The future of socialism is, if anything, darker. Socialism cannot generate capitalist levels of growth even when the pie is expanding, much less when it is shrinking. Socialism might be able to preserve economic equality, but that’s unlikely to save the model. Unlike capitalism, where at least the elites might be able to struggle through, in socialism everyone will become noticeably worse off every year. Mass uprisings and state fracture are pretty much baked into that particular dessert product. Fascist
