re: Washington Post Defends Marx – “Five Myths About Socialism”

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MYTH NO. 3
All socialists want to abolish markets and private property.

Communists, when in power, have done away with markets and private property. Democratic socialists say that in principle they hope capitalism will disappear over the long run, but in the meantime they advocate piecemeal changes in the ownership and control of economic resources — bank nationalization, for instance.

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