Sweat Shop Socialism

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"Socialism and freedom are oil and water, they can't coexist" is not necessarily true. "the redistribution of money, resources, etc, from some individuals to others is theft" can be true, but also is not necessarily true. "centrally run programs have always failed to distribute goods efficiently or cheaply. The market has proven to do this better by a large margin 100% of the time ... Look at every industry the federal government is heavily involved in and compare it to industries they aren't involved in." may be true, but the problem here is "efficiently and cheaply." Is it only about money? What about the sweatshop workers killed at the expense of our "cheap" or "efficient" clothing. That's also the big problem I have with the statement "Freer

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