Socialism vs. Free Market

I’ve got a question for you: Why is it that this country has, that has allowed it to, in less than 300 years, outstrip all the other countries in the world, in terms of our economy, to the point where we can ‘prop up” many of those countries with our “foreign aid” programs? Why is it that America is the destination of choice for the most people who want to better themselves? To the point where many try and come here ILLEGALLY? The answer is simple. It is the free market. We are the only country that has, with one false start, quickly resolved, since it’s beginning, used the free market as our system of choice, while just about all other countries have used one of the other forms of collectivism (socialism, communism, Fascism, etc.) as their preferred economic system. Many nations that chose socialism or any other form of collectivism have FAILED. A major example of that is Soviet Russia, which some years ago abandoned communism, another form of collectivism, although they still have a socialist government that is also failing. Look at Venezuela, where socialism is currently failing, and people are rioting to get food. There is even no TOILET PAPER there! Another socialist country, Cuba, is so broke now that Russia is no longer propping them up, that the average age of cars (not owned by the government) is the 1950s! All this is known, and you’d think people would realize which system works, and which one does NOT. But people are still selling collectivism, and people are still buying it, to their detriment. (Just common sense)