Dreams, wishes and hopes are not actual executed fact. They are exactly that - promises. Empty promises at that.
History tells us that in every case where socialism, communism and ideologies that don’t involve freedom of choice, liberty and defense from government has been tried, it eventually fails. It is exactly THAT reason why the goals of each are continually tried out under other trendier brands (like Global Cooling - remember ozone?, AGW, and now Climate Change). The actual function and effect of ALL of these dogmas still ends up in power and control over the lives and thoughts of others.
To the contrary, they have succeeded in totality if my understanding of Bastiat’s premises as to the expected results which indicate the perversion of the law is correct. The only question is whether or not we have advanced to the stage of universal plunder from that of partial plunder. In either a fall is predicted.