Socialism Be Not Proud

Townhall.com ^ | September 17, 2021 | R. Thomas Risk

[Kaslin]

Has the news got you down?

Watching JV-Team-Biden destroy our credibility abroad, flood our towns with illegal aliens and unscreened Afghani refugees, and print greenbacks faster than Prez Mitty can spin up tales about his innumerable alter-egos, you thought you had seen it all. Then our nation’s highest ranking military officer casually fessed up to committing at least one act of what some have called treason. Who could blame you for cashing out and caving in? But I say take heart. The tonic I offer is an observation I found in a century-old work by an obscure Frenchman who dissects the perennial beast we’re up against and exposes its Achilles heel.

Gustave Le Bon (1841-1931) was a psychologist, sociologist and anthropologist who studied the relationship between the person and the group. He was not fond of the latter, much less the mentality it spawns.

In 1899, M. Le Bon published The Psychology of Socialism, in which he equates the battle between democracy and socialism to the struggle between the individual and society. Though I presume he appreciated the distinction between the USA’s representative democracy and the direct democracies of Europe and Latin America, it was immaterial to his analysis. Because I am quite keen on our representative democracy, I will substitute the word republic for his references to democracy (except, of course, in direct quotes).

[Kaslin]

The correct link is:

American Tinker.com
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/09/socialism_be_not_proud.html

[ClearCase_guy]

bfl

[SauronOfMordor]

Interesting article. He links to a pdf of the book he references.

[Bearshouse]

He links to a pdf of the book he references.

I see there's a kindle version available to $2.99 also.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Ping

[minnesota_bound]

Groupthink = democrtats and ‘ism’s
See Salem Witch Trials for starters.