Posted on 08/22/2020 2:36:43 AM PDT by John Semmens
In a grim convention speech, Sen. Bernie Sanders said "voters will face a choice between authoritarianism and freedom this November. One of the candidates intends to impose a regime of individualism that will stifle the human dream of collectivism envisioned by Karl Marx. The other candidate offers a pathway to escape this dire fate."
"If Donald Trump is reelected Americans will be forced to earn their own livings," Sanders lamented. "Some will be encouraged to embark on a futile quest for success as owners and operators of small businesses. Others will be expected to take jobs producing products that consumers are willing to buy. Everyone will be an orphan with no one to take care of him or tell him how to live his life. Material abundance will divert society away from the security of conformity and solidarity."
"On the other hand, if voters elect Joe Biden an expansive government will take everyone under its wing," Sanders promised. "No one will be left alone to decide his own fate. Everyone will be yoked together for the common good of all. Government will abolish failure. The guiding principle of a Biden Administration will be from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. Competition will be replaced by cooperation as each person is assigned his or her unique role in society by the brightest minds and best people working under the unquestioned authority of the government."
"The choice is clear," Sanders asserted. "I hope and trust that voters will choose wisely."
In related news, Sanders urged that "any debates about the future of this country should be postponed until after Joe Biden is elected president. It is pointless to debate such weighty matters with those who disagree in principle about whether we should have an individualistic or a collectivistic society. Once Biden is the president every variety of progressive thought will be invited to participate in the discussion. Suggestions on how to most effectively redistribute wealth, whether to intern dissidents in reeducation camps or whether a simple forced hard labor would be preferable, when to ban the use of fossil fuels, and other topics of interest could be explored in a more convivial atmosphere."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/289109-2020-08-22-semi-news-semi-satire-august-23-2020-edition.htm
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: ) Very well-done, John Semmens. Thanks. BS is toast...burnt rye. Karl would’ve spit on him. Uncle Joe would’ve put one into the back of his head and kicked in into a shallow grave. The “bourgeois socialists” were hated by the rads in the collective.
From his position papers /S...Feel the Bern was not down with the struggle, eh BS?
This dried up old commie prune needs to shut his pie hole.
Didn’t see this was satire and was amazed at Sanders lamenting “”If Donald Trump is reelected Americans will be forced to earn their own livings,”
Hahahaha! Don’t give him any ideas ;)
Say, do you think Biden will plagiarize it?
He’s right. Especially if he gets elected.
Sanders used that expression in his pornography stories......
The DEMs have been pushing this message recently. Must have poll data indicating it could help them.
The fake news pushes this, while they know Trump is one of the more pro-gun, anti-tax presidents in our history.
Incredible that people eat this nonsense up; they hear what they want to hear.
He's right about that, but one wonders if he comprehends his own irony.
(Anybody who advocates the theories of Karl Marx is a scoundrel or a fool--or both!)
Authoritarianism is exactly what the Democrats preach and threaten and exactly what President Trump warns again.
Authoritarianism is exactly what America will get if the American People are stupid enough to elect Democrats this November!
Why is this satire when I can easily picture Josef Sanders orating these very words?
Thanks, John, for another fine column!
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