The Forgotten Nature of Socialism: Metaphysics and Ontology

Joshua Philipp

Joshua Philipp is senior investigative reporter and host of “Crossroads” at The Epoch Times. As an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, his works include “The Real Story of January 6” (2022), “The Final War: The 100 Year Plot to Defeat America” (2022), and “Tracking Down the Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus” (2020).

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September 10, 2019Updated: September 10, 2019

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Socialism is often discussed only as an economic system, but it began as a concept around metaphysics and ontology—a theory on the nature of meaning and being—and was rooted in some of the darker beliefs of its time. In this episode of Crossroads we speak with Jeff Nyquist, author of “Origins of the Fourth World War,” about this history, and the deeper nature of socialism and communism.