There is the
rose-colored socialism that the radical left proposes and there is real-life
socialism. Most of the left-wing candidates for president are currently pushing
a version of “rose-colored glasses” socialism. They make grandiose proposals of
providing “whatever you want for free” socialism which is simply a pipe-dream.
It doesn’t exist. To state the obvious, “There is no free lunch!”
Point number
1: Government is inherently wasteful, inefficient, and non-responsive. Anything
provided by the government WILL BE EXCESSIVELY EXPENSIVE. It is the nature of
the beast! Government is run by bureaucrats who inherently know very little or
nothing at all about the service or product needed. However, they do know about
paperwork. In order to provide a one dollar item (for free), they will probably
require at least ten dollars be wasted in unneeded paperwork. Then the cost of
the actual item will be increased by at least a factor of 3 (three dollars for
the one dollar item.). So our fictional one-dollar item will be provided at a
cost of at least 13 dollars, but they will claim it is free!
Point number
2: The stated ideal of socialism is to provide what the people need. Let’s be
real clear about that. They expressly do not claim to provide what the people
want. You may want a brand-new, good-looking car for transportation, but the
government may decide that what you need is a used bicycle. The government will
decide what you “need”, NOT YOU. However, you can be quite sure of one thing in
a socialist country, those individuals who have good political connections WILL
BE GIVEN MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE. In a socialistic society, wealth is taken from
individuals that THE GOVERNMENT SAYS HAS TOO MUCH and given to those
individuals that THE GOVERNMENT SAYS HAS A NEED. All wealth in a socialistic
society flows to the politically connected because it is payment for political
support.
Point number
3: If the government is to be able to provide for all of the needs of the
citizens, it is obvious that the government must own everything or, at the very
least, control the ownership of the wealth. Therefore, no one will be able to
accumulate wealth. The state determines the needs based on a MINIMUM NEED
basis. It is obvious that the government will write laws based on providing the
basic needs,and nothing extra will be planned for. The conclusion is obvious,
everyone will get the state-controlled minimum (except for those who have
political connections). The end result is a society being forced to exist on
the bare minimum which drives everyone into poverty.
Point number
4: The economic production of a socialistic society diminishes every year. This
is obvious. It does no good to be productive within socialism. If you are
deemed to be “wealthy”, the fruits of your labor will be stolen from you to be given
to someone else. One loses any incentive to do anything extra within socialism.
Wealth is distributed based on a political basis instead of productivity.
Point number
5: All of the rhetoric lauding socialism is a red herring. History proves over
and over that socialism is simply the first step of a consolidation of wealth
and power by a political group to move into a dictatorship. The Nazi party was
concealed under the label of socialism in its beginning. The Cuban dictatorship
was also enmeshed within a cover of socialism. Even a brief glance at history
shows that socialism is used over and over to initiate ruthless and smothering
dictatorships.
So, given
the above mentioned facts, let’s ask again, “What is the radical left talking
about?”
The radical
left supports the “antifa” organization. Antifa is nothing more than a
dictatorial organization that is pushing for total control over people and
denial of the right to free speech. Like the brown shirts in Nazi Germany, they
are intent on installing totalitarian government.
The radical
left supports the idea of government dictating the education of our youth in
public schools only (government controlled brainwashing of our youth under the
umbrella of school). They are extremely opposed to “private schools”. Do you
think it might be because they can’t dictate their political dogma in private
schools?
The radical
left supports the idea of the government dictating what can and cannot be said
in public and private. (The “PC police” are a perfect example of “authority
dictating what thoughts and ideas are permitted”)
The radical
left continues to push for more taxes on the “wealthy”, and Elizabeth Warren
has proposed a “wealth tax” which is intended to steal every last cent of
accumulated wealth. Do you think that they just might “re-direct” all of that wealth
to their political supporters? One thing you can be certain of, they will not
subject themselves to the same draconian tax laws.
My conclusion is that the radical left are
pushing socialism is really quite simple. They keep repeating the same theme
over and over. We are going to make everything free, free, and free. IT IS ALL
A BIG LIE, LIE, AND LIE!
