This illustrates one of the reasons socialism is popular despite repeatedly immiserating millions of people.
People become habituated to the amenities provided by the modern free market system.
But such amenities were not always so. And the more power socialists acquire, the more such advances will be slowed or reversed.
Table by Jeremy Horpedahl
![This illustrates one of the reasons socialism is popular despite repeatedly immiserating millions of people.
People become habituated to the amenities provided by the modern free market system.
But such amenities were not always so. And the more power socialists acquire, the more such advances will be slowed or reversed.
Table by @[15615949:2048:Jeremy Horpedahl]](2025-11-13-fb-001-img01.webp)
This illustrates one of the reasons socialism is popular despite repeatedly immiserating millions of people. People become habituated to the amenities provided by the modern free market system. But such amenities were not always so. And the more power socialists acquire, the more such advances will be slowed or reversed. Table by @[15615949:2048:Jeremy Horpedahl]