>>We have a few people from Scandinavian countries here that might disagree with you. Not to mention Canadians and socialized medicine, which may not be perfect but I would not consider it a failure. We also have some members from Israel where Socialism (in the form of the Kibbutz, or collective farm and industry) has been applied in one form or another for more than 50 years.
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>Are you sure that Scandinavian countries are qualified to be called 'Socialism'? Do they have private enterprise? 'Failure of soicalism' means 'problems' created by public (i.e. state) ownership of land, factories, etc. Last time I checked, Sweden and other countries have established private property rights.

I think the Scandinavians have hit it right - with free-market competition between the state-owned and privately-owned. May the best win.