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No, Scandinavia Doesn’t Vindicate Socialism

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, June 13 2019

"Socialism only works in two places: Heaven, where they don’t need it, and Hell, where they already have it." —Ronald Reagan One hundred years since its introduction, socialism stands unrivaled as the single most monstrous, repeatedly discredited governing principle in human history. No other political system has been attempted as many times without a single instance of prosperity, in as many diverse geographic locations, with as many varying figureheads zealously committed to its success. And no other governing system approaches its accumulated…

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