[WalterBright]

Nothing human is ever perfect. Markets work better the more free they are. China went for free markets, and it paid off spectacularly.

Socialism gets steadily worse the closer to "true" socialism it gets.

[nrr]

Sorry, I'm not sure I follow. What does socialism have to do with markets or the lack thereof? I always conceived of that as, like, worker cooperatives, not command economies.