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The Deadly Seduction of Democratic Socialism Young people are being urged to support “democratic” socialism—ideas blamed for tens of millions of deaths in the last century—promising that consent will make it work this time. But consent cannot make an economic system wise. A ballot cannot set the right prices for wages, goods, or services, nor prevent shortages, repression, or famine. This isn’t fringe. New York elected Zohran Mamdani, who says there should be no billionaires and backs rent freezes, state-run grocery stores, free CUNY, and higher taxes. Polling shows strong support for socialism and communism among Americans under 30. The core error is believing resources can be taken from creators and transferred without losing the knowledge that made them productive. Mao’s China illustrates the outcome: land reform dispossessed and killed landowners, production collapsed as local expertise was treated as an enemy, and grain seizures during the Great Leap Forward worsened a catastrophic famine. The lesson: destroying incentives, property rights, and local knowledge destroys production itself. Envy is often disguised as justice. Communist regimes cultivated resentment and turned grievance into political energy, making societies less focused on creating wealth and more focused on making others lose it. Even when central planners tried to subordinate families to the state, people preserved knowledge through markets, private plots, and community practice. Civilization isn’t a machine bureaucrats can redesign. Take away property and you don’t automatically transfer knowledge—abundance can vanish with it. Redistribution may promise equality, but if it destroys the people, incentives, and knowledge that produce abundance, the result is a hungry one.

On va répéter plus fort pour que les médias du MILLIARDAIRE Bolloré entendent mieux. Oui, les milliardaires sont des nuisibles. Les milliardaires produisent de la récession économique : pour chaque point de pourcentage supplémentaire versé aux 20 % les plus riches d’un pays, le PIB de ce pays diminue de 0,08 %. Les milliardaires ne créent pas d’emplois : les grandes entreprises, entre 2012 et 2022, auraient supprimé environ 173 000 postes. Sur la même période, les microentreprises, les petites et moyennes entreprises, et les entreprises de taille intermédiaire ont créé 1,9 million d’emplois. Les milliardaires préfèrent rémunérer les actionnaires plutôt que recruter : pour chaque euro consacré à créer de l’emploi, LVMH en a consacré 239€ à rémunérer ses actionnaires. Les milliardaires sont riches grâce aux cadeaux fiscaux qu’on leur offre : les 378 ménages les plus riches ne paient que 2 % d’impôt sur leur « revenu économique », d’après l’Institut des politiques publiques. Les milliardaires n’ont aucun mérite : 80 % de la richesse des milliardaires français est due à l’héritage. Les milliardaires n’investissent pas : d’après le président du comité d’évaluation de la suppression de l’ISF, « les entreprises dont les actionnaires étaient jusqu’en 2017 assujetties à l’ISF n’ont pas investi davantage ensuite ». Les milliardaires ne financent pas l’économie réelle : 96 % des transactions qui s’opèrent sur les marchés financiers concernent des activités purement spéculatives. Oui, les milliardaires sont des nuisibles et en 2027, nous mettrons fin à l'ère de l'ultra-richesse avec @JLMelenchon ! #Billionaires #EconomicJustice #WealthInequality

A government that works for people not corporations won against big money once more. Congratulations @AngieNixon!! Nixon had $975,000 going into the primary, her opponent Vindman $16.3m. The winning formula: Affordability, good jobs & making billionaires pay. It’s unstoppable. https://t.co/QiUhzWNADy #GovernmentForThePeople #CampaignFinance #AffordableLiving #Therearenospecificcountriesmentionedinthetweet.Thus #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.

In California, it’s the people versus the billionaires: Silicon Valley is throwing everything it’s got at fighting a wealth tax. It shows why oligarchy is fundamentally incompatible with democracy as I argue in Anti-fascist Economics. Just look at who’s lining up to oppose #WealthTax #Oligarchy #Democracy #US

Rep. Ro Khanna: Voters want a Democratic Party that stands up for the working class over the billionaire class. Billionaires & their cronies: How dare you stand up for the will of the people against us, Ro!? “Capital Won’t Save Democracy”(Anti-fascist Economics, 10/2026). #WorkingClass #DemocraticParty #BillionaireClass #Therearenospecificcountriesmentionedinthetweet.

Which is why these campaigns go after billionaires and profiteering, not just prices. Lawrence: "only organized people can beat organized money." The NYC winners ran on taxing extreme wealth. Concentrated wealth is a survival question for democracy. 8/ #WealthInequality #TaxTheRich #Democracy #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.

Článek z časopisu The Economist popisuje, jak se mění pohled na miliardáře, kteří jsou nyní častěji považováni za ty, kteří si své bohatství vydobyli vlastními silami, avšak čelí silné kritice z politické scény, kde jsou často označováni za představitele nevyhovujícího ekonomického systému a zkorumpovaného politického vlivu. #Billionaires #WealthInequality #TaxReform

We have to stop putting billionaires on a pedestal. They may have knowledge and expertise in niche fields, but many are completely clueless about geopolitics. Elon predicted that Ukraine would fall back in 2023, and he's been willing to support pro-Russian parties such as AfD and #BillionaireCritique #Geopolitics #ElonMusk #UA #RU #de

The fightback against AI must start now. These tech billionaires pushing AI on us are fundamentally anti-humanist, they think they can replace our art with AI-generated content. They just don't get it - they see art as another realm for them to add to their profit portfolio. https://t.co/S2TsOqsOZS #AIethics #ArtVsAI #TechAccountability #Nospecificcountriesarementionedinthetweet.

Billionaires shouldn't exist, let alone trillionaires. We need a left government that will take on the interests of the billionaire class, instead of one that represents them, like FF, FG, and their right-wing independents. https://t.co/EhaLp2tnkE #Billionaires #LeftPolitics #EconomicJustice #IE

They can't imagine that ordinary people can build real power. They're used to politicians bought by billionaires, media empires manufacturing consent, intelligence agencies running influence operations, and vast financial networks sustaining their agenda. So when HRF succeeds #PowerToThePeople #RealChange #HRFSuccess #Thetweetdoesnotexplicitlymentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.

Land seized. Protected wetland bulldozed for billionaires. 35 days of mass protests. In an EU candidate country. EU response? Von der Leyen: silent. Kallas: silent. Kos: "the government reassured me, all's fine." Why the silence, EU Commission?🦩 #Albania #FlamingoRevolution #Albania #FlamingoRevolution #EUSilence #AL