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>>12683814
>His ideology fails everywhere it is tried
except it worked in USSR, it worked in China, it worked in Cuba, it worked in Yugoslavia, it worked in Nicaragua and it worked in Burkina Faso. Socialism gave the inhabitants of these countries massive improvements of living standards, of life expectancy, of medical care; it provided literacy programs, job programs, vaccines and affordable housing to millions of people.
Socialism DID work for millions of people, many who since the fall of socialism have suffered from unemployment, homelessness or drug addiction.
That is not to say that there were no problems in the aforementioned countries, or that the atrocities committed by the governments in those countries, including the suppression of unions and free speech, are to be defended, or that they are blueprints for any future society.

>>10447298
No, some of you do exist, but I just find it peculiar that as soon as an argument about communism shows up, someone from Russia or whatever who knows whats up, when in most of those countries, most people got positive feelings towards socialism.
Now I would be glad if you could "challenge my worldview" with some actual arguments, and not just baseless accusations.