freedom is fragile and needs to be coddled and cared for.
as for your comment re spain - yeah look at the basket case now. fine example of socialism at work. in fact the whole of europe is socialist put under the oppressive thumb of their own governments and the eu.
ussr? socialism comes in the form of money - not capitalism which is simply fair trade and exchange of goods and services (and was actually initiated by the puritans in the new land) but the uber rich always seek to empower themselves and exert their influence over the huddled masses. lenins receival of $30 mil from rockerfeller was a prime example
china? not so much money but certainly oppression. i watched the last emperor with my missus and she was telling me that she clearly remembers her mothers trials under the cultural revolution.
