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INTERVIEW (Part II): Swedish Author Johan Norberg Talks The Destruction Of Socialism, How Sweden Turned It Around, And More
Daily Wire ^ | February 15th, 2020 | Frank Camp

Posted on 02/16/2020 9:16:12 AM PST by Robert DeLong

With the success of 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and rival Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has come the rise in notoriety and popularity of so-called Democratic Socialism in the United States.

According to a 2019 Gallup survey, 43% of Americans said that “some form of socialism [would] be a good thing” for the United States. Regardless of whether or not Americans fully understand what “socialism” means, they appear to support it in some way nonetheless.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: socialism; sweden
INTERVIEW (Part I): Swedish Author Johan Norberg On The Devastating Impact Of Socialism, And What It Could Cost The U.S.

I just excerpted as I did not want to spend a lot of time doing the post. Part 1 was posted, but the person never posted part 2. So here it is, with a link to the 1st part for those who did not read the first post.

1 posted on 02/16/2020 9:16:12 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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2 posted on 02/16/2020 9:37:31 AM PST by Bon mots
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Bernie Sanders = Bernie Blunders


3 posted on 02/16/2020 9:42:04 AM PST by cloudmountain
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There's a story about a kid whose mother caught him masturbating. "Stop that!" she cried. "You'll go blind!" The lad replied, "Aw, Mom, can't I just do it until I need glasses?"

I think, similarly, the idea of socialism amongst the poorly-educated is nothing more than a variation on the onanistic theme. It's communism, but only carried just far enough that the "nice" effects are retained, while the horrendous ones are avoided. I think they used to call it Trotskyism, but that has bad connotations, so they've stuck with socialism.

4 posted on 02/16/2020 9:53:00 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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5 posted on 02/16/2020 10:09:47 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care!)
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Single race + high IQ. This combination afford a country to try many things. Sweden is the one. But they found it does not work. They switch it back

I’m not sure America can do the same. Once it tries socialism, it’s very hard to switch back because there are too many genuine welfare dependents who will refuse to switch back


6 posted on 02/16/2020 10:33:01 AM PST by Lee25
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Yeah, but as long as the feminists are in control, Sweden is doomed to destruction.


7 posted on 02/16/2020 10:35:34 AM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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bkmk


8 posted on 02/16/2020 1:39:28 PM PST by lizma2
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