If you were Nige, how would you respond to Sajid Javid?

So, you're left-wing, then?

Nope, dead centre.

Ever supported Nigel Farage or UKIP? I suspect you're a locationally challenged gammon, Ned.

How do you know? It's only been around a short time. Early-stage capitalism was just as gruesome as early-stage communism.

Marx said that communism would occur of its own accord. He said that there would be a slow march to communism through socialism, that Western governments would become more and more socialist as time passes. Have you noticed the number of people around here complaining that the Tories are becoming more socialist, Benny? That's what Marx was talking about. So, Marxism hasn't arrived yet, but if there's any credence to the complaints being made by your gammon chums, it's on its way.  It's far too soon to say it's failed.

Early-stage capitalism was a dystopia. Do you want a description of the living conditions endured by mill workers in Manchester during early capitalism? Do you want descriptions of the hangings under the Bloody Code? Or, descriptions of Indians tied to cannons and blown up to secure foreign markets for capitalism? Nasty stuff. What was going on in Russia during early-stage communism wasn't much better. Both were shit, Benny. 

Some on the left would argue that communism hasn't happened anywhere yet. Marx said it would and could only exist in an advanced industrial society. So, how could it have failed if it hasn't even existed? As I've already pointed out, he said that the industrial economies in the West would slowly turn towards socialism. Your mates on here who regularly complain that the Tories are now socialists would appear to bear him out.

Marx was a populist in the sense that his socialist utopia would hold regular plebiscites. Can you point to a single country which you claim has experienced communism that held regular democratic plebiscites? If you can't, then you can't point to an example of Marxism. Marx said that a Marxist state was only possible in a country that had a long tradition of liberal democracy. I don't see that Russia or China had either an advanced industrial economy or a long tradition of liberal democracy. So, where has Marxism existed? And, once again, if it's never existed, how can it have failed?

Are you authoritarian? Do you believe people should conform (little or no tolerance for different cultures, lifestyles (gay, transgender), etc.? Do you believe in harsh prison sentences for criminals? Are you nationalistic? Do you think the Empire was a good thing? If the answers to the above are mainly yes, then you're on the right, Ned. I don't know you well enough to say you are, but, taking a guess, I would say so.