Thursday, February 08, 2018

How Believing in Socialism Can Make You Miserable - Foundation for Economic Education - Working for a free and prosperous world

How Believing in Socialism Can Make You Miserable - Foundation for Economic Education - Working for a free and prosperous world:
See the source image"On my (Brittany's) college campus, the largest and most active club was the “Revolutionary Student Union,” also known as the school’s resident Marxists. 
Even then, I passionately disagreed with socialism. 
But one thing that struck me was how these students were not only wrong, but seemed deeply unhappy. 
They always walked into class scowling and were always grousing, not just about the evils of capitalism, but about intractable frustrations and perceived injustices in their personal and academic lives.
I often wondered if there was a connection between the dysfunction in their lives and their socialist ideology.
To these young revolutionaries, every frustration in their lives was someone else’s fault..."
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