I like it. I think it's a good idea.
People need to live around the world* a bit and then feel free to comment on what works and what doesn't work. Not read about it on the internet. Not watch it on television. Live it, experience it. I know for a fact that the quality of life in Finland is above and beyond what passes for quality of life in America. And no, having a big screen TV, A car and a house that you pay for monthly, going out to chain restaurants at a f*cking strip mall to throw sh*t, mass produced, hormone laced food down your neck on a Friday night isn't quality of life. Neither is catching a game on teeee veeee. Neither is watching American Idle (SP!), getting drunk with your sh*t useless friends and whining about your miserable job which brings you money to pay off all the toys you think you own.
I've got friends I work with in Finland and Sweden who are both multi-multi millionaires and they weren't stopped by any slight socialist leanings. I mean, true, the national average intelligence and intellect over there is a lot higher than here in the US of A so it takes a little more work than just spelling your name correctly to stick out and be brilliant.
People can truly thrive over there if they're good enough. Those who aren't good enough, don't. Just like here. Only difference in Finland is that they're just not chasing the dream of working a job they resent paying for toys they don't need. They're not unhealthy, obese and toothless, yet still somehow brainwashed into thinking that state supplied health care is Marxist (Most people can't even define what that means without consulting Wiki, or more likely Conservo first. Most didn't even know the name existed until Faux news started spewing it out), despite it helping them and being one less worry on their already full plate.
You shouldn't base your opinions on government in other countries on the incompetent sh*tstorm of idiocy in America. Some places are slightly more competent. Like I said, the national intelligence is higher and the people aren't as willfully ignorant.
But, enough of my jaw balling. I've got an elitist fair trade latte to drink before it gets cold. After that, I'm not going to a bowling alley.
*Living on a base doesn't qualify because they wipe your arse, feed you and do your thinking for you. And before anybody starts whoopin' and hollerin', I've been posted as an officer in various locations throughout the world, but I've also got out there and lived in and integrated with various countries and cultures for real.