There is currently a politically party that is trying to gain power in this country. Fortunately the more that the ideology is discussed, the more push back arrives. In this country they have tried to camouflage the socialistic agenda by calling it democratic socialism

I think that if socialism could have thrived in any country then it probably would have been Venezuela, and it probably did work at first (socialism works pretty good until you run out of other peoples money, and then [as you are aware] it fails.) The failure of socialism is not a gradual let down (like making a controled decent when rock climbing) The failure of socialism is abrupt, like one minute your headed upward and the next second you are speeding towards the ground

Of course with Capitalism you and I are in a compitition to prove who can produce the best goods and/or services, and in a Capitalistic society the customer is allowed to vote (called payment) on who is better.

With socialism its a race to the bottom, the only vote that a socialist ecconomy takes is 'who is the biggest con-artist'. The only way to get ahead in a socialist ecconomy is by cutting corners. Say we are both cabinet makers and we produce similar products, if we are both garenteed payment for a job why should I care if I use inferior building materials. So you might make high quality products that will last for years, but my products are chensy. (watch this) you might be an upstanding fellow but evidentially you will not be able to afford to keep your integrity! So as I said socialism is a race to the bottom, I dont care how strong the economy of a country is. The minute that socialism is accepted a death spirial is started This is a more 'complex' explanation of a basic ecconomic principal called 'The tragedy of the commons'

In America people that are 'crafty snakes' lie and tell people that socialism is a kind system, and Capitalism is a cruel hearted system...but as you have experienced socialism is a hopeless situation where wealthy people can not afford to feed there families. So it might be less than ideal for us to have an ecconomic system that forces you and I to compete to offer the best service, the truth is that the human heart is so wicked that the default setting is for us to crash and burn.

Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?