Hi Crash,
Unfortunately, socialism and communism lead exactly to the same state. Socialist/communist countries have without exception become dictatorships where a privileged few enjoy far greater benefits than the majority (China, Cuba, Belarus, the former DDR)...in fact, in real terms, the skew of the distribution of wealth among communist countries is even worse than in capatitalist countries. A more mild form of socialism i.e. Scandanavian or even German social democracy while corrupt, inefficient and highly sensitive to the stupidity of the people in charge, tends to generate a much larger middle class and a less top heavy distribution of wealth. As the German economy collapses, it is interesting to see that the rich are pushing for reforms that would make Germany more of a kleptocracy and distribute the wealth to them...it is like watching its development in real time....reminds me..I need to get outa here
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