Arnold Kling discusses folk-Marxism and folk-Lockism:
The contrast between the results of following Locke and those of
following Marx could not be sharper. Marxist countries have murdered
millions, imposed a regime of fear and repression on their citizens,
and impeded economic development. Where the “natural experiment” was
performed of splitting one culture into Communist and non-Communist
regions (North and South Korea, East and West Germany), well-being in
the non-Communist country ended up several times higher than in the
Communist country. People fled Communist countries by the millions,
while barely a trickle of individuals chose to emigrate in the other
direction.
Read the whole thing.
(HT/emailer Steve from Virginia)
