Posted on 10/13/2018 10:44:54 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
In 1985 my family moved to Israel for two years, playing our part in reclaiming a heretofore unclaimed portion of our Biblical patrimony.
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In those years, Israel was governed primarily under socialist economic principles. Always a democracy, Israels governing institutions nevertheless were founded by deeply non-religious and even anti-religious secular socialists who had fled Tsarist Russia in the late 1800s. For half a century, until the Menachem Begin earthquake election of 1977, Israel was governed by coalitions led by the leftist Labor Party. They had built the socialist kibbutzim (agricultural socialist collectives) that the liberal media idealized. These were the darlings of the leftist-liberal media during Israels nascent years, names like Ben-Gurion, Rabin, Dayan, Golda Meir. Leftist socialists all.
Today, and for the past several decades, Israels kibbutz movement and socialism is all but dead. That is why socialist Bernie Sanders has led the way incorporating anti-Israel policies into the Democrat party. Todays Israelis despise and reject socialism (outside their academia, mainstream media, and entertainment industry sound familiar?). The leftist Labor Party is in shambles. Benjamin Netanyahus center-conservative Likud coalition reigns.
(Meanwhile, to this day America gets as much or more monetary and military strategic value from its investments in Israels defense as it spends. Typically, most American military defense allocations towards Israel must be spent on American-made parts and materiel. American weapons then are battle-tested against Soviet arms, and Israel thereupon shares lessons learned in battle with the American defense establishment and their contractors. Modifications then are made, often with upgrades devised by the Israelis themselves, and that assures American military superiority over Soviet/Russian weapons.
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I do know that Jews loaned money to European governments and when those government didn’t want to pay the Jews back, they kicked them out of the country. That would explain why they don’t trust the government. The Jews were blamed for the black death because fewer of them died since they practiced Jewish health laws of cleaning the grain bins. That would explain why they don’t trust the “red necks.”
When they say socialism they mean OTHERS work hard while they take a cut.
Most if the time advocates of socialism do really believe in it.
They just want something for nothing.
Like barrack obama ..who barely worked a real job in his life..became president and rich off of other people money.
I seriously doubt he believe in socialism.
Excellent article. But it ended too abruptly. I was hoping to hear how present-day Israel is different.
I meant to say advocates of socialism do NOT really believe in socialism.
They believe in taking o.p.m.
and enriching themselves.
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Correctamundo!
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If I remember correctly, when the UN voted to make Israel a nation the USSR voted FOR it. But later they always supported the Arab nations.
It’s not enough to live under socialism. They have to kill any other system out there, so they can’t be shown up.
It’s about destroying our nation/Western Nations, nothing else.
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Wisdom
Thankyou.
I wish I had mentioned politicians diverting money to cronies as well as welfare.
Ethanol is one of my pet peeves.
Thanks for posting!
Thanks for link!
That explains a lot!
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