All capitalist countries have elements of socialism, a mix is probably the best scenario, and indeed to have private benefit corporations and co ops to fulfill needs the private sector is unwilling and unable to provide the needs for equitably.

The idealogues of the right talk a lot of shit, but capitalism doesn't work without controls, the free market destroys itself, and leads to consolidation, to one company, becoming sort of communist as the opposite ends come back together in a circle between free market and controlled economy. Somalia should be a free market paradise according to the dogma of the billionaires funding libertarianism and the republican party's think tanks.

Capital is too greedy to do what's in it's own interests and will destroy itself like yeast in a wort producing alcohol that will kill that yeast above a certain percentage.

Well I'm glad capitalism works well for you. But it doesn't work well for the 99% of the population in capitalist countries where they can't make ends meet while capitalists hold all the money in the world.

Under capitalism, people are sleeping in tents in parks and on the side of the road, freezing to death or dying of heat strokes. People are lining up to food banks which can't even supply everyone because of how much demand has increased, while grocery stores are stocked to the brim, but the food is unaffordable. People suffer health issues and die of preventable causes because healthcare is becoming less accessible or is just too expensive. Even education is unaccessible in a few places because of the costs. And for what? So a few corporations can make even more profit than they already are?

At least under communism, everyone has a roof over their head. Everyone has food on their table. Everyone has healthcare. Everyone has a job or at least a purpose in society. And communist countries seem to progress much faster than capitalist countries as well. The Soviet Union initiated the space race. They've always kept the pace with the rest of the world in technology and innovation. And if you look at China now, they're essentially the world leader at this point.

You wanna talk about authoritarianism? Look in the U.S. The moment you start to criticize anything, you either get a visit from the cops, or if you protest you get beat up by an army of police officers. U.S. democracy is a sham. Otherwise you wouldn't have had people like the Clintons, the Bush or Trump as presidents. These people are put there by the billionaire elites, then they manipulate the population into electing them through the media that they own.

For the record, I'm not saying China is any better in that regard. Freedom of expression is not exactly their thing. There's a lot of things to look up to with China, but human rights and freedom of expression are not any of them. But, the U.S. aren't any better.

Communism has a bad rap because U.S. imperialism never allowed it to flourish and reach it's potential anywhere. It's been stigmatized and portrayed in such a way that it made people scared of it.

I'm confident that if we allowed communism to enter our democracies it would be for the best. Because, for once, the government would start taking care of its people and its workers instead of the corporate leeches.