And countless more countries which socialism has destroyed.
As
@Aussie Pete pointed out Adolph Hitler's Nazi Party were socialists, The full name, gives the clue, The National Socialist German Worker's Party. ie. The Nazis were all socialist workers.
Venezuela, Cuba, Soviet Russia, China, Vietnam, and many more, all basket cases.
Socialism was the biggest cause of slaughter in the 20century, either by military conflict, or mass murder or starvation of its own people.
"Socialism is the leading man-made cause of death and misery in human existence."
DAVID HARSANYI
That is such a blind and ignorant statement. Without capitalism countries invariably starve or go bankrupt.
The majority of businesses are not big corporates, but what are called SMEs, ie. Small and Medium Enterprises.
These are usually people who start small, working for themselves, and gradually employing one or two others while they build up their business to employ more.
It might be a small engineering company, or a window cleaning business.
The people running these businesses very often have to mortgage their houses for cash to start their business or to pay wages. They endure sleepless nights when times are hard. They can't afford to take proper wages out of the business, and they are always at risk of losing everything, including the family home when it goes wrong.
Meanwhile, the staff go home at night with no risk.
I know because that was me (and many more I knew likewise).
For the first 11 years of my business,my wife and I jointly took less pay out of the business than our lowest paid member of staff!
And fools accuse people like us of exploitation.
Where do governments get the money in the treasury from? Taxation of course.
Who pays that tax? Everyone of course!
Not true. Although people who work for the state, such as teachers, civil servants, politicians, street cleaners, policemen, judges etc. all appear to pay tax, where do their wages originate?
Such people are paid with cash from the local or national treasury.
So if that treasury pays $10,000 to a worker, and demands 25% $2500 back in tax, how much does that tax payment add to the treasury?
The answer is obvious that such a worker causes no gain but a net loss to that treasury of $7500.
In other words, public workers are a drain and contribute nothing to the treasury.
The only people who contribute to the treasury are capitalist pigs like me who employed people and paid them wages, from which that tax money came!
But it's not just things like the above.
The very principle of socialism is deeply offensive to God and his laws!
No matter what they pretend, Socialism is entirely based on the sins of envy and coveting other people's goods or wealth.
Socialism tells people,
"Look at that rich man over there, if you vote for us, we will take that man's money and give it to you!"
Socialism tells people,
"Look at that rich man over their, you are poor because he has taken all your money!"
No christian should be pursuing socialism, any more than they should pursue theft.
