Hey Ricky, the U.S. is wealthy because of its current system, capitalism. Millions of people are trying to get into the U.S. to have a better life. You want us to toss it all in favor of a system that isn't working anywhere. A relative handful of people in Italy doesn't prove anything. We don't even know how well they're doing. We have it bad enough in the U.S. dealing with one side which wants to take from those who produce and redistribute it to everyone. They're threatening to bring it all down. You honestly don't have a clue how things truly work.
the US has wealth because the govt made the cost of labor very cheap by making things public, by having protective tariffs, and also because you are awash in resources. i forget what else. US not only country to do this, i know germany did it too
regarding hte first point, you dont do this as much and now practice a form of junk economics which you used to export to keep other countries poor
regarding italian coops we do know how well theyre doing because its measured and so obviously when you take out the capitalist middle man and turn workers into owners, theyre going to have better economic performance.
btw, regarding your quote "taking from those who produce and redistribute it" what do you think capitalism is? exactly that and a system of poor distribution