I had an old car while I was in college. I think that there was a dent in every body panel. I swore to myself that one day I would have a sports car.
I was trudging through the snow to get to my car when I saw a Datsun 260Z coming towards me. That was the sports car for a young man!
The car went by, and I looked to see who was inside. In the passenger’s seat was a pretty young woman from one of my classes. She smiled at me as the car went by.
In the driver’s seat was one of my professors. The bearded Communist Party Of America member professor. The married professor.
I realized several things at that time.
That pretty girl, who never struck me as being too smart, was getting an A because she was having sex with the professor. The married professor.
I also realized that people can lie about their political beliefs. This professor thought he was cool by telling us all he was a communist. He was a communist driving a nice new sports car.
People can say they are socialists while they are stuffing their pockets full of cash.
Look at Bernie Sanders.
People can say they are socialists while they are stuffing their pockets full of cash.
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Drove through an area of a nearby university town, that I had not visited in 50 years.
Biden/Harris signs were everywhere, posted in front of massive mansions, all belonging to university professors and doctors.
I wonder how they would feel if a “new green new deal administration” told them their houses were too big for the number of people living in them, and they have to taken in two or more families, in order to continue living in their houses?
That was a great way to frame that...nice job!
It is so true. I have found that dichotomy, the people who most ardently wish for socialism are the people who who own a big house, lots of land, and material objects up the wazoo.
I work at a hospital, and a few years back, we were doing a major expansion. I worked out in a trailer with open space, so all the construction people would park out there.
Right under my window one day, I saw a high end, glossy black pickup with all the bells and whistles, easily $70-80K. It was a union guy, and he had a Bernie Sanders sticker on the back as the only adornment.
I swear, I just can’t roll my eyes any higher at this stuff.
I really liked that Z and I did give her an A.
I think this is true of almost all communist leadership. They are mafia gang bosses. They loot and pillage the common working person, but have their army of ignorant thugs who are true believers, thinking that they will be a gang boss one day and rule everyone else.
This professor thought he was cool by telling us all he was a communist. He was a communist driving a nice new sports car.
The printable name for these characters was ,goulash communists’.
Guys that want it both ways, all the comforts of capitalism and still be a member of the Vanguard Party.