Interestingly, Upton Sinclair was a socialist before the cold war and the eventual fall of the USSR. This Wikipedia article inspired me to go and find a copy of Upton Sinclair on the Soviet Union and give it a read.
It is interesting and quite a nuanced view that stood up rather well to the test of time. Although, doubly interesting, reasonable and articulate men could understand that Communism wasn't all that wonderful but really didn't grasp the threat posed by it as an ideology. Socialists have a blind spot for how people acting out of self interest is the only foundation for a fair society.
It is interesting and quite a nuanced view that stood up rather well to the test of time. Although, doubly interesting, reasonable and articulate men could understand that Communism wasn't all that wonderful but really didn't grasp the threat posed by it as an ideology. Socialists have a blind spot for how people acting out of self interest is the only foundation for a fair society.