Peanut Gallery: I begin with the premise that “socialism” is contrary to human nature and is inevitably doomed to failure.

It fails because some people work hard and others don’t. The “do’s” eventually create better a lifestyle for themselves and begin to resent the “don’ts” or, vice versa, as in this article. Either way, socialists finally “run out of other people’s money” (Margaret Thatcher) and the system fails.

It can fail from the top down, when the “do’s” start running out of money and feel the pain, or from the bottom up when the “don’ts” refuse to take any responsibility for themselves and take to the streets to demand their “fair share” (think Greece).

This article on The Swedish Utopian Experiment makes my point.
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“Sweden has seen the steepest increase in inequality over 15 years amongst the 34 OECD nations, with disparities rising at four times the pace of the United States, the think tank said.”

Swedish equality fades away as rich get richer

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A homeless man sleeps on the street in Stockholm in this February 18, 2012 file photo. In a 15-year span, Sweden has seen the steepest increase in…more

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People participating in the class war safari observe buildings at the upper class district at Solsidan in Saltsjobaden near Stockholm in this January.