What is Capitalism? What is Socialism?

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4. Modern versions of socialism have been adapted by many countries

with a democratic governments to successfully serve their needs. These endless rationales over obtuse academic arguments to lock in single definition of socialism or democratic socialism, is not as important as the impact it has on people.

There's no one size fits all version of either capitalism or socialism. Look at the goals and outcomes of the prosperous countries that have designed their own customized blends of democracy and capitalism with socialism. It doesn't matter what label gets attached, those countries found workable solutions by offering a wide variety of social services to benefit the needs of their citizens while regulating capitalism and the obscene perks awarded to the wealthy and Big Biz. Socialism has proved to be a very flexible tool in leveling the playing field and uplifting people by finding ways to offer them expanded opportunities to succeed.