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Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is? (Ep. 408 Rebroadcast)

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The State Institutions in the United States Aren't Able to Deal With So Many Problems

The united states managed to solve pretty well a lot of problems that latin american countries couldn't solve. There's one more mark of successful states and societies that james robinson has observed. The gaps in the american stainand society are particularly wide at the moment. They're evident in the general discontent you feel in this country right now? And they're evident in the fact that donald trump was elected as the biggest outlier in the republican field, while burney sanders is the self declared democratic socialist. What does this say for our future?...

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