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The Berlin Wall fell in 1989. But the lesson remains: When people are free to choose between capitalism and socialism, they choose capitalism. When socialists can't convince people to stay, they build walls. That's not a bug. That's the feature.

This pattern repeats everywhere socialism is tried. People flee Cuba on rafts. They escape North Korea through China. They left Venezuela by the millions. The direction of escape tells you everything you need to know about which system actually serves human flourishing.

Actions speak louder than words. Revealed preferences speak louder than theory. 3 million people didn't need academic papers to choose. They just needed to see both systems side by side. The choice was obvious. Overwhelmingly, obviously, capitalism.

Your professors will tell you about the evils of capitalism. They'll romanticize socialism. They'll say "that wasn't real socialism" or "things would be different now." But they won't tell you that people died trying to escape socialism to reach capitalism. They won't tell you

When people could choose, they fled socialism en masse. When socialists couldn't convince people to stay, they built walls. When walls weren't enough, they installed machine guns. When that wasn't enough, they ordered guards to shoot to kill.

This wasn't propaganda. This wasn't theory. This wasn't a debate between economists. This was a real-world experiment with millions of human beings making life-or-death choices. And the results were unambiguous.

Let that sink in. Even the people whose job was to enforce the system wanted out so badly they risked execution to escape. 600 guards. People who had relatively privileged positions. People who saw both sides every day. They chose capitalism.

During the 28 years the wall stood: - 140 people died attempting to cross - Over 77,000 people were arrested trying to escape - 5,000 people successfully escaped And here's the most damning detail: 600 of those who escaped were wall guards themselves.

Unsatisfied with the population's choices, socialist leader Walter Ulbricht decided to build what he called the "Anti-Fascist Barrier." Notice the Orwellian language. A wall to keep your own people imprisoned, named as if it's protecting them from fascism.

Before the wall, residents of East Germany could go to West Berlin and, from there, take a train to West Germany. In the 15 years the city didn't have a wall, around 3 million Germans took this path toward capitalism. Think about that. 3 million people. In 15 years. One fifth

Here's what most people don't realize: Berlin was entirely within socialist East Germany. The capitalist part of the city was like an island of freedom in a sea of socialism. West Berlin shouldn't have survived. But it thrived so much that people risked death to reach it.

When given the choice between capitalism and socialism, German workers didn't think twice. They chose capitalism. It was the socialists who literally prohibited them from choosing. With guns, walls, and barbed wire.

At the end of World War II, Germany was divided into two parts. The western side was capitalist. The eastern side was under socialist administration. Same people. Same culture. Same language. Same history. The only difference was the economic system.

Before the construction of the Berlin Wall, 1 in every 5 residents from the socialist side escaped to the capitalist side. When people could vote with their feet, they chose capitalism overwhelmingly. That's why the socialists had to build a wall. 🧵

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"Government is about coercion. Limiting government is the single most important instrument for guaranteeing liberty." — Walter Williams

In this video, Walter E. Williams explains why “price gouging” isn’t greed

A bunch of busybodies successfully halted a project in Downtown Austin that would’ve included an 8-acre park and 3.5 million square feet of new development because the buildings were “too tall.” Now it’ll be a battery plant and a massive parking lot, lol.

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