Number of innocents slaughtered by Mao Zedong and the Gang of Four: over 50 million (Source: I live here, I know what goes on)

Number of innocents murdered by Stalin: at least 80 million (Source: Read a history book)

Number of innocents massacred by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge: 2 million, over 25% of the Cambodian population (Source: read a book)

Number of innocents who starved to death under the Kim regime in North Korea since 1990: At least 10 million (Source: Watch the news)

Number of socialist countries that suceeded following through with their original agenda: 0 (Source: Go on, name one)

Tax rate of Canadians earning over CAN $70,000 per year: over 65% (Source: my uncle)

Possibility that a person working minimum wage in Australia can earn just as much collecting handouts: 100%, until the Labor party gets kicked out (Source: Don't question me, I collected welfare in Australia)

Incentive for the unemployed Australian to look for a job: 0 (Source: I used my ears when my parents collect welfare)

The number of times the 20th century British Labor party got re-elected: 0 (Source: read a book)

Living standards of the average socialist nation: Much poorer than the average capitalist nation (Source: Not the UN)

Chance of seeing your money again after it disappears into the black hole known as the IRS: 0% (Source: common knowledge)

Arrrgh, those Swedes! The only good thing that came out of that place is IKEA!

Why did I write this node? Read what Uberfetus soft-linked here. Danke.

Hey! When did it become immoral to own a TV?

Sigh. Enough stupid statistics yet?

This node is a parody of Capitalism : where the poor are slave labor! This node is a big joke! Don't you get it?!?

Amount of commentary that can be made about capitalism based on irrelevant statistics : 0

Narf.

Incentives for the unemployed Australian to look for a job: Social status, future raises might compensate for a low initial wage, self esteem.
Advantage of thinking rather than blindly accepting your parents' opinions: Vast...

Chance of seeing your money again after it disappears into the black hole known as the marketing department of some company active in a highly competitive market:0

Chance that the living standards (number of TVs, cellphones, other technological blessings, whatever) is higher in a capitalist country: High, since capitalism promotes consumerism.
(Bah! Let's skip the "living standard==$" altogether.)

Number of times the Swedish Conservative party got re-elected: 0.

Things a member of a capitalist society has to work for to afford: Higher education, healthcare, social security.

Things a member of a socialist society won't have to lose sleep over: Financing higher education, healthcare, social security.

So who is the slave?

Oooh, and finally: Affiliation of IKEA's founder during WWII: Nazi. IKEA - A "good thing", according to DMan. (This is so far out of context as it gets... :)

They are only economic theories which are not feasible for flawed humans. They rely on people not abusing the system, and people always abuse the system.

We'll always have some kind of mix, and the vices of both sides will always be present in varying amounts.