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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 23 Sep 2016

    If you were born after the end of communism, ihere's a reminder of why it failed by someone who lived through it.http://humanprogress.org/blog/a-beginners-guide-to-socialist-economics …

    9:08 PM - 23 Sep 2016
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    • Dr. Ando Jonathan Stephens Pieter-Jan Maesen Daniel McTyre Mary Brett Beef Ent. Global Trade News Mila de Villiers Steve Stewart-Williams
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      2. OM.‏ @omlazo 23 Sep 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        What a shame. Here in Chile, the fail of our (3rd) way to socialism was caused by capitalists literally sequestering the economy.

        1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
      3. OM.‏ @omlazo 23 Sep 2016
        Replying to @omlazo @sapinker

        It was nothing to do with the “efficiency” of the project.

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      4. Ericson Da Silva  🚀‏ @ericson_ds 26 Sep 2016
        Replying to @omlazo @sapinker

        omg you're so lucky, here in Venezuela socialism succeeded it happened exactly as he described, destroyed everything

        1 reply 3 retweets 2 likes
      5. OM.‏ @omlazo 26 Sep 2016
        Replying to @ericson_ds @sapinker

        Eso no fue el socialismo, sino el petroleocentrismo que tiene enferma a Venezuela hace cerca de 30 años.

        4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      7. OM.‏ @omlazo 6 Oct 2016
        Replying to @RuddO @ericson_ds @sapinker

        Sí, campeón. https://medium.com/@victorniebla/a-d%C3%B3nde-se-fue-venezuela-6747f20a9068#.4obk89ic8 …

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      1. Rafael Fonseca MD‏ @Rfonsi1 23 Sep 2016
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        a lesson never to be forgotten

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      2. Clown Native Charcuterie‏ @thattommyhall 23 Sep 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @humanprogress uses Apple and Microsoft as examples, but they are successful on the back of gvt sponsored work no?

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      2. PHL‏ @eaglesfanPHL 24 Sep 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        great article but it myopically pits pure ideological capitalism against failed-state, despotic communism..

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. PHL‏ @eaglesfanPHL 24 Sep 2016
        Replying to @eaglesfanPHL @sapinker

        & conveniently doesn't address all the instances when the invisible hand pushes us off a cliff.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. ocasionist‏ @IRBroadshow 23 Sep 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        it also failed bc it was a lie. It promised equality but allowed those at top to steal what they could.

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. A ball of confusion...‏ @Arthuristheboy 24 Sep 2016
        Replying to @IRBroadshow @sapinker

        I think we should remember here that leaders who assume the mantle of any utopian particular always lie.

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      4. ocasionist‏ @IRBroadshow 24 Sep 2016
        Replying to @Arthuristheboy @sapinker

        Also, communism became viable bc capitalism was a moral failure in Russia & left poverty & inequality in its wake

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      5. ocasionist‏ @IRBroadshow 24 Sep 2016
        Replying to @IRBroadshow @Arthuristheboy @sapinker

        not that there are any parallels to 2016...

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      2. Paul Bakhmut‏ @pbakhmut 23 Sep 2016
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        @jkenneypic.twitter.com/u5hG1B2FiR

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