Socialism in America, part two

Sep 16, 2019
Sep 16, 2019 Updated Apr 13, 2025
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Editor,

Venezuela is Matt Grocott’s socialist example? Venezuela is a dictatorship. Plenty of dictators have existed in capitalist societies: Germany and Latin America.

(1) comment

Dirk van Ulden Sep 16, 2019 9:41pm

Darlena - Venezuela started its new course as a socialist government that soon evolved as a dictatorship. That has been the track record of all socialist movements. I shudder when I see countries like North Korea and others in Africa claim their name as the 'Peoples Republic of...". We don't have unfettered capitalism in the US. We go through political cycles, bi-annual elections,and term limits for presidents, all of which keep the potential of uncontrolled capitalism at bay. Not a perfect system but I dare you to name a better one in the world.

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