What is the difference between free-market capitalism and democratic socialism? And which system is actually more fair and responsive to the needs of the people? Here’s a hint: names can be deceiving. Dinesh D’Souza has the answers.
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Script:
Why is socialism so popular?
Less than ten years ago you couldn’t refer to “socialism” in a positive way and hope to have a career in American politics.
Socialism was referred to as the “s” word.
Now it is affirmed, either explicitly or implicitly, by just about everyone on the Left.
And, amazingly, given socialism’s record of failure, the socialists seem to be gaining ground.
Why? What makes socialism so attractive to so many?
Socialism, according to its proponents, is more democratic and therefore more moral than capitalism.
Leftist filmmaker Michael Moore explains it for us.
“Democratic socialism means everyone has a seat at the table and everybody gets a slice of the pie.”
The famed socialist writer Irving Howe wrote something similar in his 1982 autobiography, “We believe that the democracy…in our political life should also be extended deeply into economic life.”
The basic idea here is that socialism is vindicated through its ro..
