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How to Triumph Over Socialism

By James Fenkner, CFA

Dec 03, 2025
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America is flirting with a dangerous nostalgia. Today, over 60% of young Americans under 30 view socialism favorably—a stark contrast to Russia, where around 20% of the same age group does.

This political divide is no coincidence. It is a five-alarm fire.

The surest way to douse America’s rising flame of socialism is not by blowing more hot air from an…

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