[headsonpikes]

I posted: All of these disorders are the INEVITABLE consequences of real-world socialism.

You replied: I disagree. I see it more as the consequences of a decline of valuing family and people. Success often brings the need for "more".

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Real-world socialism sets the state against the family and culture, thus the decline in family and human values generally this past century. The state does not have to go to the extremes exhibited by Cambodian socialism to wreak havoc on the humans within their grasp.

As for "success" as the cause of social disorder, IMHO this is merely the Party line of the socialist elites - blame any social problems on the flaws of individuals rather than on the brutal consequences of institutional thinking.

[FourPeas]

I agree that devaluing family and the individual are a part of socialism. However, I think they can exist separate from it, too.

Perhaps I should have used the word "materialism". The want of more stuff rather than recognising the value of people. This is certainly possible without socialism.