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SOCIALISM ALWAYS FAILS

The only socialist country to improve its economic welfare without the use of conquest is China. And then only by abandoning all but the trappings of socialism and becoming a capitalist dictatorship. The Soviet Union had a brief period of improved standard of living during the late 40s and early 50s. However that was largely because they were able to loot lands and technology conquered during World War II. Once their looted goodies were exhausted in the 60s they rapidly fell apart.

Socialism encourages consumption and discourages production. The result is that a socialist economy always has shortages, lines, and inferior products. It must continuously expand to bring in new sources of raw material and goods. One of the few things a democrat ever got right was Truman's idea of containment. If communism can't grow it eventually consumes itself.

Capitalist countries in contrast suffer from overproduction. Hence in hard times we don't suffer shortages, but unemployment and crashing prices. The store shelves are still full and there are plenty of cars, there just isn't enough money to buy them all.

It is ironic that the socialist and communists always complain about imperialism, and yet the only way a communist country can survive is by becoming imperialistic. They are economically incapable of being both at peace and prosperous.