You appear to be saying neither Socialism or Democracy work well with large groups, such as a country.

@Alienbeing In their pure forms they don't, and never have. If you can give me one example of an unmodified version in a large group such as a country surviving, I'm happy to listen

@glennlab I'm not arguing with you I am asking a question.

@Alienbeing Socialism, Democracy, and capitalism all must be modified as their systems grows. Something as large as a small city cannot sustain any of these in their pure state. We often idalize the greeks, but even they were a representative democracy and they were the size of a small city
population of ancient Athens
Approximately 140,000; Approximately 40,000 men were citizens; and slaves (about 40,000). By 432 BC, Athens had become the most populous city-state in Hellas. In Athens and Attica, there were at least 150,000 Athenians, around 50,000 aliens, and more than 100,000 slaves.