How to respond to "Communism doesn't work" Part 2.

• Racial Harmony in a Marxist Utopia.

• Feudalism to space travel in 40 years. First satellite, rocket, space walk, woman, man, animal, space station, moon and mars probes.

• Soviet power production per capita in 1990 was more than the EU, Great Britain, or China's in 2014.

• Housing was socialized by localized community organizations, and there was virtually no homelessness. Houses were often shared by two families throughout the 20s and 30s – so unlike capitalism, there were no empty houses, but the houses were very full. In the 40s there was the war, and in the 50s there were a number of orphans from the war. The mass housing projects began in the 60s, they were completed in the 70s, and by the 70s, there were homeless people, but they often had genuine issues with mental health.

When it is claimed that a system works, we should ask, who it works for. Capitalism benefits a tiny number of rapacious capitalists, to the detriment of the rest of us, while Socialism works for the masses.

Now let's take a look at what happens after the USSR collapsed, and what came with capitalist privatization:

• Life expectancy decreases by 10 years. 2. 7.7 million excess deaths in the first year. 2

• 40% of population drops into poverty

• GDP instantly halves

• One in ten children now live on the streets. Infant mortality increases. Was 29.3 in 2003 which is around (current) Syria and Micronesia, 7.9 in 2013. Infant mortality in USSR was 1.92, literally the lowest in the world.

• 1996 election rigged by the US, Yeltsin sends in tanks to disperse the supreme soviet

For an overview of the soviet experiment, watch this brilliant talk by Micheal Parenti, or read his article, Left anticommunism, the unkindest cut.

Bonus vid about cyber-communism: Paul Cockshott - Going beyond money.

More sources: Socialism Crash Course, Socialism FAQ, Glossary.