re: What is your definition of socialism? And why or why not is it an effective system?

Prepare to go the store at times and it's completely out of milk or bread.

Visiting a hospital 6 times for the same case of flu is nice.

6 dollars a gallon of gas.

Your kid scores 2 goals in the first minutes in whatever sport, so now he has to sit for the rest of the game so that Karen's kid gets to play.

2 years later, wife, a government employee who was hurt at work still has not had knee surgery. Doc recommended surgery shortly after the incident.

Good news is my 3 month old puppy is 10 times more documented and has more identification than the average Democrat voter.