We can't keep doing this.

[De Leonist]

20. Only State Socialism

While it is true the Soviet Union certainly failed, North Korea is a dictatorial clusterfuck, and China has begun reverting to Capitalism. All these countries really prove is that Socialism is not very good as a politically centralized Authoritarian system. There are plenty of Socialist Approaches to governance and economics that do not advocate Total State Ownership. One approach that I particularly find interesting is Participatory Economics otherwise known as PARECON. Google it and you'll see what I mean.

Also there is no such thing as Pure Socialism. The Core of Socialism is the Socialization ,or as I've heard some term it the Communalization, of the means of production, that's it. There are many Socialists who would be more than willing to keep Market structures intact just as long as the workers (or ,again, the community) controlled the means of production through worker owned co-operatives. My advocacy against markets is simply because I think they are too inefficient to provide for human needs.

Maybe you ought to widen your knowledge of Socialism beyond just want you were told in History class about the Soviet Union.

Lastly, Whether or not Socialism is comes after Capitalism if you honestly think we can really continue with the things are and not dig ourselves into worse circumstances you are sadly mistaken