> Socialists have a blind spot for how people acting out of self interest is the only foundation for a fair society. I would phrase this a bit differently. Soc

> Socialists have a blind spot for how people acting out of self interest is the only foundation for a fair society. I would phrase this a bit differently. Socialists[] have a blind spot for self interest, but ignoring it does not lead to a fair society. Expecting all people to ignore their self interest is a pipe dream. Any such society will fall prey to people that do act egoistically. Which, indeed, is how communist societies tend to devolve into authoritarianism. [] Yes, yes, it's perfectly possible to play the No True Scotsman game with this word. If you use a different definition of socialism, that's fine. You know the type of person that is meant, and you can mentally replace the word with whatever you prefer. No need for boring and pointless word games about semantics.