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Some critics consider socialism to be a purely theoretical concept that should be criticized on theoretical grounds, such as in the economic calculation problem and the socialist calculation debate, while others hold that certain historical examples exist and that they can be criticized on practical grounds.
The Marxists adopted the same attitude towards the Marxian system. Hence, Marx's anti-dogmatic attitude exists only in the theory and not in the practice of orthodox Marxism, and dialectic is used by Marxists, following the example of Engels' Anti-Dühring, mainly for the purposes of apologetics – to defend the Marxist system against criticism.
The number of people killed under Mao's rule in the People's Republic of China has been estimated at 19.5 million by Wang Weizhi, [121] 27 million by John Heidenrich, [122] between 38 and 67 million by Kurt Glaser and Stephan Possony, [123] between 32 and 59 million by Robert L. Walker, [124] over 50 million by Rosefielde, [117] 65 million by ...
The United States of America has flummoxed socialists since the nineteenth century. Marx himself couldn’t quite understand why the most advanced economy in the world stubbornly refused to ...
If you loathe socialism, then people fleeing Venezuela and Cuba for America are doing exactly what you want: Rejecting the failures of a nationalized economy and embracing the meritocracy of US ...
Do you want to live in a world where intelligence, hard work, and imagination do not determine the long-term economic and social well-being that made America great?
The essay concludes with Einstein's analysis on how to solve these problems through a planned economy: I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy , accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.
"Socialism can be put into practice only by methods which most socialists disapprove." The "readiness to do bad things becomes a path to promotion and power." Under collectivism, "a man must be ...