"Over the past century, socialism and/or communism has been attempted in more than two dozen places… None of them has succeeded. OK, some might have failed more spectacularly than other, but none of them has triumphed, at least not for more than a few months in the early stages. Why? Because, for all of capitalism’s flaws, radical socialism and communism—which are essentially two cheeks of the same arse—do not work in practice. They sound good and worthy, but they cannot withstand the ultimate stress-test of life."
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Chapter 7, “The c-word (capitalism)” (p. 109; ellipsis represents elision of a list of countries)
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