From Public Square the two groups meandered to the Veterans Memorial Park, then a block east to 6th Street. Ensuring that the great debate between communism and capitalism would be fully documented were scores of photographers and random people holding up cellphones and taking videos. "Communism has led to the deaths of over 100 million people," said Timon Prax, 19, a student at Cleveland State and one of the people waving pro-capitalist signs. "We wanted a soapbox," Meister said in the shade of a tree at Willard Park after the hubbub was over. But the capitalists shot back: How can you be against capitalism if you have a smartphone?

Source: Washington Post July 21, 2016 23:01 UTC