Dave McCormick: “We thought we had seen an end to communism and socialism…”

“I do remember Fukuyama had that wonderful essay. You know, we now have determined the ideas that sort of understood right America are the ideas that the world will embrace. And of course, We thought we had seen an end to communism and socialism. And those ideas, we thought they were in the dustbin of history. And here we are, full circle, 35 years later. And those same ideas, which have failed over and over again and have proven to be bankrupt, are very much in the conversation.” (07:26–07:34)

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