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Great article...
Note to self: Never elect a bus driver President.
Wow.... Thank you for sharing this.
This is an excellent article that needs to be discussed in every college economics class.
It's not that we forget history. It's that those who believe in the socialist fairy tale don't teach it and pretend it doesn't exist, so that if you want to know it, you have to hunt it down for yourself.
Even while the socialists were killing millions in Russia, our news media refused ever to print the truth. Had they done so then, I think the world would be quite different now. As it is, most of the media still refuse to tell the truth, and it is looking more and more like we really need to suffer the ravages of socialism here before people see the light. Even then, many still will blame capitalism, they have been conditioned so well.
It has been my experience in life that there are few things sadder than terrible and tragic situations that are entirely avoidable.
This is sad.
You can watch this from afar, and from having read history and paid attention, think to yourself: “Okay. They have done that. This is going to happen next. And when that happens, they will do this, which is going to result in that. And when that happens...”
And you can follow that chain of thought and easily project it all they way through to a bitter and violent end where everyone loses, eventually the head of state and the troops as well, being torn to pieces by mobs or lined up against a wall and shot, or worse.
And you think to yourself: “Why? Isn’t there anyone who has ever read history?” And not ancient history, either. And that is why it is so sad.
But, that is the siren call of Socialism. It isn’t quite “Ye shall be as Gods”, but more, perhaps, “Ye shall have all you desire without having to work for it.”
That is socialism.
Socialism caters to a number of the deadly sins. Envy. Sloth. Greed. Wrath. Pride.
Lou, Did you forget to ping the list, or did I somehow get dropped from it?
Well that was not responsible. Here’s your ping!
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As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;
And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!
It is only a disaster because they are not doing socialism right. Hillary will do it right. < / sarcasm >