This doesn&#x27;t make me think more highly of your argument.  You&#x27;re so close-minded that your &quot;anticipatory response&quot; is to simply assume that no one has a defense of socialism except a &quot;true Scotsman&quot; appeal.<p>I&#x27;m also left to assume from your comments that you think socialism and communism are the same thing.  The defenders of socialism rarely say that no one&#x27;s done it correctly.  They instead point to the myriad of socialist programs in other countries that they consider successful (e.g. Canadian healthcare, German education, even US food stamps).