Socialism in England prior to the rise of Soviet Russia

'Socialism and Religion' was a pamphlet was first published by the Socialist Party of Great Britain in London in 1910.
http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/pamphlet/socialism-and-religion/

LEGO ; Nazi Germany was capitalist ; there was an alliance between the (private) military industrial complex and the fascist state. It was a corporatist state.

The USSR was a Stalinist regime ; based on nationalised state planned industry ; but also on pervasive Terror and surveillance.

It's Terror and surveillance the regimes held in common ; not the rest.

In any case I have never been a Stalinist. I'm not even a Trotskyist. lol. I take a lot from Marx which makes sense to me ; but not everything.

Again: I believe in a central place for Ethics in politics ; and I am not a philosophical materialist. Like many of the Austro-Marxists my ideal scenario is one of 'revolutionary reforms' ; implemented democratically.

Hey Tristan,
I just wanted to take the opportunity to give thanks and credit to you;
For always taking part in the discussions that arise from your own articles.

I think it does an author credit when they face the criticism;
It gives them a chance to defend their ideas, clarify it for others and learn something from your detractors.

I may not agree with the things you advocate;
I may sometimes criticise, put you down and make fun of your ideas.
But you are a person of conviction in your beliefs and it takes courage to take the criticism and still come back for more.

- It's up to you to find the path that leads to convincing others that your ideas and arguments have merit, if in fact they do.

I still think you should go back and read 'None Dare Call it Conspiracy' as I've suggested before.

Many Thanks for responding to all our collective criticisms.

Not sure what happened their ALTRAV except I'm obviously not a good proof reader. This is the link https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/changing-world-happiness/.

Tristan, I think economic settings can only be proven in the long run. I've managed to track Swedish unemployment back to the 60s. Figure 1 in this document gives you 1960 through to 1995 https://www.government.se/49b743/contentassets/55ea8aad93fd4ecab52d13c0bad444f5/anders-forslund-unemployment---is-sweden-different, and unemployment is lower than the EU for quite a period of time, and then starts to catch up. This link will take you up to the present https://tradingeconomics.com/sweden/unemployment-rate. Bottom line is that with all that extra tax and regulation Sweden's performance is fairly typical of the rest of the OECD.

VENEZUELA ?

Some commenters have mentioned the failed Latin American socialist experiment that is Venezuela.

Well TRISTAN the Venezuelan Government war on its own people is even WORSE than even you can deflect

See http://en.rfi.fr/americas/20190705-venezuela-death-squads-have-killed-forc-7000-18-months-un of 5th July 2019

The UN has reported "VENEZUELA DEATH SQUADS HAVE KILLED 7000 IN 18 MONTHS"

"The UN has released a report claiming that the rule of law in Venezuela has been ‘eroded’

after it found that nearly 7,000 people have been killed in the last 18 months by state forces.

The report claims that in 2018, the Venezuelan government registered 5,287 killings which they

classified as resulting due to ‘resistance to authority’ being shown by those killed.

A further 1,569 killings of this nature were reported from the beginning of this year to May 19th [2019]...."

Tristan,

Fascism/ National Socialism is closer to communism than capitalism especially with regards its tight political control, with the key differences being the allowance of non governmental control of most businesses because of the recognition of improved efficiency.

Communist China is a prime example.