Socialism is a Form of Slavery

The young people who support Mr. Sanders, and even Hillary, seem to be generally ignorant of why America worked.

by Richard W. Rahn
February 2, 2016

Do you know what socialism is? Hillary Clinton struggled to find an answer when recently asked.

Socialism is a system in which the government owns or controls the means of production, and allocates resources and rewards.

Sen. Bernie Sanders proudly proclaims himself a “democratic socialist.” Many in the Democratic Party seem to have no problem with this and, in fact, are embracing him and his ideas.

Listening to all of this, one gets the feeling that for a significant portion of the population, history began in the year 2000. Where have been the great socialist success stories? Much of the world’s population greatly suffered under various forms of socialism in the 20th century. Not one of the various socialist models proved to be a success.

There was the communist socialism in the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, China and Cambodia, which resulted in tens of millions of deaths from starvation and from the gulags.

There was the national socialism (Nazi)…