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Whoever claims that economic competition represents "survival of the fittest" in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides the clearest possible evidence of his lack of knowledge of economics.

— George Reisman Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics (1996)

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Under communism (socialism), there is no incentive to supply people with anything they need or want, including safety.

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The slaves of socialism are slaves, but they are no one's property and therefore no one's loss.

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The Idiots of socialism are slaves, but they are no one's property and therefore no one's loss... Under communism (socialism), there is no incentive to supply people with anything they need or want, including safety.

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In any type of socialist state, Nazi or Communist, the government's economic plan is part of the supreme law of the land.

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What specifically established de facto socialism in Nazi Germany was the introduction of price and wage controls in 1936.

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