do you think socialism will ever work?

F. It can work very well when implemented properly.

But there's always someone around to ruin it, just like any other economic system.

For some things a socialist approach works very well - stuff like police departments, fire departments, anything where the cost is spread to everyone because everyone derives some benefit. As a 'pure' political philosophy it's as stupid as capitalism. Ideologues are lazy idiots; they just want to avoid thinking by slapping labels on everything so that they can take some action based only on their ideology. It's far better to use the technique that gives you the best results no matter what the political label is. That varies from place to place and time to time.

No. It in effortless words takes longer than Communism to bare itself. Europe at this second is having severe topics. the authorities is procuring the elderly at the same time as the more youthful all and assorted is having a lot less youngsters. The birthrate has dropped and the more youthful generations might want to carry the load. with the intention to proceed with their socialism they had to commence immigrating those which have a mess of little ones. that would want to be the Muslims. Inst4ead of contributing something reliable to society, they are stressful Sharia regulation, living off the welfare, raping the ecu women persons and being animals customarily. So, at the same time as it regarded reliable for a lengthy time period, feels like an utter failure now...

All modern nations have mixed economies that include both capitalism AND socialism, including the USA. People need to realize that no knowledgeable sane person is advocating a pure capitalist or pure socialist economy as they both address problems the other cannot solve.

It will only work when people become perfect and willing to share their God given talent. Just as an example; if someone is inspired to become a doctor, a brain surgeon, and yes sacrifice years of their life to become accomplished, they should be rewarded here on earth! Not overly rewarded beyond decency and into get rich greed, but in a comfortable way and standard of life. As they live to help the less of us and learn about love, you can be sure they will be greatly rewarded by God!

From the end of the great depression till the 1980s it worked pretty well. Then Ronnie got elected and,

we tried the repub way since 1980 with the free market capitalism and look what that got us. So why not try something different.

Socialism never has worked in groups of more than about 10 persons.

Is there some reason that it should suddenly start to be viable in 2012?

Full scale socialism will not work on a large scale.

The best system is a mix of socialism and capitalism, as seen in Scandinavia.

C: I like shiny things

I like the Australian model, and Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Finland, Canadian, Swiss.....did I mention New Zealand, Austria, France, Germany, Norway and Belgium?

B.

Look to the nations that it is working in and follow their lead.

Oh and John M, if you hate socialism so much please stop driving on the roads socialism built and please stop drinking the water socialism piped to your house. Thank you.