"We suffered from limitations and slavery while others benefited from freedom."
The new book The Morality of Capitalism, out from The Atlas Network, details the role of limited government, individual rights, and free enteprise in improving living conditions around the globe.
In the video above, Leonid Nikonov lays out how the Soviet Union systematically degraded its citizens and how crony capitalism has replaced full-blown socialism. Contributors to the book (order a copy today) include Whole Foods co-founder John Mackey and Nobel laureates Mario Vargas Llosa and Vernon Smith.
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Didn't he play for the Red Wings?
Is he Russian? Then yes.
"full-blown socialism."
Hey, leave me out of this!
"the Soviet Union systematically degraged [sic] its citizens"
To whom are you directing that? It is not on the video, which is clear and concise.
"how crony capitalism has replaced full-blown socialism"
So, we're moving toward them and they're moving toward us, and eventually we'll meet in some dystopian middle.
Someone pointed this out on another thread, but it bears repeating. Let's call "crony capitalism" by its right name: corruption. 'Cause that's what it is.
There are many kinds of corruption. Stick with the more specific term. If used repeatedly, the public may eventually learn its meaning.
When I saw the title of the post, I assumed it was about Elizabeth Warren's speech.
That accent is...
Is that what it sounds like when you play to Stairway to Heaven backwards?
I am sure that your Russian is spoken fluently and with no accent. It's pathetic to see ignorant people mock someone else who learned a foreign language and speaks it with an accent.
1979 flashback ~ Milton Friedman schools statist Phil Donahue: http://www.britannica.com/blog.....l-donahue/