Despite all the data, your conclusion that America needs ‘luxury communism’ is an oxymoron. A comparison to China’s poverty levels and human rights atrocities as well as Russia’s corruption and economic weakness makes the USA’s economic strength and human rights seem a model for other nations (despite the pathetic Trump administration 3.5 year run of chaos) . The United States has much to improve upon that is why we are beholden to the words ‘form a more perfect union.’