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As President Trump and the Right respond to the rising influence of Democratic Socialists by broadly labeling all Democrats as "communists," a national conversation about socialism and communism has intensified. Conservatives often argue that "socialism never works," pointing to economic struggles in various leftist-led nations. Critics counter that countries like Cuba and Venezuela, when pursuing socialist policies, have faced U.S.-backed invasions, bombings, coups, and severe economic sanctions that exacerbated their challengesâraising the question of what aspects of these systems truly threaten capitalist interests.
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(C) 2026 Ted Rall, Distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication
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