[IronJack]

the global financial crisis jeopardized everything the United Nations has done to help the world's poor and hungry.

So, paradoxically, for UN-type socialism to work, capitalism has to work. After all, there has to be SOME wealth SOMEWHERE to redistribute.

[griswold3]

The whole idea behind capitalism is you are entitled to what you create. You can keep it, trade it, give it away, but what you create you own. That drives the leftists crazy because in their universe, everything should be shared.

[Tublecane]

“So, paradoxically, for UN-type socialism to work, capitalism has to work. After all, there has to be SOME wealth SOMEWHERE to redistribute.”

You hit the nail on the head. If you listen closely enough to socialists, they’ll often admit how important the capitalist structure is. If he was completely honest, he’d come out and say that the U.N. can do nothing without free trade. For the time being, I’ll accept the between-the-lines message.