That failed ideology provided its people full employment, housing, free education, healthcare, childcare, paid vacations, paid maternity leave, reasonable retirement age and pay, free hobby and social clubs and free everything else. This included the ambulances that you focus on your article.

Comparing that failed ideology to the successful ideologies in the US and the UK, that ideology looks far better even its 'failed' state. All that prevents people from seeing its success is the never ending propaganda that religiously conditioned them to the contrary to get them to deny the reality. Just like what is Brexit Britain doing with all the problems you speak of.