Socialism is, by a very wide margin, the worst disaster in the history of the human race. Nothing else comes close.
It always fails, and it always brings death-dealing totalitarianism in its wake.
Socialism is, in essence, rule by a criminal gang.
It generally works for members of the gang, but it never works for anyone else.
Given socialism’s history of universal and comprehensive failure, why does the idea still have allure for so many Westerners who have not experienced it?
This remains, in my view, a great mystery, unless one assumes that there are lots of people who envision themselves as part of the ruling gang.
Seen from that perspective, maybe socialism looks OK.
In City Journal, Michael Totten reports on his visit to “The Last Communist City,” Havana. Cuba has the fascination of a train wreck.
Among the country’s most striking features is its rigid caste system.
Members of the ruling elite–the criminal gang, i.e. the Communist Party–live in a semi-capitalist bubble and are able to enjoy not just power, but relatively luxurious living conditions.
Everyone else bears the full brunt of socialism, and is mired in want and misery:
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