I mean, I'm going to be brutally honest with you here. "Arguing" with you is like talking to a rock.
The feeling is mutual towards you. Thus your statement means nothing.
I literally give you people who have lived in these countries, and you sit there fat and happy in Canda, with everything you really need in life, telling me that YOU are right about socialism, and how great it is, while bemoaning capitalism (which you reap the fruits of), and tell me that the people who actually live in these socialist countries don't really get it. I mean, my wife and daughter just got back from a mission trip to Cuba and have seen socialism up front. People there don't even have necessities like toothpaste. Yeah, socialism is AWESOME dude. Just awesome. (of course here you come with the "that's not REALLY socialism" nonsense)
First of all? I my understanding of global economics is eons ahead of you. Just by the way you talk I know your knowledge is all based on propaganda.
Socialism is another word for meaning self sufficient, therefore trade should be minimal. Yes Cuba is one of the countries that WAS truly socialist in nature, but that is not the reason it fails. It fails because of Capitalist economic sanctions. If the US allowed tourism to Cuba, it would be booming!!
But hey! America doesn't do business with communists. Ahem....China....
After a while, it just becomes laughable (and utterly pointless) to argue with you. It's not that there aren't arguments against your position. It's that you literally dismiss them all - including first hand testimony of people who have experienced socialism - out of hand. How can anyone "argue" against someone who does that?
What's laughable is your arguments. Most of the people I talk to are struggling financially and this was BEFORE the covid pandemic. It is worse now with people losing their jobs by the millions/billions!!!
You have any idea how many businesses have gone bankrupt in the last 10+ years? 90% of the places I frequented no longer exist. And everything that remains charges TWICE as much. You can't even go out anymore without dropping $200 !
Global shortages everywhere thanks to "free market capitalism" (exporting your manufacturing).
And this is the kicker. Our social group left Dave and Busters, because they increased their demand( i hope the GM Tammy and the Trinidadian/Guyanese event manager get fired. I have NEVER seen a place run worse. Which she says is because of D&B management that has her hands tied(I don't believe it).
Every place we looked to move to? Is not owned by US and UK corporations! Nothing is owned by Canadians anymore....Capitalists have bought our sovereignty right underneath us. I hear China is also investing heavily in US farmlands.
Closing argument? Those "socialist" countries are ALL being oppressed by Imperial America via economic sanctions. Yup, their economic woes are due to capitalism.