Socialism

[christianpfc]

...why the country needs a good dose of socialism.

I think history has shown that socialism has truly and thoroughly failed.

Eastern Germany was lover developed than Western Germany.
Cuba is still socialist, but many try to get into capitalist USA.
N Vietnam won the war over S Vietnam, but now some of their boys work in Thailand's bars.
N Korea vs S Korea.
Taiwan ROC is higher developed than China PRC.

And other countries in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_socialist_states are not high in development.

[dab69]

average person has a 3" dick. one testicle and half a vagina...

[arsenal]

The UK gets it about right. We have a socialist govt about 25 percent of the time. This gives us all the benefits while allowing the conservatives to run the place properly the other 3/4.

[a447]

average person has a 3" dick. one testicle and half a vagina...

That's comforting to know.

I grew up thinking I was abnormal!

[christianpfc]

I forgot Cambodia under the Red Khmer. The closest mankind ever got to genuine socialism.

[goji]

Singapore gets it about right, with the socialists never getting elected.
With low taxation & good governance, living standards for all keep rising.

Of course, compared with Thailand, Singpore has advantages like much less corruption and a better education system.

[Brad the Impala]

I forgot Cambodia under the Red Khmer. The closest mankind ever got to genuine socialism.

I don't think that you can use the Cambodia of the Khmer Rouge as an example of socialism! They came out of the jungle having been carpet bombed to insanity, illegally, by the US!

[cdnmatt]

I would imagine capitalism is on its last legs, as this trajectory is simply unsustainable. Or are we just going to continue down this path until a handful of people like Bezos, Musk, Branson, and Ma own absolutely everything and everyone else is a peasant?

It's not like there's going to be huge free market competition going on when Bezos starts mining asteroids as bit of a high bar to entry on that one. And some of those asteroids have literally quadrillions of dollars worth of materials in them, far more than all the wealth on the earth.

[StevieWonders]

I would imagine capitalism is on its last legs, as this trajectory is simply unsustainable. Or are we just going to continue down this path until a handful of people like Bezos, Musk, Branson, and Ma own absolutely everything and everyone else is a peasant?

It's not like there's going to be huge free market competition going on when Bezos starts mining asteroids as bit of a high bar to entry on that one. And some of those asteroids have literally quadrillions of dollars worth of materials in them, far more than all the wealth on the earth.

No wonder the Thai average is so high if you’re including them. Or are you derailing your own thread?

[cdnmatt]

No wonder the Thai average is so high if you’re including them. Or are you derailing your own thread?

Don't you have a rent boy in the shower to keep you busy, or something?