The only place that Socialism works is/ was Scandinavia. Having lived a number of years in Sweden, I can say it worked, to large degree, fairly well. It works, or should I say "worked", because Scandinavia was largely homogeneous. With the recent influx of people from Islamic countries, you can see the cracks getting bigger, and it will eventually fail, too. When there are more takers than there are producers the machine ceases to function.