Opinion
By John Stossel,
Socialists like New York City’s new mayor push the “warmth” of collectivism. Activists chant about “sharing the prosperity.” But every time they build their model of a socialist utopia, a commune, they fail!
Socialist commune New Harmony, Indiana collapsed. It was recently revitalized by a nepo baby’s oil money. “There’s not enough” said the bookkeeper for The Farm, a commune formed in the ‘70s. It too only survived because they abandoned socialism and allowed residents to own things.
The Oneida community was a free-love socialist commune saved by selling expensive silverware. The Amana Colonies were on the brink of failure, until they reformed into a company, selling appliances. Communes abolish private property, promise equity, and then collapse.
I wish my new mayor understood that. “Sharing” sounds nice, but it encourages some people to not try very hard. Yet someone has to pay the bills. In this video: socialist communes that faced failure, and were saved by capitalism.