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And the preacher shouted 'we'll take from them and I will
give to you'. The horde roared with approval.
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Has it come to this where millions don't know that what they are living in right now in America is actually utopia? The land of milk and honey?
But wait a minute, does that mean we have to work hard to gain prosperity?
But that's not enough, is it. There has to be more. Always there has to be a lot more. We deserve more. Like those that march for $15 minimum wages, and two years later they will be marching again for more.
And when the politicians, the media, the 'think tank' experts tell the horde they deserve more and better, they roar with approval. And the smooth talking charlatans of hate and chaos pound on with the rhetoric and narrative of all that is required to have everything for nothing is to vote for me and I will deliver.
''We'll take it from the rich, he shouts! The prosperous! They have too much now and the stole it from you' shouts gospel leader. And the horde in the front pew roars with approval. ''We'll make them pay for everything''.
History says this is a false narrative but that is has worked well over the centuries, leaving millions in early graves. But no matter, we will make it work this time. We are smarter then those other guys!
As has been stated here on several previous occasions, Winston Churchill has stated his thoughts on socialism,'' Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy. It's inherent virtue is the equal shoring of misery''.
Another great British leader, Margaret Thatcher stated, ''The problem with socialism is you run out of other peoples money''.
And if that's not bad enough, Arnold Toynbee stated '' An autopsy of history would show all great nations commit suicide''.
Socialism Promises a Utopia, but Delivers Suffering
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., proposes a whopping $50,000 per student college loan forgiveness. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., proposes free health care for all Americans plus illegal aliens. Most Democratic presidential candidates promise free stuff that includes free college, universal income, “Medicare for All,” and debt forgiveness.
Their socialist predecessors made promises, too.
“Freedom and Bread” was the slogan used by Adolf Hitler during the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi) campaign against President Paul von Hindenburg. Hitler even promised, “In the Third Reich every German girl will find a husband.”
Stalin promised a great socialist-Marxist society that included better food and better worker conditions.
China’s Mao Zedong promised democratic constitutionalism and the dream that “farmers have land to till.” These, and other promises, gave Mao the broad political support he needed to win leadership of the entire country in 1949.
Socialism promises a utopia that sounds good, but those promises are never realized. It most often results in massive human suffering.
Capitalism fails miserably when compared with a heaven or utopia promised by socialism. But any earthly system is going to come up short in such a comparison. Mankind must make choices among alternative economic systems that actually exist.
It turns out that for the common man capitalism, with all of its alleged shortcomings, is superior to any system yet devised to deal with his everyday needs and desires. By most any measure of human well-being, people who live in countries toward the capitalistic end of the economic spectrum are far better off than their fellow men who live in countries toward the socialist end. Why?
Capitalism, or what some call free markets, is relatively new in human history. Prior to capitalism, the way individuals amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering, and enslaving their fellow man. With the rise of capitalism, it became possible to amass great wealth by serving and pleasing your fellow man.
Capitalists seek to discover what people want and produce and market it as efficiently as possible as a means to profit. A historical example of this process would be John D. Rockefeller, whose successful marketing drove kerosene prices down from 58 cents a gallon in 1865 to 7 cents in 1900. Henry Ford became rich by producing cars for the common man.
Both Ford’s and Rockefeller’s personal benefits pale in comparison to the benefits received by the common man who had cheaper kerosene and cheaper and more convenient transportation. There are literally thousands of examples of how mankind’s life has been made better by those in the pursuit of profits.
Here’s my question to you: Are the people who, by their actions, created unprecedented convenience, longer life expectancy, and a more pleasant life for the ordinary person—and became wealthy in the process—deserving of all the scorn and ridicule heaped upon them by intellectuals and political hustlers today?
In many intellectual and political circles, the pursuit of profits is seen as evil. However, this pursuit forces entrepreneurs to find ways to either please people efficiently or go bankrupt. Of course, they could mess up and avoid bankruptcy if they can get government to bail them out or give them protection against competition.
Nonprofit organizations have an easier time of it. As a matter of fact, people tend to be the most displeased with services received from public schools, motor vehicle departments, and other government agencies. Nonprofits can operate whether they please people or not. That’s because they derive their compensation through taxes.
I’m sure that we’d be less satisfied with supermarkets if they had the power to take our money through taxes, as opposed to being forced to find ways to get us to voluntarily give them our money.
By the way, I’m not making an outright condemnation of socialism. I run my household on the Marxist principle, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.”
That system works when you can remember the names of all involved.
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