addendum: not that I am particularly a union guy, but I know a bunch of friends who work in the union and they've fought to get some benefits that shady contractors likely would have cheated out of them if they had the chance.
Unions can sometimes monopolize labor and also bring down industries (the automakers, anyone?), so they can be just as evil as the corporations sometimes!
None of those countries are like China, where you can own a mom and pop corner store, but if you make Best Buy, the government takes it away from you.
I am talking about a country where success is rewarded with money. All of Western Europe.
the UK, France, and Germany are all pretty socialistic, IMO. They have way more taxes than the USA does, and they also have crazy things like Gun Control and Nationalised Health Care.
