Socialism is Always Compulsion
Its promised liberation is always a lie.
by Richard Rahn
August 11, 2017
Venezuela is the latest global disaster caused by socialism.
Over the last couple of hundred years, virtually every variety of socialism has been tried — from communism to national socialism (Nazism) and fascism, to various varieties of “democratic socialism” — with one common characteristic — they all failed.
Despite the economic failures, loss of liberty and the tens of millions of deaths resulting from the socialist experiments, it has an enduring romantic attraction. Bernie Sanders and millions of his followers call themselves socialists, without embarrassment, claiming that next time they will get it right.
Many countries still have socialist parties. How can so many be so ignorant of the never-ending misery socialism has brought?
Many of those who advocate socialism not only suffer from real or studied ignorance, but a fear of not being able to fend for themselves. They fear that they cannot make a living on their own or pay their own medical bills. The…
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