Are you anticommunist/anti-Marxist?

[DavidB.]

Yes, of course I am anticommunist and anti-Marxist (normal), although "be it economic or social" is somewhat unclear to me, firstly because I don't think one can make that distinction and secondly because I'm not sure what "social Marxism" actually means. Is it like "Cultural Marxism", a slur traditionalists use for everything they don't like, including things that didn't even exist in communist countries?

[DavidB.]

In these countries, medical care, housing, and education are guaranteed and not dependent upon who your parents were, where you hail from, or what accent you speak with. In short, these countries have done what the capitalist system will never do, i.e. create a fully functioning welfare state that won't be rolled back the next time a right-wing (or 'left-wing' social democratic/eurocommunist) party is elected to government.

Apart from the obvious WTF regarding the North Korea apologism... You know about the situation in countries like the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Austria, right? These are countries where "medical care, housing, and education are guaranteed", countries that have had a "fully functioning welfare state" for over 50 years, long enough to ensure they won't be rolled back even when a "right-wing" coalition is elected to government. I can understand why you're fed up with the situation in the US, even if I would disagree with you, but what is your real problem with the Scandinavian welfare-state model? I genuinely try to understand it.