Socialists say often that socialism has never failed because it has never been tried. That is incorrect. The truth is socialism has failed in every country in which it has been tried. Just saying, from the Soviet Union to Israel, India, and the United Kingdom, socialism is an object lesson in failure.
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Notable Quote – And The Actual Owners Get Shuffled Off To The Side
This is Elizabeth Warren’s “You didn’t build that – so we’ll take it” on steroids – owners get “diluted.”
The Democrat Party Is A Theocracy Intolerant Of All Other “Religions”
The Democrat Party has forgotten its roots. It demonstrates daily it does not care for the average working American. It wants to defund the police. It is a theocracy and is intolerant of all other religions.
Constitutional Takings From Sea to Not so Shining Seattle
When Seattle aided and abetted the autonomous zone (CHOP), depriving people of the means and or enjoyment of their property, was that unconstitutional taking? That is the question, and a judge just allowed the lawsuit meant to answer it, to go to trial.
My Monthly Stint on Life with Liz with Guest Cheryl Chumley (Columnist Washington Times)
Another hour in the can and a great conversation we had with author, columnist, and podcaster Cheryl Chumley. She has a new book out, “Socialist Don’t Sleep – Christians must rise or America will Fall,” alongside her long history of writing about politics and culture in America.
NH State Rep Hints at Scrapping the Constitution and Starting Over
Name the nations that have not only lifted more people out of poverty (in the scope of human existence) but have allowed them to choose not just what that means but how to get there. It is a short list at the top of which sits America.
“This is a Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America”
An interview with a Democrat, Biden’s base, and the Antifa idea. “The masses will fall. They will fall in line” They hate America. Here is their Constitution (if it could be called one).
Notable Quote – Because Nothing Says Envy Like Socialism
Most Socialists are unhappy with their status in life and have resorted to blaming everyone else. ESPECIALLY those richer than themselves. Especially so when they finally figure out (and that’s not a given) that making other decisions throughout their lives would have been more optimal.
Black Lives Matter – BLM Leaders Saying what they Really Are
When the real “peaceful protests” started to not be peaceful at all, and when you couldn’t tell the BLM rioters from the Antifa ones, we shouldn’t have been surprised. I try to take people at their word when they are saying something “important” (as opposed to noticeably just joking around).
“Your children’s children will live under communism, You Americans are so gullible.”
Nikita Khrushchev was the leader of the Soviet Union in the late 1950s and early 1960s. According to Ezra Taft Benson among others, Nikita Khrushchev said, “Your children’s children will live under communism, You Americans are so gullible.
What if a Medical Mask Was Found Trapped in the Nostril of a Sea Turtle?
In the Left’s neo-postmodern world, objective reality is subjective. Priorities rise and fall the way a honeybee hops blooms. What mattered yesterday is irrelevant today but might be an inalienable human right tomorrow.
Here are some of the more persistent socialism myths and information to debunk them.
We are seeing many socialist ideas gaining traction in America today. Polling shows about 70% of millennials say they would back a socialist candidate for elective office. This is troubling because of what socialism is and what it produces.
On September 8, 2020, We Must Stop the Descent into Authoritarian Mediocrity!
The potential of November’s general election is latent in Tuesday’s Republican Primary. It is the election of our lifetime! Do not miss it!
Notable Quote – But Socialism HAS been tried….
Over the past hundred years, there have been more than two dozen attempts to build a socialist society. It has been tried in the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Albania, Poland, Vietnam, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, North Korea, Hungary, China, East Germany, Cuba, Tanzania, Benin, Laos, Algeria, South Yemen, Somalia, the Congo, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Mozambique, Angola, Nicaragua and … Read more
The History of the ‘Left’s Religion’ “Leads only to Shortages, Despotism, and Murder”
The Left says of the Right, “You fools, it is demonstrable that dinosaurs lived one hundred million years ago, I can prove it to you, how can you say the earth was created in 4000 BCE?”
Promoted from the Comments – “Ah, yes. The return of the “Five Year Plans””
OldNHMan decided to just about write a standalone post in the comments under my post on how central planning of an economy is FAR worse than millions of people making decentralized decisions on their own.
Notable Quote – It’s always the “well, the right people haven’t implemented it” excuse
Yet while socialists distance themselves from contemporary and historical examples of socialism, they usually struggle to explain what exactly they would do differently. Socialists tend to escape into abstraction, and talk of lofty aspirations rather than tangible institutional characteristics. -Kristian Niemietz ( Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies) That’s all we keep hearing – … Read more
Socialism is Based on Greed – Capitalism is Based on Serving Others
Capitalism is based on one and only one thing – serving others. Capitalism, or you as a capitalist, cannot succeed unless you are serving customers’ needs or wants. Period.
Democrat National Committee Panelist – Our Aim is the Destruction of Capitalism
No longer does the question “What is the difference between a Democrat and a Socialist” have any relevance. There are none. One only has to understand what the Black Lives Matters movement has openly said about Capitalism and that the three founders are “trained Marxist.”
Notable Quote – Main Difference Between Capitalism and Socialism
On the main difference between capitalism and socialism, other than “Who Chooses?”: Socialism’s failure, and capitalism’s relative success, has much more to do with capitalism’s capacity to generate economically relevant knowledge.” -Kristian Niemietz (Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies)