1.0Instituto de Libertad Económica para Puerto Ricohttps://institutodelibertadeconomica.org/en/Luishttps://institutodelibertadeconomica.org/en/author/luis/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KpwpdEH6fF"><a href="https://institutodelibertadeconomica.org/en/publications/socialism-is-the-rationalization-of-envy/">Socialism is the rationalization of envy.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://institutodelibertadeconomica.org/en/publications/socialism-is-the-rationalization-of-envy/embed/#?secret=KpwpdEH6fF" width="600" height="338" title="“Socialism is the rationalization of envy.” — Instituto de Libertad Económica para Puerto Rico" data-secret="KpwpdEH6fF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://institutodelibertadeconomica.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://institutodelibertadeconomica.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/rationalization-socialism.jpg1500739Our world is the freest and most prosperous that has ever existed, billions have been plucked out of secular misery by modest advances of freedom in production and trade, while more men live today under regimes of extensive freedom than ever before in history, but with few exceptions, in developed or backward countries, most men are anxious to surrender their freedom in exchange for equality and security, although they have overwhelming evidence that the only equality they would obtain, were they to achieve it, would be that of misery in which the only certainty is that they would be forced to worship the chains of their own slavery.