What Americans Must Know About Socialism

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Socialism is not what it purports to be. It doesnโ€™t mean common ownership and shared responsibility. It means that the government makes every decision and cannot be challenged.

Lee Edwards is a leading historian of American conservatism and the author or editor of 25 books.

Articles by Lee Edwards

The Looming Threat of a Socialist America

Three Nations That Tried Socialism and Rejected It

What Americans Must Know About Socialism

THESE Are the Most Telling Failures of Socialism

Jarrett Stepman: Millennials Do Not Know The True Evils Of Socialism

Jordan Peterson Explains What Draws People to Socialism

The Good Fight: Capitalism vs. Socialism

The Totally, Utterly Irrefutable Case Against Socialism

Socialism, the True Gospel of Greed

What Americans Must Know About Socialism

How โ€œCollective Human Rightsโ€ Undermine Individual Human Rights

The Enduring Example of the Tiananmen Square Massacre

Tocqueville, Novak, and the Challenge of Socialism

No, Socialism Wonโ€™t Make Americansโ€™ Lives Better

The Truth About Socialism: It Doesnโ€™t Care About the Middle Class.

The Democratic Socialists of America Are Influencing Democrats

Every person should have opportunities to prosper that only economic freedom and individual liberty provide. Authoritarian systems like socialism deny basic human rights and always lead to misery, poverty, and oppression. ‘

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