“The Soviet Union was the largest, longest, and most ambitious effort to implement socialism in human history. It was also an evil, totalitarian slave state that survived only by militarizing all of society and sustaining a permanent state of emergency for seven decades. As soon as it began to relax, it collapsed. If socialism failed in its biggest and most intensive effort, there is no strong reason to believe it will succeed elsewhere.”Paul D. Miller (academic) Why Socialism Is Bad (2018)
“Socialism is a bad idea because it is naïve about power, which is the worst thing to be naïve about in politics.”Paul D. Miller (academic) Why Socialism Is Bad (2018)
“Freedom that socialism economic violates incentive, destroys, muffles innovation and entrepreneurship, and innovation undermines meritocracy.”Paul D. Miller (academic) Why Socialism Is Bad (2018)