Johan Norberg Johan Norberg

The rise – and disastrous fall – of the kibbutz

Socialism is incompatible with human nature

issue 30 November 2019

Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell are part of a breed of socialists who argue that this time will be different. Socialism never failed, they insist: only the walls, barbed wire and jackboots did. So what they plan for Britain, while radical, is bound to work! True, it’s more radical than anything done in any European country today.

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