Reference :- Andy Bolt interviewed a camera shy climate activist who failed to name a single successful socialist country .

Reference :-    Andy Bolt blended climate activism with political ideology when he confronted a camera shy climate  activist with the question ... could he name a single successful socialist country?    The young activist was at a complete loss , but one nervously failed response does not a convincing argument make .

Good morning Andy .  That question about successful socialist countries was both a winner and a loser for you on this occasion .  Stunned like a rabbit in a spotlight , that poor young chap was at a total loss for words .  It looks, at first glance , like a win for you . But the trouble is that since he didn't immediately blurt out a list of laughably dysfunctional countries for you to discredit , your victory was disappointingly shallow .
I have taken the trouble to run up a list for your consideration , to save you the research .

What I have done is list the 10 countries in the world that score highest on the happiness index .
The top ten , in order of happiness .
 ( For comparison , Australia rates at position 105 , and that
heartland of capitalism and land of free, the USA  rates 108th .)



     COUNTRY                                        GOVERNING MAJORITY  

   1        FINLAND                                 SOCIALIST /GREEN

   2        DENMARK                              SOCIALIST

    3         NORWAY                               LABOUR AND GREENS  MAJORITY

   4        ICELAND                               GREENS /PROGRESSIVES /SOCIALIST

   5       NETHERLANDS                     LIBERAL WELFARE STATE

   6       SWITZERLAND                     SOCIAL DEMOCRATS/GREENS

   7        SWEDEN                               SOCIAL DEMOCRATS /GREENS 

   8       NEW ZEALAND                     LABOUR

    9       CANADA                               LIBERAL PROGRESSIVE

   10      AUSTRIA                             SOCIALIST/ STRONG TRADE UNIONS

       AND WAY WAY DOWN THE LIST.................................................

    105    AUSTRALIA                         errrr  , maybe ask Mr Morrison what he is .

    108    USA                                        and maybe ask Mr Trump as well ...

    Good luck with all that Andy ,  it shouldn't take you too long to reveal all those foreign nations as
   the hell holes they really are .   Also , to save you even more time , don't bother looking at wealth , income equality , education levels , life expectancy or health , you won't get much joy there .  My son, Ken junior,  tells me that hardly anybody in Switzerland owns a Jet Ski , so that could be a good starting point .   The lad also has a pen pal in Sweden  ( at least that's what he calls her )  , and she apparently says there are only 4 Kentucky Fried Chicken joints in the whole country !   So there's another lead for you .  

Your comrade , Ken.