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If you thought socialism went into the dustbin of history with the col lapse of the USSR, think again. Social ism is alive and kicking, and it’s already spread further than you know. Stalin’s gulag, impoverished North Korea, col lapsing Cuba … it’s hard to name a dog ma that has failed as spectacularly as socialism. Yet, leaders around the world continue to subject millions of people to this dysfunctional, violence-prone ideology. In The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism, Kevin Williamson reveals the fatal flaw that dooms all socialist economies. But, even in America, that hasn’t stopped bureaucrats from planning the most vital sectors of our economy: public education, energy, and healthcare. In this provocative book, Williamson unfolds the grim his tory of socialism, showing how the ide ology has spawned crushing poverty, devastating famines, and horrific wars. Lumbering from one crisis to the next, leaving a trail of economic devastation and environmental catastrophe along the way, socialism has wreaked more havoc, caused more deaths, and impoverished more people than any other ideology in history. Williamson further explains why: socialism in theory is no better than socialism in practice; socialism can’t exist without capitalism; the energy powerhouse of Venezuela re sorted to rationing and blackouts long ago; socialism, not British colonialism, plunged India’s economy into stagnation; why socialism is inextricably linked to communism; and more. Soft cover, 304 pages.
