Name something socialist said wouldnt work

[Guest]

It was awhile ago, but there has been very few periods in history when you could make a go of it with 25% equity.

In my experience, those with 25% equity are on an elevator ride down to the bottom.

Ha, we made it with 0% equity lol?

[LEP]

Ha, we made it with 0% equity lol?

Working with other family members? Using their equipment in return for labor?

There are exceptions, but truthfully that isn't really a stand alone operation with 25% equity, which I think was the question.

[seldomseen]

Biggest socialist failure was the CWB

Next was the Sask Land bank scheme that was the biggest destroyer of personal wealth in Sask history!!!

I had good strong NDP neighbors around me when i started farming that thought selling their land to the government and then renting it back from the government was a good business decision.
30 years later its funny watching these same guys scrambling trying to buy back this same land from the government so they could turn around and sell it after the price of land went up. After renting it for almost nothing they thought it was so unfair that the government wanted market price.

Chucky a good socialist like you must have got in on a deal like that?

[Kevinglyfos]

Biggest socialist failure was the CWB

Next was the Sask Land bank scheme that was the biggest destroyer of personal wealth in Sask history!!!

I had good strong NDP neighbors around me when i started farming that thought selling their land to the government and then renting it back from the government was a good business decision.
30 years later its funny watching these same guys scrambling trying to buy back this same land from the government so they could turn around and sell it after the price of land went up. After renting it for almost nothing they thought it was so unfair that the government wanted market price.

Chucky a good socialist like you must have got in on a deal like that?

Same thing with my Ndp niehbors it was funny to watch sold there land bought new equipment then slowly went broke lol

[seldomseen]

Same thing with my Ndp niehbors it was funny to watch sold there land bought new equipment then slowly went broke lol

Yes watched them do the very same thing here.

[sumdumguy]

Looking at the title of this thread: did you realize you put “socialist” and “work”in the same sentence?

[Grahamp]

The question is backwards. The potential answers are nearly infinite.

Better to ask one thing the socialists got right. Provide an example where a socialist policy or socialist government experiment hasn't been an abject failure.

This is an interesting question. I am a Libertarian type and despise socialism and communism of every kind. I am absolutely amazed at the success of Hutterite colonies. When the Puritans tried communal after coming to America it was a complete failure. And we are not talking about an isolated colony or two. They have widespread systemic success across nearly every aspect of agriculture over 60-70 years. I don’t understand where the motivation comes from to drive such success. If I didn’t observe it I would be certain it would never work.

Although it is full of problems I am amazed how well our socialist medical system works. Obviously room for improvement but compared to other countries it’s pretty good. I would be hard pressed to name any country I would switch with.

[malleefarmer]

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[Kevinglyfos]

This is an interesting question. I am a Libertarian type and despise socialism and communism of every kind. I am absolutely amazed at the success of Hutterite colonies. When the Puritans tried communal after coming to America it was a complete failure. And we are not talking about an isolated colony or two. They have widespread systemic success across nearly every aspect of agriculture over 60-70 years. I don’t understand where the motivation comes from to drive such success. If I didn’t observe it I would be certain it would never work.

Although it is full of problems I am amazed how well our socialist medical system works. Obviously room for improvement but compared to other countries it’s pretty good. I would be hard pressed to name any country I would switch with.

Ok if there is one socialist thing I can live with it would be r Heath care but it is costing use a lot of tax. The reason I can live with it . It would be sad to see sick people with no help

[seldomseen]

Don't worry guys we all pay big money for medical care and it seems to cost more and more as the years go by. I say its unsustainable and full of wasted expense and the day will come that taxpayers won't be able to keep it all afloat.

[MBgrower]

most of the health cost goes to the meth heads, and chronic abusers. The average person who uses it every once in awhile, has no priority over these people. Its only getting worse. Time for a change.

[sawfly1]

GRAHAMP
What a great and honest reply.

It too wonder , how they do it . Hutterites
Compared to the abject failures of
Older communist systems.. Russia and Cuba lately.
I have some theories, but only that.
A good discussion for another day.

[GALAXIE500]

Good to get your cheque but it’s lot smaller than it should be and we have to haul further more games played so it has actually cost us more.
Our local terminal doesn’t really handle wheat only canola flax barley now.
So that move gave way too much more power to grain companies and railways

I guess you could say that you have "marketing freedom" , aka you take the price you are willing to put up with.
Our local Pioneer terminal down here in RM #111 has a delightful group of staff that get upset when they have to load grain cars, or demonstrate the smallest amount of "Customer Service" ! This is what happens when there is a elevator swap , and you have to take the unionized employees as part of the deal.