I’ve already heard similar spin from left-leaning friends of mine. It’s not socialism that was the problem, see, it was just inept or corrupt leaders. Look at Sweden for a better example of the glories of socialism (but don’t look too carefully).
“It’s not socialism that was the problem, see, it was just inept or corrupt leaders. Look at Sweden for a better example of the glories of socialism.”
It’s partially true in the sense that nordic people tend to behave much more ethically than southern people. I would not be surprised if that isn’t genetic to a large extent.
Socialism would stand a better chance in countries where the population is intrinsically more moral. With the huge muslim migration, watch for socialism in Sweden to eventually have the same level of success as in Venezuela.
“To each according to their needs and from each according to their abilities” requires an incredible amount of selflessness, honesty, conscientiousness - angel like features that few people possess. In other words, socialism would work if people were not like they are.
The left simply refuses to accept the reality of human nature and it constantly tries to remake man to its ideal image - even if it has to kill him in the process.
And who knows, with advances in genetic engineering, one day they may actually succeed in manufacturing their ideal human beings, as predicted by Huxley’s “Brave New World”.
We are certainly headed in that direction.
That is EXACTLY what Kirsten Powers told Bill O’Reilly a week ago. I couldn’t believe it.
Right. the vaunted Swedish socialist model crashed in the early 90's, with mass unemployment, a real estate crash, and devaluation of the currency. Since then Sweden has had severe austerity, replaced with balanced budgets for the last 20 or so years. The "Swedish Model" didn't work out very well.