User blog comment:Centrist16/SOMETHING EVERYONE MUST KNOW/@comment-3398633-20150809140026/@comment-4824231-20150809180426

In no way at all was the UK dominated by "socialists" until may this year. It has been dominated by neo-liberals ever since the Thatcher era. the Labour Party may have started off socialist, but New Labour introduced by closet Tory Tony Blair meant that labour became neo-liberal centrist party, who's economic policies barely resemble socialism at all.

I would also like to point out that Greece's problems were not caused by Syriza, but instead by a non-socialist government causing such issues which resulted in economic strife after the economic collapse internationally caused by a incompetent self-serving wealthy elite. This led to the rise of Syriza and eventually it won the election as the Greek people wanted change.

If, like me, you judge 'working' as meaning that everyone has equal opportunities, equal respect, equal resources then no capitalism is far from working at all. While yes, current socialist countries have the same issues, I do not recognise any of them as socialist. Socialism has worked in many places, for example Kerala in India, which has managed to dramatically decrease its child mortality rate, has achieved the highest life expectancy, literacy rate, level of gender equality and employment in India since the socialist popular movement took power of the state's administration and it's people enjoy universal healthcare, education and food distribution which is working. Other examples include the short-lived Paris Commune, and arguably, maybe not, Cuba if it wasn't for the brutal US embargo. Capitalism has failed in many many many places, and of course so has Socialism, simply because it has not been implemented properly. Capitalism has caused many collapses, recessions and has created an untouchable elite who fuck over everyone else.