Which does not contradict anything I said. A constitutional democracy is the best system in existence, with the government handling those things that are necessarily a monopoly and acting as a guard against capitalist excesses.
That was meant to be a joke, but in fact the fire department is an example of socialism. Everyone pays taxes, and those taxes pay for public fire protection that is provided to everyone regardless of their social or financial standing.
No purely socialist or purely capitalist system has ever succeeded in creating a satisfactory environment for freedom and liberty. No purely libertarian country has ever existed. The US system has always been a hybrid of socialism and free market economy, and that is the best system invented so far.
Socialism is the fire department coming out to put out the fire in your house. Capitalism is the insurance company denying your claim to increase the shareholder value.
That’s what your wife said (sorry, I couldn’t resist).