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Professor rejects Marxism after traveling the globe: ‘Socialism doesn’t work’ (thecollegefix.com)

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[–]CoyoteBanned [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Man leaves sheltered intellectual environment, does actual research, and comes to logical conclusion.

It's sad he ever believed in that garbage to begin with.

[–]jac5 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Typical straight white cis-gendered male.

[–]JexInfiniteTea Party Conservative [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Enlightenment once you enter the real world.

[–]optionhome [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

“People seem to feel the need to believe in something, and when intellectuals abandon traditional religion, as most have done, they tend to seek substitutes,”

To bad that secularists can't believe in capitalism where work and education provide a good life. And a cultural system that does not believe in imposing it's beliefs on others.

[–]wearetheone321 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

"He's just like those that used to live in the USSR, Cuba, Vietnam, China, etc...He doesn't know what he's talking about, it's embarrassing"

--20 y/o, middle class, completely insulated & safe, student

[–]Lord_Varys [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

What would he have to say about Scandinavia, I wonder?

I honestly feel the success of an economy is mostly tied to the culture -- are people educated? are they having children out of wedlock? what do they value? etc. You can work whether it's free market capitalist or social democratic, as long as the people have the right values.

Unfortunately that means it will not work in America, since we have so many different cultures that cannot work together.