ALL NEW: Has communism ever worked?
Red Pilled America
Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez
4.8 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Has communism ever worked? Conservatives say no. Democratic socialists point to countries like Sweden as proof that socialism has. To find the answer, we tell the story of one group that both sides of the argument fail to mention...a group that shows the answer is far more nuanced than either side often admits.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | This is Red Pilled America. |
| 0:10.9 | As communism ever worked, it's a question most think they can answer. |
| 0:15.0 | Conservatives point to Cuba, Venezuela, and the Soviet Union to say it's a failed system, |
| 0:20.3 | incompatible with the American |
| 0:21.6 | way of life. |
| 0:22.6 | The communist system is the opposite of the American system and the communist system has never |
| 0:28.6 | worked. |
| 0:29.6 | We are not communal social creatures as postulated by either Rousseau or Marx. |
| 0:33.6 | In fact, we're far more self-interested and sinful in our disposition, and that is why communism |
| 0:40.6 | has never worked. Everywhere it's been tried, socialism has failed for more than 2,000 years. |
| 0:49.8 | Progressives counter that their brand of democratic socialism is not communism and that it is working in parts of the world. |
| 0:56.8 | And I think we should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway, and learn from what they have accomplished for their working people. |
| 1:04.6 | And that message has gained traction in America. |
| 1:09.5 | I am a Democratic Socialist. |
| 1:13.1 | Suran Mamdani won the New York mayoral race. |
| 1:16.0 | Last week, all three congressional candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor and Democratic Socialists, |
| 1:20.5 | Zohra Mamdani, won their primaries. |
| 1:22.6 | Part of a wave of Democratic Socialists winning in deep blue pockets of the country. |
| 1:27.2 | The word socialist doesn't have the same sting as it once did. |
| 1:30.1 | So with this continuing debate, we aim to answer the question, has communism ever worked? |
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