As a relatively new member, I also welcome the OP.
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As other posters have already said, socialism/communism has not worked.
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BUT I greatly respect sincere socialists like the OP.
1. I have read that the socialists who took power in Russia in World War I included some wonderful people who wanted to end the human suffering so long endured by the Russian people. (They even legalized gay relations, which Marshal Stalin later revoked.)
2. I have read about the Chinese Communists who truly wanted to end the suffering of the Chinese people. According to what I have read, the first ten years of the Communist regime were inspiring as for the first time in Chinese history, everyone had a job, housing, food, medical care (no matter how rudimentary), etc. Then like any other dictator, Chairman Mao went mad with power.
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Some people feel that there MUST be a better system than our current mix of capitalism and socialism, but no one has been able to discover what it is.
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As other posters have already said, socialism/communism has not worked.
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BUT I greatly respect sincere socialists like the OP.
1. I have read that the socialists who took power in Russia in World War I included some wonderful people who wanted to end the human suffering so long endured by the Russian people. (They even legalized gay relations, which Marshal Stalin later revoked.)
2. I have read about the Chinese Communists who truly wanted to end the suffering of the Chinese people. According to what I have read, the first ten years of the Communist regime were inspiring as for the first time in Chinese history, everyone had a job, housing, food, medical care (no matter how rudimentary), etc. Then like any other dictator, Chairman Mao went mad with power.
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Some people feel that there MUST be a better system than our current mix of capitalism and socialism, but no one has been able to discover what it is.