Tag: socialism is a disease

Guest Post by John Stossel

People hate America’s big disparities in wealth. It’s a reason why, among young people, socialism is as popular as capitalism.

The Democratic Socialists of America want a country based on “freedom, equality and solidarity.” That sure sounds good.

But does socialism bring that?

My new video debunks several myths about socialism.

One reason for socialism’s continued appeal is linguist Noam Chomsky. For generations, his work has taught students that capitalism is “a grotesque catastrophe.”

I assumed the fall of the Soviet Union would put an end to such misinformation.   It did — for about a month.

Continue reading “Real Socialism”

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Guest Post by Jeff Thomas via International Man

Traditionally, the Democratic Party in the US has placed its primary focus on the protection of the middle class. But, in recent years, it has taken a sharp turn toward racial identity politics, gender issues, and redistribution of wealth along socialist lines.

John Kennedy is out; Bernie Sanders is in.

Since the 2016 presidential election, this trend has become what can only be termed “rabid.” A new wave of socialistic candidates has been elected who tend to be entirely inexperienced in the political structure and woefully misinformed about what can realistically be achieved. A particular casualty has been basic arithmetic, as the new players toss out increasingly unworkable proposals, most of which are so impossible to fund that a fourth-grader could have worked out the numbers.

Continue reading “Why Irrational Socialist Schemes Must be Implemented”

Guest Post by Jim Kunstler

In response to what has become a nation of shameless racketeering, vivid wealth disparity, and shocking destitution on display in city streets, the party of the common man seeks remedies in the redistribution of capital. Seems more than fair to many. It’s not for nothing that they style it “social justice,” the cutting edge of an economic system called socialism — with overtones, of course, of settling racial and gender scores for good measure.

Continue reading “Going Where, Exactly?”

“A managed democracy is a wonderful thing… for the managers… and its greatest strength is a ‘free press’ when ‘free’ is defined as ‘responsible’ and the managers define what is ‘irresponsible’.”

Robert A. Heinlein

“The way to get a maximum rate of ‘economic growth’ assuming this to be our aim – is to give maximum encouragement to production, employment, saving, and investment. And the way to do this is to maintain a free market and a sound currency.”

Henry Hazlitt

“The problem with K-12 education is socialism and the solution is capitalism.”

Peter Brimelow

“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”

James Madison

Guest Post by Pat Buchanan

In the new Democratic Party, where women and people of color are to lead, and the white men are to stand back, the presidential field has begun to sort itself out somewhat problematically.

According to a Real Clear Politics average of five polls between mid-March and April 1, four white men — Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, “Beto” O’Rourke and Pete Buttigieg — have corralled 62 percent of all Democratic voters.

The three white women running — Senators Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar and Kirsten Gillibrand — have, together, a piddling 8 percent.

The lone Hispanic candidate, Julian Castro, is at 1 percent.

African American candidates Kamala Harris and Cory Booker fare better, with Harris at 10 and Booker at 3.

Continue reading “2020: Socialist America or Trump’s America?”