Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam

You don't understand sarcasm and cynicism in the English language I see -- that is exactly right. However, I was thinking of Stalinist collective farms and gulags more specifically -- how did that work out?

Some economic theories are unworkable in a free society. They may be able to do this in a small nation like Switzerland -- basic income guarantees. Switzerland is not the USA, France or China. Denmark is a very small country existing in a broad based EU economy.