4 October 1996 PERHAPS NOTHING SYMBOLIZES THE AP-peal of socialism better than the slogan “to each, according to his need.” For all of its problems, Soviet-type socialism was rich in its promise of equality and social leveling. Of course, some of that equality was, in practice, illusory. The special stores, limousines, and dachas of the communist nomenklatura showed that some […]
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