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Oct 27, 2025 19 min

Ep. 42 – Why socialism doesn’t fix poverty

from Sharpening Arrows Hosted by Victor Joecks

If you want to see what socialism leads to, you shouldn't listen to the promises of Zohran Mamdani or Sen. Bernie Sanders. You should see what happened in Venezuela. Parental pause point questions: 1. Which of The Great 8 Questions would you use to make the case against socialism? (3:46) 2. Do you think food production increased or decreased after Venezuela's socialist takeover? (6:41) 3. Why did food production decrease? (7:49) 4. Do you see the parallels between those programs and what the socialists in America want to create? (12:42) 5. Have you The Great 8 Questions: 1. What happens next? 2. Has this been tried before? 3. Is there a principle involved? 4. What are the trade-offs? 5. What do you mean by that? 6. Is this an appeal to emotion or logic? 7. Am I focused on the speaker or the argument? 8. What does the Bible say?

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