Socialism Flat Doesn't Work!

I can see why, in spite of that, socialism persists in many places. We will always have with us, people who simply want to live at the expense of others, without doing any work, themselves. People who want to "ride in the wagon" without taking a turn pushing it. Socialism is being tried, in many different places, and SEEMS to be successful--for a while, anyway. But it never lasts, as they found out in Soviet Russia, and are fast learning in Venezuela, right now. It didn't work in Cuba, which is "hanging on by its fingernails" after its chief financier, Russia's socialist system, collapsed, and the money flow stopped with it. They explain such losses as "socialism not being fully implemented," but that's just backward. As Trump said at the UN, socialism HAS been "fully implemented," and that's the problem, Socialism is but one form of collectivism. Others are communism, Fascism, progressivism, and many other names.

Collectivism creates NO new wealth. It makes NO profit. It just SUCKS part of the profit earned by those who, in spite of all odds, still produce new wealth, for the benefit of those who, for whatever reason, produce no wealth. It DEPENDS on such people (the producers), while attempting to demonize them for doing it. The free market is the sole reason that the United States has surpassed, in less than 300 years, societies that have been around for THOUSANDS of years. It is the reason people from all over the world who want to better themselves, "move Heaven and Earth" to come here to practice it, while criticizing it roundly. They just don't understand that the free market is THE reason for our wealth--not the THEFT of goods from people who have none, as socialists insist. Socialism will always exist because those who want to live at the expense of others will always exist. But we must see them for what they are and vanquish them if we are to survive as a free nation. (Just common sense)