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Lisa McClain: “Communism itself doesn't work. It wants you to be dependent.”

Featuring: Lisa McClain, Republican | U.S. House Michigan, 9th Congressional District

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It makes you dependent. And think about it. Not because the wrong people are in charge, not because communism just needed just a little more time. It failed because Communism itself doesn't work. It wants you to be dependent. It takes ownership away from the people who produce and puts government officials in charge of deciding what will be made, how it will be made, and who will make it. (25:23–25:30)

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Asserts that communism is inherently flawed and promotes dependency.

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