It depends on the person. Some people love socialism.
Canada is the same way, it's a socialist country, some people love it, normally the non ambitious love it, while people who are ambitious (business minded) normally do not like it
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We've not had free markets for a long time. Who knows if its better?
asia has more of a free market then western countries, most asians don't understand this.
They think they are immigrating to a country with a bigger free market. It takes them years to understand the truth about western countries.