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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!

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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.
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