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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 3656488" data-attributes="member: 1940"><a href="https://reason.com/archives/2018/07/27/sorry-if-youre-offended-but-socialism-le" target="_blank">Socialism is the leading man-made cause of death and misery in human existence.</a>&quot;Socialists like to blame every inequity, the actions of every greedy criminal, every downturn and every social ill on the injustice of capitalism. But none of them admit that capitalism has been the most effective way to eliminate poverty in history. Today, in former socialist states like India, there have been big reductions in poverty thanks to increased capitalism. In China, where communism sadly still deprives more than a billion people of their basic rights, hundreds of millions benefit from a system that is slowly shedding socialism. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the extreme poverty rate in the world has been cut in half. And it didn&#039;t happen because Southeast Asians were raising the minimum wage.&quot;Instead of complaining about successful rich people, aspire to become one and do some good with your wealth.Capitalism is far from perfect...but what&#039;s happening in Venezuela with Socialists President Nicolas Maduro is far worse.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 3656488, member: 1940"] [URL='https://reason.com/archives/2018/07/27/sorry-if-youre-offended-but-socialism-le'][SIZE=3][B]Socialism is the leading man-made cause of death and misery in human existence.[/B][/SIZE][/URL] "Socialists like to blame every inequity, the actions of every greedy criminal, every downturn and every social ill on the injustice of capitalism. But none of them admit that capitalism has been the most effective way to eliminate poverty in history. [B]Today, in former socialist states like India, there have been big reductions in poverty thanks to increased capitalism.[/B] In China, where communism sadly still deprives more than a billion people of their basic rights, hundreds of millions benefit from a system that is slowly shedding socialism. [B]Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the extreme poverty rate in the world has been cut in half. And it didn't happen because Southeast Asians were raising the minimum wage." [/B] Instead of complaining about successful rich people, aspire to become one and do some good with your wealth. Capitalism is far from perfect...but what's happening in Venezuela with Socialists President Nicolas Maduro is far worse. [/QUOTE]

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