Socialism faces the same challenge as any other economic theory; who will make the decisions? But unlike other economic models, socialism grants total authority to those decision makers.
In 1933 farm subsidies, which pay farmers not to grow food thereby reducing supply and raising prices to keep farmers out of poverty, failed miserably just as any economist would expect.
In the United States and many other countries urban areas are predominantly liberal politically while rural areas are mostly conservative. There are theories for this trend but no definitive explanation. Lately, however, a few cities have been bucking the trend which provides some insight into the reasons.
Following his interpretation of the Second Amendement to the Constitution Nick asks the intriguing question; "Should your rights be curtailed because someone abuses theirs?"
Nick argues that Hamas is deliberately sacrificing Palestinian civilians to gain the sympathy of Western media and academia so Western governments would force Isreal to make concession to Hamas.
Nick compares the similar post Korean War histories of North Korea and South Korea as evidence that the wealth disparities between the two countries come down to property ownership.
The failure of plastic bag bans to reduce plastic waste demonstrates there is no mistake that can't be made worse and worse again by the decisions of knee-jerk politicians.
