Dixie - In Memoriam
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It's amazing how many people have become infatuated with Socialism. We see thread after thread, post after post, from people who should know better, but apparently don't. We even have a contingent of Brits here, pushing Socialism like crack cocaine, trying to lure us into believing the lies and myths. I guess it's not good enough they have destroyed Europe with it, they now seek to destroy America too.
You would think, after two World Wars to defeat Socialist Fascist Totalitarianism, they might have learned their lesson, but nope. For whatever reason, the minions of Socialism still advocate for the failed system of government, as if it's something new, which has never been tried. Granted, college graduates in 2009, weren't even born when the Cold War ended, so they really have no idea about the history, it's all "old stuff" they didn't bother studying in school. They simply fail to understand, these same ideas have been tried since 1911, and they just don't work.
If you want to take an objective look at Capitalism vs. Socialism, in a head-to-head, straight up, legitimate and valid comparison, there is a prime example in Germany. For 40 years, Germany was divided between the East and West, the East operated under a totally Socialist system, the West operated under a totally Capitalist system. After 40 years, the difference was stark. West Germans enjoyed a vibrant economy, most everyone lives above poverty level, they have their share of problems, but by and large, they have been a resounding success compared to their East German counterparts. On the other side of the wall, people lived in destitute poverty, the economy was collapsing, and people were literally risking death to get over that damn wall.
Now, if Socialism, as a form of government, were preferable to Capitalism, we would have seen just the opposite. If Socialism were even remotely comparable to Capitalism, we would have seen little to no difference in East and West Germany. The fact is, Socialism was a failure, Capitalism was a success. Of course, the Socialists will claim all kinds of excuses and reasons the East Germans never flourished, but the fact remains, these were the same German people on both sides, they came from the same culture, had the same work ethic, and both sides began the project on fairly equal ground. Clearly, nowhere else on earth, and no other time in history, has there been a more definitive direct comparison between Socialist and Capitalist ideology. Socialism simply failed.
I think this is why you see so many Socialists trying to paint Socialism as something else.... let's not call it Socialism, let's call it "Progressive" or some nicer, less ostracized word. Out of one side of their mouth, they will argue that what they propose is NOT Socialism, while the other side of their mouth proposes the argument that Socialism is not a bad thing, it's not a dirty word. They want to dress Socialism up in drag, and talk you into taking it to the prom, while planting the idea in your head that drag queens are cool.
I don't pretend to know what the problem is with Europeans. They have had this romanticism with socialism for decades. They keep implementing it, and it keeps perverting itself into tyranny and oppression, and we keep having to save them from the end result. A generation or two later, here we are again, fighting a Socialist totalitarian regime somewhere, because idiot Europeans didn't learn their lesson. We'll liberate them, only to watch them fall right back into the same old trap again.
This failed ideology has made its way across the pond. Many hard working capitalist Americans, saved their money and sent their spoiled rotten brat kids off to Europe for the Summer, in order to give them some cultural diversity, and the kids became infected with the Socialist propaganda, and have fallen into the same trap. They are now legitimate voters, who go to the ballot box, eager to cast their democratic vote for Socialism in America!
These mush-brains don't have the first clue as to why Socialism fails, or why it will never work in America. All it took was for them to read and hear a little Socialist propaganda, and they bought in, just as the Europeans have, over and over again. Oh, it's so cool and hip to be like the Europeans, to embrace Socialist ideology, and to buck the establishment, which is largely Capitalist in America. But the question remains, once this generation has succeeded in turning America into a Socialist dictatorship, who is going to liberate us? Last check, beacons of freedom were in short supply around the world.
You would think, after two World Wars to defeat Socialist Fascist Totalitarianism, they might have learned their lesson, but nope. For whatever reason, the minions of Socialism still advocate for the failed system of government, as if it's something new, which has never been tried. Granted, college graduates in 2009, weren't even born when the Cold War ended, so they really have no idea about the history, it's all "old stuff" they didn't bother studying in school. They simply fail to understand, these same ideas have been tried since 1911, and they just don't work.
If you want to take an objective look at Capitalism vs. Socialism, in a head-to-head, straight up, legitimate and valid comparison, there is a prime example in Germany. For 40 years, Germany was divided between the East and West, the East operated under a totally Socialist system, the West operated under a totally Capitalist system. After 40 years, the difference was stark. West Germans enjoyed a vibrant economy, most everyone lives above poverty level, they have their share of problems, but by and large, they have been a resounding success compared to their East German counterparts. On the other side of the wall, people lived in destitute poverty, the economy was collapsing, and people were literally risking death to get over that damn wall.
Now, if Socialism, as a form of government, were preferable to Capitalism, we would have seen just the opposite. If Socialism were even remotely comparable to Capitalism, we would have seen little to no difference in East and West Germany. The fact is, Socialism was a failure, Capitalism was a success. Of course, the Socialists will claim all kinds of excuses and reasons the East Germans never flourished, but the fact remains, these were the same German people on both sides, they came from the same culture, had the same work ethic, and both sides began the project on fairly equal ground. Clearly, nowhere else on earth, and no other time in history, has there been a more definitive direct comparison between Socialist and Capitalist ideology. Socialism simply failed.
I think this is why you see so many Socialists trying to paint Socialism as something else.... let's not call it Socialism, let's call it "Progressive" or some nicer, less ostracized word. Out of one side of their mouth, they will argue that what they propose is NOT Socialism, while the other side of their mouth proposes the argument that Socialism is not a bad thing, it's not a dirty word. They want to dress Socialism up in drag, and talk you into taking it to the prom, while planting the idea in your head that drag queens are cool.
I don't pretend to know what the problem is with Europeans. They have had this romanticism with socialism for decades. They keep implementing it, and it keeps perverting itself into tyranny and oppression, and we keep having to save them from the end result. A generation or two later, here we are again, fighting a Socialist totalitarian regime somewhere, because idiot Europeans didn't learn their lesson. We'll liberate them, only to watch them fall right back into the same old trap again.
This failed ideology has made its way across the pond. Many hard working capitalist Americans, saved their money and sent their spoiled rotten brat kids off to Europe for the Summer, in order to give them some cultural diversity, and the kids became infected with the Socialist propaganda, and have fallen into the same trap. They are now legitimate voters, who go to the ballot box, eager to cast their democratic vote for Socialism in America!
These mush-brains don't have the first clue as to why Socialism fails, or why it will never work in America. All it took was for them to read and hear a little Socialist propaganda, and they bought in, just as the Europeans have, over and over again. Oh, it's so cool and hip to be like the Europeans, to embrace Socialist ideology, and to buck the establishment, which is largely Capitalist in America. But the question remains, once this generation has succeeded in turning America into a Socialist dictatorship, who is going to liberate us? Last check, beacons of freedom were in short supply around the world.
