Bruddah IZ
DA
The New Socialists try of course to distance themselves from the glaring failures of the Old Socialists, who suffered from two incur- able vices. First, they ran the economies of such places as Cuba,Venezuela, the Soviet Union, and virtually all of Eastern Europe into the ground. Second, they turned these states into one-party dictatorships governed by police brutality, forced imprisonment for political offenses, and other human rights abuses. When viewing the proposals of the New Socialists, one looks for any kind of explanation for how their proposals for the radical expansion
of government control over the economy aimed at mitigating income inequality will protect both personal liberty and economic well-being.
of government control over the economy aimed at mitigating income inequality will protect both personal liberty and economic well-being.