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“Here’s socialism’s formula. Enact a law restricting freedom. Bad results ensue. Then blame freedom & call for more laws to “fix” the problem.”

Fulton L. Huxtable


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Fun with words
Fun with words
August 22, 2016 7:09 am

Socialism: The radical idea of sharing.

Jimmy has all the apples.
He decides to give some to Sally.
Jimmy is a socialist.

Jimmy inherited all the apples from his father.
Jimmy’s now has an orchard he hires workers to work on.
Each worker produces more apples than Jimmy lets them keep as wages.
The workers don’t think it fair.
The workers are socialists.

Jimmy’s orchard has pestilence.
Jimmy calls in scientists to help him with the problem.
The scientists required years of study at a state funded university.
Jimmy hates socialists.
Jimmy fires all the scientists. “Bunch a mooching students who shoulda got jobs!”

Jimmy joins the Army (after he lost his orchard.)
Jimmy now works in a place without a profit-motive.
Jimmy is a socialist again. This time even his clothes are free.