Ack! I had just written a long post with lots of statistics and comments and lost the whole thing while going back and forth between sites.
Anyway, if Darwinian capitalism is so successful, why aren’t all we all capitalists?
Your list above proves exactly my point…basically, all the successful countries are socialist (even if they don’t officially call themselves that, they have socialized medicine, fairly high taxes, public schools, government-controlled infrastructure, and social programs designed to help the poor, etc.).
I still want to see ONE example of a purely capitalist nation (no govt infrastructure, no taxes, no socialized healthcare or social services, etc.) that outperforms the socialist nations. If it is so successful, then it should be relatively easy to find just ONE example…maybe you can find one in Africa, as it would be difficult to collect taxes in many of those countries, and they often have a barter economy…the ULTIMATE capitalists!!!
Here is the U.N. site. Feel free to peruse all indices of well-being, including economic, health care, longevity, literacy, poverty, crime, etc. See if you can detect any patterns…
