Is what im really interested here, is why the United States of socialism right a jew write this book . Guest i noticed that there has been a flurry of books on socialism that is no surprise. Because socialism has come into the american mainstream for the first time in our countrys history. There have been socialist candidates in the past, norman thomas, they were never in the mainstream. But now, in fact it is time and many of us had thought socialism collapsed at the end of the 20th century, suddenly in the 21st centuries back and back with a vengeance. So im not surprised there are a lot of books that are trying to take stock of this. The unifying theme throughout these books, and by and large it is in the field of history. Its the idea that socialism has never worked before. Certainly not for lack of being tried. It was tried really the majority of the world. The largest countries in the world, russia, china, india, all swung in the socialist directio direction. So the issue is that
Socialism has come into the american mainstream for the first time in our countrys history. There has been socialist candidates but they were never in the mainstream. But now come in fact at a time when many thought socialism had collapsed at the end of the 20th century now suddenly it is back with a vengeance. Will not surprise there are a lot of books that take stock of this. By a large it is an appeal to history the idea socialism has never worked before certainly for not lack of being tried. The largest countries in the world russia and china and india so the issue is it didnt work before so it will not work now. But the problem with that argument the young people dont know that history and even those that do say listen we are trying a new form of socialism come its not authoritarian its democratic. Our model is not london or mao that scandinavia we like the way people live so why not that scandinavia model . We have new types of socialism. It isnt just grievances and gender grieva
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