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Communist Party cadres hang a placard on the neck of a Chinese man during the Cultural Revolution in 1966. The words on the placard state the man’s name and accuse him of being a member of the “black class.” Public Domain
Toward the end of the 19th century, the great German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche described socialism as “a hopeless and sour affair” and noted that in a socialist society, “life negates itself.”
Despite its inherent shortcomings, however, Nietzsche predicted that socialism would spread.
Joan Delaney is Senior Editor of the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times based in Toronto. She has been with The Epoch Times in various roles since 2004.
