Social & Political Philosophy: 3rd Response Essay Topic

Given that capitalism, socialism and communism are all based on the idea of greater democracy from the bottom up through a system from the top down, which system do you think has the greatest chance of success and why? Include at least one of the thinkers we have covered since the last response and their ideas (Adam Smith, Hegel, Saint-Simon, Marcuse, Marx, Engels, Trotsky, Gramsci, Mao).