Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.

In various countries and times, leaders of groups that lagged behind, economically and educationally, have taught their followers to blame all their problems on other people - and to hate those other people.

The biggest and most deadly 'tax' rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps, housing subsidies and the like - if their income goes up.

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.