Has privatisation not improved the wages/ working conditions on the railways especially drivers from when it was state owned ?
I am only basing this on what I have heard from a driver who started out when it was BR so not basing it on any personal knowledge or fact.
As for the argument about capitalism v socialism , I found a statement that sums socialism up perfectly ( might of been from here, but this was the general jist of it ) ;
A teacher told his class that the results of the exam they are about to take will be averaged out with the average Grade being giving to everyone.
The students Who had worked and studied hard were annoyed at this , where as the students who had not done any studying were over the moon.
As expected students who had applied themselves got A’s and B’s with the ones who had done nothing getting F’s and G’s giving a average Grade of C awarded to all students.
Naturally the students who had put in the effort were completely disheartened and annoyed where as the ones who had done nothing were over the moon.
The teacher told the class there will be another exam next week, told them the subject to revise and again a average grade will be awarded to every student.
The students who had revised hard , disheartened and annoyed only put in 50% of revision time compared to the previous exam , naturally the ones who had done none last time and had been rewarded for it again done nothing.
Exam day came , students who done some revision got C’s and D’s again F’s and G’s were awarded to the others , giving everyone an average Grade of D.
Once again the teacher informed the class there will be another exam the following week, again with the same rules.
The students who had revised in the previous exams were now fed up with all their hard work being diluted by the ones who done nothing decided to do no revision, ended up the class being awarded the Grade of F.
And so the cycle continued.