Free market economist Ludwig Von Mise wrote a book called " Human Action"in which he explains the difference between socialism and capitalism. He states "a man who chooses between drinking a glass of milk and a glass of cyanide poison does not choose between 2 drinks, he chooses between life and death .A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between 2 social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society.Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is death to any system under which people can live as normal human beings.