As a longtime reader of The Times, I have read many letters railing about the horrors of socialism. Free stuff for everyone, government control of everything, no more personal freedom of any kind; those kind of statements are all exaggerations.
Opinion: When government leaders look ahead, they may find some socialist ideas useful
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