we'll see what he has to say
here's my take:
socialism appeals to the lowest common denominator (dregs of humanity). it's a system designed to rob initiative from the creative and entrepreneurial (freedom and liberty) v. paying / supporting people who arent worth what they are being paid. there's no point in being exceptional since the dickhead working next to you gets paid the same and doesnt do any work. why work when you get paid no matter what? there's a russian saying from the soviet union times: "we pretend to work, they pretend to pay us"
you cant get very far in a system designed for equality of outcome or out of favor with the political class. you do not have individual Rights, you have privileges that the ruling class says you can have. you have the illusion of voting when the reality is that socialism is an authoritarian ideology where you have no say in it. socialism is still socialism, there's nothing 'democratic' about it all. all power resides with the State, not the individual.
dont think so? Ok, look at former soviet union, eastern EU bloc countries, DPRK, venezuela, china, etc. the EU isnt really socialist, they are capitalist nations with a very heavy emphasis on Nanny Statism - wannabe socialists - now burdened with low birth rates and needing to import future taxpayers to absorb their exorbitant social services costs since the US foots a large chunk of their defense bill (as the US goes deeper into debt).
ive never heard a convincing argument about socialism. sounds great on paper and thats about it. perhaps our aspiring gas station clerk can dispel that?