Even with the American taxpayer supporting them for 50+ years by paying for their protection (by our military), the so called Democratic Socialism which you seem to admire is in the process of failing all over Europe and the end won't be pretty as we now see in Venezuela....They are already rioting in the streets of France and elsewhere.......How many socialist experiments have to fail before the left sees the light? Actually, it's really all about power for them. As long as they can get away with printing money and borrowing to pay for their profligacy they will survive but the handwriting is on the wall for the inevitable collapse. Look for the failure of major financial institutions in Germany, France and Italy to signal the start of their demise.