Posted on 08/11/2018 6:23:37 AM PDT by Kaslin
Democrat-Socialist makes you a DAZI
Sadly, I cannot disagree with that. In those respects. Our ‘greatest generation’ wasn’t so great. Or their boomers.
Rebuilding Germany and Japan felt good, right? Cheaper products and lots of them were OK, right? Those college protesters were just some silly kids, right? Pot’s really no big deal, right? Feminists are probably right, right? Not making TVs and carpet and aluminum and cars here any more is no big deal, right?
Hey, we got our beer, pro sports on TV and a nice bbq grill, so just don’t sweat that stuff. Right?
That is correct. They are high-taxation welfare states.
The term "socialism" has come to possess a number of conflicting definitions, but historically it's pretty simple: in socialism the means of production may not be owned by an individual. They are owned either by a collective of their workers (soviets) or by "the people" who are supposedly personified by the State. That's it. Communism goes one step further and expands this to all property, whether it's a means of production or not.
It's odd - we're discussing Orwell on a couple of other threads at the moment - Orwell came to the realization as did Marx, that socialism may not be imposed by other than a revolutionary activity. The Fabian socialists who hoped it would be voted into power were wrong; in fact, Marx warned about that, too, in that the proletariat would be tempted to become bourgeoisie and so lose their impetus to revolution, which is pretty much what really happened. So, no revolution, no expropriation of the means of production.
This is precisely why such tragic circuses as Venezuela invariably pose as revolutionary governments. The means of production are never in practice peacefully surrendered, they must be seized, in part as an expression of the triumph of the people over the individual possessor; in practice as an expression of the triumph of the State over the people. Socialism is sanctioned theft of the means of production; communism is sanctioned theft of all property. It is also very indiscreet to say so in the presence of one's loving comrades who would happily shoot one for it.
Wow, she can really fill out the top of a dress. And that’s the only nice thing I can think to say
But yikes!... That face is scary!
Like a vampire with a terrible overbite.
You are correct. Excellent summary of the twin evils of socialism and communism. And to add a final point: when you say communism appropriates all property, that includes your life. Even the property of your own life does not belong to you.
Solzhenitsyn showed how clear this was by quoting arresting officers in the 1930s waves of arrest.
Officer: you are under arrest
Citizen: me? What for?
Officer: It’s none of your business. It’s the business of the state.
Today’s liberals yearn for those days of utopia and harmony.
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