Socialism was never been implemented outside of a few micro community's. It lost the war of idea's, and I say, good!
Lennon was the man who hijacked the Russian revolution with black boots, and Stalin inherited that model. WW2 the Russians paid for that with millions of lives, and soon after a propagandists war began for territory and power. The cold war was really never about ideologies, but rather power. To the victors goes the spoils, and that means me and my tribe. Personally I dont care about an equitable world, I do just fine the way things are, and the have nots can do whatever they do. It matters not to me the name we give tyranny, be it democracy, or socialism, as long as I'm doing well.