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Adam Smith Institute
https://www.adamsmith.org › blog › why-socialism-doesnt-work
Why socialism doesn't work — Adam Smith Institute
Apr 29, 2025Why socialism doesn't work Socialism, when implemented as a political and economic system, has historically led to tyranny and persecution for several reasons: Socialism typically abolishes or severely restricts private property.
https://frederickrsmith.substack.com › p › why-socialism-still-fails
Why Socialism Still Fails - by Frederick R Smith
Nov 12, 2025If socialism fails so consistently, why does it always return? Because it appeals to our moral imagination, it sounds righteous to say no one should go hungry or live in poverty. Its emotional power is immense. Modern advocates often rebrand the idea — calling it democratic socialism, equity economics, or citing Scandinavian models.
The Cornell Review
https://www.thecornellreview.org › yes-real-socialism-has-been-tried-and-it-has-failed-every-time
Yes, Real Socialism Has Been Tried—And It Has Failed Every Time
Socialism was implemented in the Soviet Union, East Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary, Maoist China, Chavez-Maduro's Venezuela, and other places. In every one of these places, it has failed.
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Hoover Institution
https://www.hoover.org › research › why-socialism-fails
Why Socialism Fails - Hoover Institution
Gorbachev failed because the core of the Soviet planned system was rotten Despite his reform inclinations, he remained a believer in socialism. He was determined to save Soviet socialism by making it more like capitalism.
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com › pulse › why-socialism-fails-large-scale-capitalism-despite-lidia-ler4f
Why Socialism Fails on a Large Scale, and Why Capitalism ... - LinkedIn
Jul 17, 2025Socialism, in theory, promises equality and fairness for all. But in practice, especially when applied on a large, national scale, it has repeatedly failed to deliver sustainable prosperity ...
Foundation for Economic Education
https://fee.org › articles › why-socialism-doesnt-work
Why Socialism Fails - FEE
May 4, 2026Under socialism, the abolition of private property in the means of production destroys the very concept of capital as a calculable value. When the state owns all higher-order goods (machines, land, and raw materials), there are no exchanges between private owners for these items. Consequently, there are no market prices for capital goods.
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Foundation for Economic Education
https://fee.org › articles › why-socialism-failed
Why Socialism Failed - Foundation for Economic Education
Socialism fails because it kills and destroys the human spirit. By their failure to foster, promote, and nurture the potential of their people through incentive-enhancing institutions, centrally planned economies deprive the human spirit of full development.
American Enterprise Institute - AEI
https://www.aei.org › carpe-diem › why-socialism-always-fails
Why Socialism Always Fails - American Enterprise Institute - AEI
Slightly more than 20 years, I wrote the article "Why Socialism Failed" and it appeared in 1995 in The Freeman, the flagship publication of the Foundation for Economic Education. I think it ...
Mises Institute
https://mises.org › mises-wire › 4-reasons-why-socialism-fails
4 Reasons Why Socialism Fails - Mises Institute
Socialism fails because it suffers from four fundamental design defects. First, socialism eradicates private property and markets and thus eliminates rational calculation.
Independent Institute
https://www.independent.org › article › 2025 › 10 › 29 › socialism-is-not-the-solution-it-is-the-problem
Socialism Is Not the Solution. It Is the Problem.
Oct 29, 2025Socialism may sound good in campus speeches and TikTok clips, but it always ends in poverty and repression. Capitalism has its blemishes because it evolves organically from market interactions of flawed human beings; and that is precisely why socialism is not the solution.
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Foundation for Economic Education
https://fee.org › articles › why-socialism-is-the-failed-idea-that-never-dies
Why Socialism Is the Failed Idea That Never Dies
Kristian Niemietz's book, "Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies," is an incredible book and should be compulsory reading at schools and universities, where today the song sung by anti-capitalists reigns supreme. Kristian Niemietz, Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies. Institute for Economic Affairs, London 2019, 374 pages. What would you say to an amateur chef who baked a cake ...
The Centre for Independent Studies
https://www.cis.org.au › commentary › opinion › why-socialism-always-fails
Why Socialism always fails - The Centre for Independent Studies
Without market-determined prices, the prices of inputs and outputs do not reflect scarcity or the intensity of demand. Without the price mechanism, the economy goes up in smoke. Steven Kates is an adjunct scholar at the Centre for Independent Studies and author of I, Mechanical Pencil, on why socialism fails and capitalism succeeds.
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American Enterprise Institute - AEI
https://www.aei.org › research-products › report › why-socialism-fails
Why Socialism Fails - American Enterprise Institute - AEI
Socialism is the ultimate big lie. While it falsely promises prosperity, equality, and security, it delivers the exact opposite: poverty, misery, inequality, and tyranny. Equality is achieved ...
Mises Institute
https://mises.org › mises-wire › mises-explains-why-socialism-fails
Mises Explains Why Socialism Fails
So, why does socialism fail? It fails because it's the very negation of the idea of economy —economizing man. Abolishing private ownership for production goods, socialism abolishes the market for them and makes it impossible for market prices to emerge and for costs of production to be computed—thus impairing the profit and loss mechanism.
American Enterprise Institute - AEI
https://www.aei.org › economics › why-socialism-failed-a-2018-update-part-i
'Why Socialism Failed: A 2018 Update,' Part I - AEI
In 1995, I wrote an article titled "Why Socialism Failed" and it appeared in The Freeman, the flagship publication of the Foundation for Economic Education. It was one of the first essays or ...
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The Heritage Foundation
https://www.heritage.org › progressivism › commentary › three-nations-tried-socialism-and-rejected-it
Three Nations That Tried Socialism and Rejected It
But in truth, socialism has failed in every country in which it has been tried, from the Soviet Union beginning a century ago to three modern countries that tried but ultimately rejected socialism ...
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com › sites › rainerzitelmann › 2020 › 03 › 16 › socialism-the-failed-idea-that-never-dies
Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies - Forbes
Mar 16, 2020Bernie Sanders is a self-avowed socialist—but why is an idea that has failed throughout history still so popular? Why have socialist ideas become so attractive again, despite the fact that ...
https://crossexamined.org › 10-reasons-why-socialism-fails
10 Reasons Why Socialism Fails - Cross Examined
What is socialism and why doesn't it work? In this special podcast, Frank shows that socialism doesn't work because it ignores economics 101 in ten ways.
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exactly as I've said:
Hoover Institution
https://www.hoover.org › research › false-appeal-socialism
The False Appeal Of Socialism - Hoover Institution
Authoritarian socialism is lethal because it brooks no dissent. In every implementation of authoritarian socialism, individual freedom has been irrevocably compromised for a utopian and unattainable collective idea. The sheer number of failed socialist experiments raises unavoidable questions about politics, economics, justice, and human nature.
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losers like the woodpecker FEEL issues, but don't UNDERSTAND issues.
assbird always gets it wrong.
Fox News
El-Sayed campaign backed by over $100,000 from dozens of...
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SOCIALISM DOES NOT WORK, ASSBIRD WOODPECKER !
Government-run grocery stores face renewed scrutiny after Chicago's experiment fizzles
Seven stores on the South and West sides of Chicago closed as critics say taxpayer-funded grocery initiatives ignore market realities
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I got through about half of it. It’s a PR piece, that’s for sure. Another good topic htown.
My position is we’re all on the train, and we have some degree of steering it, but only so much.
Whatever economic system we steer towards has to show clear opportunity for younger generations growing up in it. If they can’t see it, then this is the sort of thing they will gravitate towards.
I grew up poor and carved out a living in our capitalist system. It’s all l know. It seems harder now than when l was younger.
it’s largely on the current administration to make it crystal clear that there is still opportunity under the current system. Of course they gotta work for it, that’s how this works.
But if younger people can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel, we might be fucked.
I don't know what you could say to the young people other than the truth. Global economics are shifting to something we have no historical reference to, but no matter what comes out the other end this country will still be leading the world. There will be opportunities, it's just hard to say what they will be now.
But I would hope they understand that making everything public property means you will own nothing. Everything will become a slum because there are no vested interests.
The thing about countries that are communist/socialist is there's no room for failure. You will become what society needs you to become. Your skill set doesn't matter as much a necessity. And if you don't comply there will be hell to pay.
I don't know what you could say to the young people other than the truth. Global economics are shifting to something we have no historical reference to, but no matter what comes out the other end this country will still be leading the world. There will be opportunities, it's just hard to say what they will be now.
But I would hope they understand that making everything public property means you will own nothing. Everything will become a slum because there are no vested interests.
The thing about countries that are communist/socialist is there's no room for failure. You will become what society needs you to become. Your skill set doesn't matter as much a necessity. And if you don't comply there will be hell to pay.
They’ll figure out the truth of it regardless, but what l hope gets impressed upon them is the hope of opportunity much like we had growing up. I’m admittedly a little out of touch with younger generations. I have a 20 something kid and her friends as personal reference points, but l also get pings of apathy here and there and l don’t fully know the lay of the land with how younger generations are processing their prospects in the world.
I think that’s the lynch pin in all this though and l think it would behoove whoever is in charge to make it a focus. Otherwise l fear we’ll have a younger generation that is out of sync with us older folks and they will seek change that makes us older folks a little uncomfortable, and they will eventually have the numbers to steer the train.
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I’m going to fess up and admit l have no idea what Pareto distribution means. I’m pretty nerdy, but you guys might be nerdier. Keep it up, l appreciate it.
I’m attaching an AI screenshot for my own purposes and anyone else who wants to follow along. It’s only so helpful, but it’s a start.
Whenever you see text like this, you know you’re in to some nerdy shit.
“Scale Parameter (??): The minimum possible value that the random variable can take (always greater than zero).”
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kids tend to be easier to deceive emotionally on issues - they just don't have the experience in life to benefit from. The one help is if parents can communicate value system aspects of issues to them, and have them learn history on subjects, especially American history.
But so far too many public schools are failing - some of them fail because they have an agenda that doesn't include simple teaching of math,
history, physics, simple economics, etc.
Those admin/teachers tend to have personal issues, and they try to deal with them by teaching students in terms of their own weaknesses. Those teachers got into the profession for the wrong reasons, obviously.
About socialism - https://www.facebook.com/reel/2941316289550217
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15 Failures of U.S. Public Education in 2025 - Public School Review
Mar 10, 2026Updated for 2026: the 15 biggest failures of the American public education system, with new data, expert insights, and reform examples.
https://www.highereducationinquirer.org › 2025 › 02 › blackboard-jungle-2025-how-us-schools.html
Higher Education Inquirer : Blackboard Jungle 2025: How US Schools ...
Feb 19, 2025In 2025 the state of American education is more precarious than ever. Many public schools, especially those in underfunded urban and rural areas, are failing their students. The term "failing schools" is often thrown around in political debates, but what does it actually mean? And how did we get here? The Markers of Failure Failing schools are characterized by a combination of low test scores ...
The Edvocate
https://www.theedadvocate.org › 18-reasons-the-u-s-education-system-is-failing
18 Reasons the U.S. Education System is Failing
Spread the loveIntroduction: Understanding the Challenges in U.S. Education The education system in the United States has long been a topic of debate and concern. Despite significant investments in education, the system faces persistent challenges that hinder its effectiveness and impact. From disparities in funding to outdated curricula, the reasons behind the failures of the U.S. education ...
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Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Leadership and Structure - Democratic Socialists of Ameri...
THE NATIONAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DSA’s primary political leadership is the National Political Committee (NPC), a twenty-five-person body which functions as the board of directors of DSA and is electedThese two are the highest ranking members of the DSA national committee.
As I watch interviews of this committee I will post them in this thread.
Remember these people will be in charge of all means of essential production.
“It is impossible to get a man to understand something if his livelihood depends on him not understanding.” -
"united federation of planets" tells the truth about it.
Using climate to manipulate people, etc etc etc.
Emotional manipulation based on asinine utopian lies.
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"united federation of planets" tells the truth about it.
Using climate to manipulate people, etc etc etc.
Emotional manipulation based on asinine utopian lies.
"united federation of planets" tells the truth about it.
Using climate to manipulate people, etc etc etc.
Emotional manipulation based on asinine utopian lies.
Well, not quite.
United Federation of Planets is from Star Trek.
The other flag is from a cartoon called One Piece....similar to Pokémon.
But yes, the guy is formerly a climate activist.
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I stumbled across this interview where the man suggests grad employees and professors from Columbia University and the University of Michigan are major influencers in this "movement". Hmmm. It's at the 23:00 minute mark, but the whole interview is interesting.
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Ready to build something better than capitalism?
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Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Leadership and Structure - Democratic Socialists of Ameri...
THE NATIONAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DSA’s primary political leadership is the National Political Committee (NPC), a twenty-five-person body which functions as the board of directors of DSA and is electedThese two are the highest ranking members of the DSA national committee.
As I watch interviews of this committee I will post them in this thread.
Remember these people will be in charge of all means of essential production.
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Leadership and Structure - Democratic Socialists of Ameri...
THE NATIONAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DSA’s primary political leadership is the National Political Committee (NPC), a twenty-five-person body which functions as the board of directors of DSA and is electedThese two are the highest ranking members of the DSA national committee.
As I watch interviews of this committee I will post them in this thread.
Remember these people will be in charge of all means of essential production.
I watched the interview with Megan. You gotta hand it to her that she more often than not directly answers questions, which is refreshing after seeing so many politicians dance around questions without giving a direct answer.
Nonetheless, l can’t see this utopian world she describes without cops and prisons, and how all the problems in the world can be accomplished with social workers. It sounds nice, but l don’t think it’s practical.
I also don’t think the average person wants the added responsibility of having a say in the means of production.
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Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Leadership and Structure - Democratic Socialists of Ameri...
THE NATIONAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE DSA’s primary political leadership is the National Political Committee (NPC), a twenty-five-person body which functions as the board of directors of DSA and is electedThese two are the highest ranking members of the DSA national committee.
As I watch interviews of this committee I will post them in this thread.
Remember these people will be in charge of all means of essential production.
I watched the interview with Megan. You gotta hand it to her that she more often than not directly answers questions, which is refreshing after seeing so many politicians dance around questions without giving a direct answer.
Nonetheless, l can’t see this utopian world she describes without cops and prisons, and how all the problems in the world can be accomplished with social workers. It sounds nice, but l don’t think it’s practical.
I also don’t think the average person wants the added responsibility of having a say in the means of production.
I watched the interview with Megan. You gotta hand it to her that she more often than not directly answers questions, which is refreshing after seeing so many politicians dance around questions without giving a direct answer.
Nonetheless, l can’t see this utopian world she describes without cops and prisons, and how all the problems in the world can be accomplished with social workers. It sounds nice, but l don’t think it’s practical.
I also don’t think the average person wants the added responsibility of having a say in the means of production.
They'll tell you exactly what they want, but they seem oblivious to how stupid they sound. "We'll tear it all down and the committee will vote later on how it will be rebuilt" is child's play.
The way they speak as if everything will shift slowly over time from capitalism to socialism, it's as if they believe there will never be another election after they gain control.....
“It is impossible to get a man to understand something if his livelihood depends on him not understanding.”
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