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Why capitalism and the Constitution still offer America’s best path

Why capitalism and the Constitution still offer America’s best path

By Russ Minary | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.” - Karl Marx. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published “The Communist Manifesto” in 1848. The popular quote above appeared in Marx’s "Critique of the Gotha Programme” written 1875.  This article will examine how that idealistic worldview has – or has not – worked out in reality. Spoiler alert: it hasn’t.  In the last few election cycles, Democr...