Oh… well still, the British empire still existed during post WW2.. and also, that wasn’t socialism. That was capitalism. In fact, after doing a bit of research, I found that Britain was the first country to implement capitalism and has been great from there. Also, I will admit a small error, as I did say that the potato famine during the British Empire was similar to socialism, yet I was wrong, as public ownership was not there yet, but the rest of my points still stand as public ownership of things controlled by the government have damaging consequences and that’s what should worry socialists, as in socialism, nothing you have is actually yours, including the car you drive or the house you live in. We believe in a capitalist society because they allow people to actually own the things they buy, including the house, car, etc. Socialism takes that away from us and I do not want to live a life where we own nothing and that all the hard work I do is pointless if I’m earning the same paycheck compared to someone who just lounges around all day doing nothing for society. That’s socialism in its finest, or even communism at its extreme.