The Case Against Socialism

Rand Paul, U.S. senator for Kentucky and America's most prominent libertarian, makes a case against socialist ideology, showing the impact of its deadly legacy and the threat of its new rise in America.Reintroduced by leaders such as Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, socialism was once grounds for blacklisting during the McCarthy era. Yet now it is being embraced on American college campuses and among many leftists. In The Case Against Socialism, Rand Paul outlines the dangers of the twentieth-century's deadliest ideology, from Stalin's gulags to the Cuban Revolution to the current famine in Venezuela. He tackles common misconceptions about the "utopia" of socialist Europe and the false claim that there's never been "true" socialism. He also shows how college professors, leftist politicians, and the coastal elite media have played a role in covering up socialism's haunting legacy.Rand reveals the devastating truth: for every college...