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Well, I just came back from a few days at an all inclusive resort in the Caribbean and can very well see the attraction.
The place was full. Sometimes there weren't enough tables in the restaurant for everyone to sit down, or there was no silverware, or there were no glasses to drink out of. There were no expensive cuts of meat.
But in the end everyone ate well. The food was all fresh. YOu could drink all you wanted, though generic brands only, and drunkenness was hardly seen. People were good tempered and cooperative, they looked out for other people's children, and a good time was had by all.
It probably very much resembled the Black Sea vacation spots of Soviet Russia.
Of course it was capitalism, not socialism, but socialism COULD be that way if we applied our energies and resources to living well instead of to accumulating private goods and exploiting other people.
