I have heard so many variants of this as explanations of why 'socialism' doesn't work (all from Americans). It's as though they are taught it this way.

@MarkHoltom “Explanation”. More like, disingenuous analogy and circular logic. In a post meant only to seek approval from others with similar prejudice.

But critics of capitalism generally talk the same way. Arguments between religious zealots are reliably tedious, utterly free of insight.