I'm afraid Teribus is right Shimrod, it is impossible to implement real socialism within a capitalist economic system.
So long as we continue to believe in the lottery, we are stuck with Capitalism, and by far the most efficient way of making it work is by electing a right wing government.....the circus on the "liberal" left gives a false prospective and is a huge aid to those who have vested interests in the retention of Capitalism.
There are millions without a purpose redundant, uneconomic, but hey ho! we have "gay marriage".....so that's alright then, the Tories are really liberal aren't they?   do you think the people who run this system really give a damn about minority "rights"

So long as the liberal left stick to their "belief" that equality can be achieved within a capitalist system, we are totally fucked.
The liberal left are without doubt the biggest impediment to the construction of a SANE, fair and sustainable society.