I particularly liked: "The USSR collapsed because it couldn’t compete over time, despite its massive resources and devout ideology. The Soviets put a man in space before America but couldn’t keep up the pace against an innovating, free-market competitor. My Facebook post went around the world on technology created in America. The networks, the satellites, the software, nearly every ingredient in every mobile device and desktop computer, was invented in the USA. It is not a coincidence that the most capitalist country in the world created all these things. Innovation requires freedom of thought, freedom of capital, and people who believe in changing the world."

Checkmate . Liberty ,freedom , and individualism over collectivism ,Socialism and govt control!

I have reread this article a couple of times now, and am impressed by it. It succinctly states many of the elements of the modern world that we have discussed in the Gulch.

Jan

Every time someone misuses the term 'Progressive' we must correct them. Socialists of any flavor do not support (human) progress. They support a regression back tothe times of princes, kings tribal leaders.

Great find, rob.
Very inspiring article.

Well, Ayn Rand also lived through Socialism, and
denounced it. But she was no fan of anti-trust,
either.

I have always been a fan of Ayn Rands book "We the Living". To learn the truth about Communism and Socialism, read the book that was written by some one that lived it.

In the '60's, Bernie spent a few months in a communist kibbutz in Israel. That's when he realized that it's better to be more equal than equal. And ever since, he's been selling this sh*t to others, while trying to float on top of it.

It takes a person like Kasparov to open the eyes of those who have been hypnotized by the promises of Socialism. It is all very simple. Just ask Mr. K. the following. Was the playing field level? Yes. Were your needs provided for? No. Was your standard of living any better? No. Were you happier? No.

There were those whose lives were better. They worked in the Kremlin and for the Kremlin. For everyone else, life sucked. But the big difference between the USSR and the USA was that the Russian prople never knew anything better. As the saying goes, they'd been down so long it looked like up to them. We in the USA know what better is. Most of us live it or have the opportunity to get it.

Listen up you undereducated, impressionable, ignorant multitudes. A vote for Sanders is a vote for poverty and privation. Unless you work for the Kremlin.

Great article by an intelligent man.

Garry Kasparov nails it in his article---dispels any notion that even a socialistic-esque democracy can only implode on itself in time.

Sanders needs a money tree of his own to pay for all these programs. A money tree that no one else has to feed other than the supporters of socialism.

BUT, those people dont grow money trees. They want to take the money tree I grew in my back yard and use it for their programs.

"Americans—especially Sanders supporters—are angry about the present and fearful about the future."
It's odd that in 2008 it seemed angry-and-fearful Democrats liked Clinton, while hope-and-change Democrats (like me) went for Obama. Oddly, we hope-and-change Democrats now support Clinton.