The irony of it all is that communism has a much more successful track record than laissez-faire.
As an aside: The Atlantic recently ranked Toronto the #2 city in the world regarding characteristics of business, life, and innovation—second only to New York City.
This included receiving the #2 spot for "entrepreneurial environment." Not bad for a city that lives—as some would say—"under the yoke of socialist policies." The worst aspect of Toronto? It's ranked third last in the cost of public transportation, which is sad because the system kind of sucks. This is because the federal (and provincial, arguably) government hasn't done enough to step up its funding of the system...you know, socialist style.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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