Socialism For The Uninformed By Thomas Sowell Summary

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Thomas Sowell argues how socialism is great in theory but in reality is a flawed and disappointing system in the article, “Socialism for the Uninformed”. Sowell presents the point that since socialism is so harmful, Bernie Sanders should not be president despite his appeal to the youth. He defends this claim by presenting examples of countries that were once prosperous but have become impoverished due to socialism. “While throngs of young people are cheering loudly for avowed socialist Bernie Sanders, socialism has turned oil-rich Venezuela into a place where there are shortages of everything from toilet paper to beer, where electricity keeps shutting down, and where there are long lines of people hoping to get food, people complaining that

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