Ambition is human nature, and Communism in practice is a prime example of when it (human nature) is ignored an not accepted and accomodated.
Quite the opposite actually - the ambitious were the only ones who had any chance of succeeding in the communist states, whether illegally or inside the system.
1. The drug-filled slums and trailer parks are the result of cultural influence, not governmental.
2. "Uninsured" is not a death sentence.
3. Minimal wage jobs aren't careers.
4. "No Benefits" is not a death-sentence.
5. Can you explain how other countries, like yours, have more social mobility than the U.S.?
6. The ambitious were the government. It wasn't allowed for anyone else.
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1. They're created and maintained by your economy.
2. Irrelevant. Being insured means you're less poor and healthier than if you are uninsured.
3. Certainly not. Yet in the US, people get stuck with them all the time. Oh, and your minimal wage is lower than ours, as well.
4. Irrelevant. Someone with benefits is less poor and healthier than someone without.
5. In short, greater investure in the people gives them more means with which to pursue a future. You can't make money without spending money, and to be able to spend money you need to have enough to support yourself (and family) and still have enough over to create more wealth. It's simple invest and return, except for the government, the return comes in the happier lives of the citizens (and also taxes
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6. No, the government were the ambitious, or the one's in charge of the black market. It was the not-particularly-ambitious who suffered.