HighlandCow

No modern or past socialist country has had the working class as there ruling class, there has always been an elite class, this is simply not true Cuba and North Korea are instant examples that come to mind, and there are countless more

All states are authoritarian too a degree, there is nuance here and not everything is black and white

Same as Ireland right?, is it really a gotcha moment to say capitalism doesn’t work because sometimes it is installed under an authoritarian system, even though more so socialism is installed under a authoritarian system vast majority of the time