Originally posted by: oojason

I have to say it is communism - not socialism that is enforced in places such as China by the Government. The people do not decide for themselves what is to be done for their betterment - it is a regime that anwers to no-one (which could also be corrupt) - and that is NOT socialism.

Well, therein lies one of my biggest qualms with the system. For socialism to work it must be something agreed to by everyone. For this reason, socialism won't work at a national level without some form of coersion--few people will agree to giving everything to the state.

This is why socialist experiments on a national level always have some form of totalitarianism in the government, usually communism.