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Learning to argue for a socialist future
Socialism has not had its day – not by a long stretch - and much can be learned from the changes it has brought about, believes BECK ROBERTSON
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“THE problem with socialism is it doesn’t work.” “It’s been tried and it’s failed.”
Our political detractors often make statements like this and as socialists we often fail to properly challenge them.
We might counter with: “It’s never been done properly before,” but in doing so we still fail to underscore the many positive achievements socialist governments have brought, and we also fail to lay out in tangible terms how we would do things differently.
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