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Larry Niven

In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.

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Larry Niven is saying that a socialist society depends on capitalists to provide resources and investment, and without them, it will struggle to survive. Over time, it might look like it was bound to fail because it can't sustain itself without the economic activity driven by capitalists.

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