Socialism, Federalism, and the Future of the Electoral College

In the early 20th century, two of England’s intellectual giants engaged in a series of debates.

Playwright George Bernard Shaw was the resident apologist for income redistribution and central planning.

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Chesterton, a Catholic writer, argued in favor of property rights and the decentralization of political power.

“I found they were utterly insensate and grotesque,” Shaw...