"Real Socialism" Has Indeed Been Tried — And It's Been a Disaster

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"Real Socialism" Has Indeed Been Tried — And It's Been a Disaster
 

05/05/2018Ryan McMaken
 
May 5th marks the 200th Anniversary of Karl Marx's birth, and in spite of inspiring a wide variety of political movements that have caused countless human rights disasters, Marx continues to be an object of admiration among many intellectuals and artists. One such example can be seen in Raoul Peck's new film The Young Karl Marx which portrays Marx as a principled radical with a laudable thirst for justice.

Fortunately for Marx the man and his reputation, he never personally gained control of the machinery of any state. Thus, the dirty work of actually implementing the necessary "dictatorship of the proletariat" was left up to others. And those who attempted to bring Marxism into the light of practical reality, quickly found that applied Marxism brings impoverishment and the destruction of human freedom.

https://mises.org/wire/real-socialism-has-indeed-been-tried-%E2%80%94-and-its-been-disaster

[truth_seeker]

Some think it s Sweden, which was never nor is now "Socialist" since their successful capitalist corporations pay taxes to pay for their social benefits. The government does NOT own the factors of production.

The failures include China, USSR, East Germany, Cuba, N. Korea and Venezuela ALL becoming economic basket cases while practicing Socialism/Communism.

[roamer_1]

Some think it s Sweden, which was never nor is now "Socialist" since their successful capitalist corporations pay taxes to pay for their social benefits. The government does NOT own the factors of production.

You neglect '3rd Way Socialism/Progressivism', to which Sweden's system is more akin, and which is being imposed here by the left and the 'new right'.

But it will fail too, just the same. There is no reason to climb the ladder if the bottom of the barrel is better than the first rung up.