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astrorat  ·  3189 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Bernie Sanders Raised $1.5 Million in 24 Hours, More Than Any Republican

Socialism is great on paper, but rarely works in practice because it requires central control. In the same way that preschools tend to attract pedophiles, centralized governments tend to attract control freaks. In both cases, you don't know what you're getting until it's too late, and you only need a couple of bad apples to mess things up beyond repair (especially if they manage to weasel their way into key positions of power). Examples of bad socialist leaders: Kim Jong Un, Hugo Chavez, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, Fidel Castro, Barack Obama. It's harder to get rid of guys like that than it is to get the head of a tick out of your skin.