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and so, would you describe all those communities that subscribe to public welfare as socialistic?
and then why do the wealthy of other nations come to the US for urgent medical care?
more socialist brain washing.
but didn't find any evidence of "WHY" wealthy people come to the US for superior medical care.
Because in the US all the healthcare resources are focussed on the wealthy, rather than those who actually need them.
ok...so why come to the US (a basically wealthy, self sufficient, obnoxious, uncaring, anti-border crashing nation)?just go to some failed socialist country (like Cuba) who offer free medical care.
There is a sort of "Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle" that applies to the social sciences (including areas as diverse as economics, politics and literature).When someone observes a social theory (whether by an economist or science fiction author), the reader then starts to think how they can overcome the more negative aspects of that theory, while accentuating the positives. So the very publication of a social theory changes the very conditions which it assumes.One of the better-known modern writers on socialism was Marx. His works were taken as license in several countries like Russia and China. In other countries like USA, they were taken as evil, and many worthwhile thinkers were destroyed by a mindless phobia. But many countries in Europe viewed them as a "what if", and policies were put in place that aimed to level out the most extreme social discrepancies, and avoid the worst of the outcomes forseen by Marx. (Full disclosure: I have read about Marx, but never actually read any of his writings...).So by merely publishing his works on Communism, he sowed the seeds of his own falsification (the observation caused a change in the state of the observed system, as per Heisenberg).This has resulted in a number of states which are socialist to various degrees.Unfortunately, Russia has now transitioned from Tsar to Communist dictators, to more rational Communist leaders, to embrace capitalism; unfortunately, to some extent, it has now fallen under criminal control.But you do need to define what you mean by "Socialism"!- By some accounts, the French Revolution was driven by socialist ideals - and France is still a republic (apart from toying with an emperor several times, with huge negative outcomes for all of Europe).See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_socialism#Origins_of_socialismEven the USA has some socialist realities (although neither side of politics would call it that, as the the US mindset has never entirely recovered from the dark shadow of McCarthyism). My observation is that the USA is very inwards-looking, and that is partly to avoid seeing successes of other systems in other countries.
"has the concept of socialism failed?"Well, do we still have governments which build schools and hospitals?Do we get together locally and nationally to decide to act in the interest of the whole community?Yes we do.So, has socialism failed?No, it has not.
there is no problem with super rich, who are unable to force rule.
which is inevitable.