Well Yugoslavia under communism was much better than what happened to the country under the NATO sponsored Oslo peace process.
As much as I hate communism there is no doubt in my mind that Yugoslavia was a good place to live. I base this on the yugos I knew in the early nineties.
Tito though a socialist dictator truly cared about his country.
No matter how evil an ideology is some people belonging to it will still maintain their morality.
Yugoslavia is an exception that in no way disproves the rule.
I would totally agree with you.
Socialism in the USA made it a good place to live for decades, arguably since 1940 ish - It doesn't make it sustainable as an economic system.
The baby boomers hit 'the purple patch' in all of human history for easy living - it doesn't make it sustainable as a system, and any baby boomers defending it, are only looking at it from there tiny patch of time..
Does that illustrate my point..?
Communism by its very structure lends itself to the most talented at manipulation, the worst personality types - to rise to the top.
Morality at the top is where it matters more than anywhere..
I agree with your first point,
but my whole point was that Tito (the Guy at the top) was beneficial to his country despite the socialism.
Just like Trujillo was a dictator but he protected the trees of the Dominican Republic which is flourishing especially compared with the other half of the island Haiti.
I am not disagreeing with that- but ultimately- if you are not changing away m afrosocialist system, you are not doing good for your country- long term..
UK, USA, and the rest are equally guilty..
Total Agreement here.