A socialist starts a socialist magazine, hires more Socialists that are “down with the Cause,” and then faces a revolt when his Socialist workers try to make it a “workers co-operative” and fires them. This is beyond hysterical.
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Quick Takes – Hat Trick
Within I pick three topics upon which to discourse, but not worth a full-length examination as a standalone piece on their own. But first, reprising an older cartoon (for shameless self-promotion!):
Democrats’ Spending
The Democrats are pushing to spend more money than most Americans can truly conceive. The Senate, with the help of some Republicans, signed off on what is called the “Infrastructure Bill” for about 1.2 trillion dollars.
Notable Quote – Have Progressives already beat the Free Market into submission? Have we moved into Fascism controlled markets?
Reformatted, emphasis mine: In the interventionist state it is no longer of crucial importance for the success of an enterprise that operations be run in such a way that the needs of the consumer are satisfied in the best and least expensive way; it is much more important that one has “good relations” with the … Read more
Is Capitalism Evil?
The cover page of the July 4th Union Leader read, “Poetry Returns with a Slam,” headlining the return of Slam Free or Die, a poetry club that had not met in person since the beginning of the COVID lockdowns.
Hungry Wolves and Darkened Campfires
So in the clusterfark that is Afghanistan, the entire world is either laughing at us – e.g., China, Iran, Russia (even if discretely) – or watching in horror as the world’s most powerful military not just cuts and runs, but can’t even evacuate every American citizen. And is telling those there they need to pay their own way out.
If You Want the Poor to be Richer, Socialism Can’t do That!
Do you want to be in charge of your own economic choices, or are you in favor of others making those choices without your input? That’s really what’s at stake and what Friedman points out here.
America Is Still an Example of Liberty Worldwide
“Libertad” is the cry being heard from Cuba as people there have had enough of Marxist Socialism often carrying the American flag, an international symbol of liberty when they take to the streets.
Why Government Can NEVER Get this Right
The opportunity that the free market offers exist for anyone regardless of age, sex, gender, race, origin, any of it. All you need is an idea and the motivation to get it out of your head and into the world as a real thing.
Facebook is a Perfect Example of Socialism and Yes, We Are Overdue for a Meme Storm!
Been a while since we meme’d, and well, we had that whole image library thing, and now we’re rebuilding it, so this will help. And it all started with something I read that suggested that Facebook is the perfect example of socialism.
Senior Citizens Put AARP on Notice – You Are Out of Touch with Mainstream America
Not a single person at their booths, at the time, would be willing to engage in debate as to WHY this organization (AARP), supposedly oriented towards American Seniors, would advocate for a program which, at the time, would take money from Medicare to fund (in part) Obamacare.
“Socialism Is a Good Idea, but It Has Failed in the past Because It Has Been Badly Done” …
“It turns out that there is a lot of truth to the stereotype of the woke socialist millennial/Zoomer. The overwhelming majority of young people really do express stridently anti-capitalist views across a broad range of issues.
Word Sausage and Another Great Example of Socialists Hiding Who They Are
I never get surprised anymore by the pretzel twisting “Progressives” will put themselves through to not use the word “Socialist” when discussing Policy or implementing it like they are now.
Teach Children about Racism, Not to Be Racists
THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION legislation recently passed by the New Hampshire Senate is an important, and needed, contribution to our education system. It helps ensure that our students learn about the evils of racism without teaching them to be racists.
Notable Quote – What Is To Come of Our American Experiment?
“The American project, distilled to its essence, was, and the conservative project is, to demonstrate that a government constructed on the assumptions of natural rights must be limited government.”
Are You Part of the Top 1%?
Inspired by Skip’s recent Notable Quote post from Café Hayek, I got to thinking about the basic differences between a free market economic system and socialism.
PragerU: If Socialism is “All That,” Why Haven’t You MOVED to a Socialist Country?
If you really DO believe that Socialism or Communism is “all that,” why haven’t you MOVED to a country that is full-bore as far as your beliefs go? Whatcha ‘fraid of, putting your life where your mouth is?