Capitalism lacks romantic appeal. It does not send the pulse racing in the way that opposing ideologies like socialism, fascism or environmentalism can. It does not stir the blood, for it identifies no dragons to slay... It is quite the opposite with socialism. Where capitalism delivers but cannot inspire, socialism inspires but cannot deliver. Socialism's history is littered with repeated failures and human misery on a massive scale, yet it attracts smiles rather than curses from people who have never lived under it.
Peter Saunders
Peter Saunders
It makes me wonder if this is why many of my American friends like the ideas of socialism...
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