Quote Originally Posted by ababyatemydingo View Post
Name one socialist economy that has been / is successful and thriving. The socialist utopian theory does not ever translate to actuality. They all fail. Quite quickly, actually.
No one argues to go full socialist where doctors and janitors are making the same salary, but we have swung far too right on the economy. During the 50s-70s when the middle class was built, this country had far more balance between capitalism and socialist ideals.

But to answer your question, Canada and the scandanavian countries (and a lot of Europe) aren?t doing too bad on this list from that liberal rag, Forbes magazine, when it comes to starting businesses.

https://www.forbes.com/best-countrie...business/list/

Or this one from business insider

http://nordic.businessinsider.com/th...siness-2017-3/

Then you look and see many of the same countries listed among the highest quality of life in the world

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/...uality-of-life

So yeah, I think any intelligent person would at least admit that some socialist ideas might be worth investigating to better our lives in America.