Posted on 05/22/2022 4:24:38 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn understood the fatal attraction that socialism has for the West. And of course, he understood better than anyone else the profound damage that socialism inflicts on any society in which it’s ascendant. With the creeping leftism that has infected every aspect of American society, and cost tremendous damage to every aspect of America, Solzhenitsyn’s words are proving more prophetic than ever.
In his Warning to the West, Solzhenitsyn wrote the following:
The decline of contemporary thought has been hastened by the misty phantom of socialism. Socialism has created the illusion of quenching people’s thirst for justice: Socialism has lulled their conscience into thinking that the steamroller which is about to flatten them is a blessing in disguise, a salvation. And socialism, more than anything else, has caused public hypocrisy to thrive; it has enabled Europe to ignore the annihilation of 66 million people on its very borders.
There is not even a single precise definition of socialism that is generally recognized: all we have is a sort of hazy shimmering concept of something good, something noble, so that two socialists talking to each other about socialism might just as well be talking about completely different things. And of course, any new-style African dictator can call himself a socialist without fear of contradiction.
But socialism defies logic....
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Key question:
“Is the Titanic Ship America about to hit a big bad iceberg?”
“the Titanic Ship America”: Is that not a great descriptor?
But to answer the question, I do not think so. I think the Titanic Ship America has already hit that iceberg. The Titanic sank in less than 3 hours, the Titanic Ship America being a lot bigger is simply taking longer. Truncate the Titanic Ship America down to the size of the Titanic and it would have been on the seabed at least 10 years ago.
The progressive goal is to make America Ontario or the UK
American progressives have no original thought. Their entire being revolves around copying the UK
Socialism destroys logic.
Federal government share of GDP has us well into socialism, long ago.
The US lunge toward Socialism hit ramming speed in November 2008!
Hey, I’m sure those idiots endorsing Socialism will enjoy it providing they are in the elite group that eats high on the hog while the Plebes eat out of their garbage cans.
Socialism as a false salvation ping.
I don't quite agree with that statement. Socialism will be popular as long as some people think they can get something for nothing.
My cousin described socialism thus: "If there was a barnyard election, the pigs would always vote for the person who feeds them, EVEN THOUGH, he/she is the same person who is going to slaughter them someday".
Socialism is a tool used by dictators and potential dictators.
It is a smokescreen.
It is a lie.
“We can bring about a perfect society.”
How can these imperfect people bring about a perfect society?
They can’t.
When you propose to rob from Peter to pay Paul, you usually can expect Paul's full-throated endorsement of the plan.
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship."-- Alexander Fraser Tytler
The events we are witnessing now were not planned by the Biden administration. Bite-Me is merely the stalking horse whose role is to distract us from their true origins while all the sleeper agents embedded in the fabric of government by Sheikh Obama (Piss Be Upon Him) go about the business of implementing Sheikh Obama's (PBUH) anti-American and pro-socialist agenda.
Sheikh Obama's (PBUH) crowning glory was the theft of the 2020 presidential election. And unless we correct the fraudulent outcome of that election, and do it by measures so emphatic that it can never be repeated, you can stick America with a fork because WE ARE DONE. America will already have ceased to be and nothing else remains to be done apart planning the memorial service.
Enabled by the 17th Amendment.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.