Why socialism, not capitalism, cultivates the highest form of individualism

While the debate between socialism and capitalism is not only finally happening in the United States but actually starting seriously to heat up, I find people have at best a confused grasp of these terms.

I find this confusion especially true when people talk about socialism as somehow antagonistic to the individual and to individuality.

When I have occasion to talk to students about Marxist thought and what a socialist society developed according to Marxist principles might…