So he starts by asking me what I know about capitalism. “Pe… - Maureen F. McHugh

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So he starts by asking me what I know about capitalism.
“People were rich and there was a lot of corruption and a lot of crime,” I say. “And now we have socialism and people are poor and there’s a lot of corruption and a lot of crime.”
He laughs. Anything I say about politics makes him laugh.

Maureen F. McHugh

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Maureen F. McHugh (born February 13, 1959) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

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