On Socialism And Capitalism

Gary Kasparov: I’m enjoying the irony of American Sanders supporters lecturing me, a former Soviet citizen, on the glories of Socialism and what it really means! Socialism sounds great in speech soundbites and on Facebook, but please keep it there. In  practice, it corrodes not only the economy but the human spirit  itself, and the ambition and achievement that made modern capitalism possible and brought billions of people out of  poverty. Talking about Socialism is a huge luxury, a luxury that was paid for by the successes of capitalism. Income inequality  is a huge problem, absolutely. But the idea that the solution is more government, more regulation, more debt, and less risk is  dangerously absurd. 

Carry Kasparov  

Yes, please take Scandinavia as an example!

Implementing some socialistic elements AFTER becoming a wealthy capitalist economy only works aslong as you don’t choke off what made you wealthy tobegin with in the process. Again, it’s a luxury item that shouldn’t be confused with what is really doing the work, as many do. And do not forget that nearly all of the countless 20th-century innovations and industries that made the rest of the developed world so efficient and comfortable came from America, and it wasn’t …..

  

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