[rlmorel]

Normal people would see this happening in Venezuela, and wonder how on earth this came to pass, with all the evidence freely available, plenty of current and historic examples to learn from, etc.

Like using heroin.

"Okay folks, listen up. This is all documented throughout history by the most reliable historians, people without agendas. This is what heroin is. This is what heroin does. If you use it, you WILL get addicted to it. It WILL take over your life. It WILL ruin your life. It WILL make you more miserable than you can ever imagine. It WILL turn your entire family on you. It WILL cost you your job, your money, your reputation, your family, and eventually your life. (begins throwing Encyclopedia Brittania sized books on the table) Here is the history of heroin. Here are the fatality rates. Here are the legal and financial ramifications. Here is the thickest one...the ruined families, the devastation...and now we are going to watch movies of real heroin addicts and show what happens to them."

Most normal people would read those documents, watch the movies, and understand exactly what happens when you take heroin, and would never touch it. And when someone becomes a heroin addict, most normal people would say "How could they have done that? Everyone KNOWS what heroin will do to you, and what will happen. How could they do it?"

Yet, here we are. Socialism. This is what it should have been like:

"Okay folks, listen up. This is all documented throughout history by the most reliable historians, people without agendas. This is what socialism is. This is what socialism does. If you use it, you WILL get addicted to it. It WILL take over your life. It WILL ruin your life. It WILL make you more miserable than you can ever imagine. It WILL turn your entire family on you. It WILL cost you your job, your money, your reputation, your family, and eventually your life. (begins throwing Encyclopedia Brittania sized books on the table) Here is the history of socialism. Here are the fatality rates. Here are the legal and financial ramifications. Here is the thickest one...the ruined families, the devastation...and now we are going to watch movies of real socialist countries and show what happens to them."

Kind of fits, doesn't it?

But these aren't normal times, and these aren't normal people.

There is a large portion of the American population that have sat through the class described above (for socialism, at least) the information is available, well documented, many have seen with their own eyes (never mind a movie or documentary) how evil socialism is, yet...they don't see, understand, or simply outright deny or ignore the information, and are ready to embrace socialism.

It is stunning and scary, the fact that people could have this happening right in front of their eyes, on the news, on the Internet, sometimes even have lived through it and experienced what it does, yet long for it still.

Can anyone explain to me how Heroin is any different from Socialism? (including, of course, the heroin-like high that some people will get from a boot stamping on a human face - forever.)

[ConservativeMind]

That is a great analogy.

Well said.

[IronJack]

If you read Marx and Engels, and their latter-day evangelists like Trotsky, Lenin, and Gramsci, you'll understand. Yes, socialism brutalizes every culture it touches. Yes, it leaves a trail of misery and inhumanity as gross as a slug's slime. Yes, it has been an abject failure everywhere it's been tried. Yes, it mandates a totalitarian oppression that strips people of their individuality, their dignity, and often, their very lives.

But all that -- ALL that -- is not only acceptable, it is REQUIRED for the sea change that is Marxism to displace the horrible, inequitable condition that is capitalism. People will die. People will be miserable. People will see the very roots of their cultures torn out and cast aside while a tyrannical master beats, cajoles, or murders them into submission.

Then, slowly, the brighter light begins to dawn as the collectivist sun rises. All are equal, free to pursue their dreams of making mankind better and giving their all to the betterment of the Collective. Their mundane needs are met or even sacrificed, but what is giving up a few creature comforts -- like food, shelter, privacy, freedom ... -- if you've contributed to the evolution of society?

Make no mistake: the socialist/communist/globalist cabal will NEVER let history dictate its trajectory. It is determined to impose its vision on the world and drag it kicking, screaming, and bloody into its hellish paradise.

[Chode]

100%! the lure of free everything clouds their minds and numbs their soul, till it's toooo late

[Last Dakotan]

Can anyone explain to me how Heroin is any different from Socialism?

Both seem real popular with Millennials.

Coincidence? I think not.

[Rusty0604]

That is a very good example. But the kids are not taught the truth in school about socialism. They are taught that it is wonderful and that capitalism is bad. My grandson has been taught in public school in CA since first grade that capitalism and corporations are evil.

[txhurl]

Epic rant. Bravo!

[RetiredTexasVet]

You nailed it!

[PGalt]

Thanks for the ping and your great post to this great thread. BTTT!!!

ESAD socialists.

No, really. They should all be made to ESAD.