The problem with 2) ought to be apparent as well - it's inherently unstable. That is to say, even if you somehow succeed at bringing about the worldwide social democratic revolution (comments on the unlikelihood of which are, I feel, somewhat superfluous. Revolutionaries have never cared that they are tilting at windmills, especially since sometimes the windmills unexpectedly fall over) then the situation you would be in is still unstable. Basic game theory - any situation whereby defectors from a universally agreed on policy benefit from defecting (and clearly they're going to here, assuming they're of sufficient size to accommodate the influx of competent people) is not evolutionarily stable.