“Perhaps the values of socialists can only be realized by socialists in a nonsocialist society.”

— Christopher Hitchens

"The Free Market Cargo Cult" (1990).
1990s, For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports (1993)

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British American author and journalist 1949–2011

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