Greed, I'm rusty on this. I thought Socialism was the theory, Communism was the authorative execution; love to know what your definitions are.

Publius, when I think of excessive Capitalism I picture earlier industrial england; no worker rights, poor pay, terrible conditions etc- I see shades of socialism now to be things like the minimum wage and basic standards. Freedom barely comes into that for me, freedom is the reign primarily of Democracy, not the economy of that democracy.