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I wasn’t familiar with that quote. Thanks for posting.

It shows that Obama is a leftist, and somewhat inarticulate. His thinking is superficial, as befits a leftist.

His honesty in stating his views is a little surprising. Usually, American socialists have learned that honesty is not their best policy, if they are to be elected.

As I see it, there are two challenges to anyone who reads or hears his words. The first is to realize that he is fundamentally mistaken. That is the first and most important challenge because it precedes the second. The second challenge is to reply.

His orientation is on the distribution of wealth, without concern for production. He just wants to divide the pie evenly. That is fair enough if he grew and picked the berries and baked the pie, and it is his to divide. But of course that is not the case. Pies, or “energy” in this case, is not a fixed amount. Someone produces it and brings it to market. Producers are the one’s who must benefit most, if they are to continue. Obama thinks he can steal more from the producers, and they will just keep on producing as before. That is a mistake, and has been proven wrong again and again through history.

Here is one example. The early Jamestown colony had communal ownership of agricultural plots and even (”fair”) distribution of food. Production and consumption were divorced, as Obama thinks right. The fruits of production did not go to the producers any more than to non-producers. So no one produced, and they starved to death. This may be hard for some to imagine but it’s what happened. Their numbers had to be replenished from England. Then it happened again. This was repeated in Plymouth. In varying forms and degrees, this happens with every instance of socialism. It is one of the reasons why many countries are poor. If Obama becomes President and is successful in implementing his policies, poor countries will become poorer. He may still be satisfied, for having made America poorer.