Socialism guarantees failure and suffering
– So why do so many Americans
support it?
Tribune Media Services,
by
Victor Davis Hanson
Original Article
Posted By: earlybird,
11/8/2019 10:27:06 AM
Multiple forms of socialism, from hard Stalinism to European redistribution, continue to fail.
Russia and China are still struggling with the legacy of genocidal communism. Eastern Europe still suffers after decades of Soviet-imposed socialist chaos.
Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea and Venezuela are unfree, poor and failed states.(Snip) The soft-socialist European Union countries are stagnant and mostly dependent on the U.S. military for their protection.
In contrast, current American deregulation, tax cuts and incentives, and record energy production have given the United States the strongest economy in the world.(Snip)Why do polls show that a majority of American millennials have a favorable view of socialism?
Reply 1 - Posted by:
abuela10 11/8/2019 10:28:11 AM (No. 230062)
Dumbed down idiocracy
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Phantomll 11/8/2019 10:31:24 AM (No. 230065)
Look no farther than our brain washing education system.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
HotRod 11/8/2019 10:46:09 AM (No. 230080)
The GOP should have some blue hats made up for the democrat's national convention. They should say:
M A
a
SH
Which stands for ''Make America a S**t Hole''
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
hurricanegirl 11/8/2019 10:48:43 AM (No. 230084)
My take: They love socialism because they're underachievers and overwanters.
It's all about entitlement and greed.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
peebster 11/8/2019 10:59:21 AM (No. 230091)
Nearly all leftists feel they're smarter that you and know what's best for society. It starts in the educational system. They are bombarded by their leftist teachers, whom they look up to. I think we're all conditioned to respect and look up to our teachers at a young age. It continues through the college years. By the time they're out they feel they know a lot. Few have been taught critical thinking. It always amazes me how little they really know of a subject when pressed. They end up feeling that total equality and socialism will be right when THEY, the smart people, implement it.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
curious1 11/8/2019 11:06:49 AM (No. 230096)
Concur with #4. You might say commies aka socialists aka leftards try to make virtues of the seven deadly sins...they just spin it so the feelers-not-thinkers have a favorable opinion of it.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
MickTurn 11/8/2019 11:25:17 AM (No. 230119)
SoCiAlisM
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 11/8/2019 11:41:23 AM (No. 230136)
The estimable Dr. Hanson nails it again. He’s a clear thinker.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
2assume 11/8/2019 11:46:02 AM (No. 230141)
People hear only buzz words. Free, free, free,. Educate them on how the “free” affects their life. Example to make rich pay means everyone with a 401 account will have their money taken from them to pay for free stuff. In regards to climate change, if all suggestions were made into law, we could not enjoy even a life as we do now. Anything left that has not been outlawed because it is a byproduct of oil would not be affordable. I do not want to live in the dark I do not want to count on my electric car to get me out of the way of a forest fire. I like refrigeration, air travel and my cell phone.Take each platform they run on and explain why it is not a good idea.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
jinx 11/8/2019 11:55:43 AM (No. 230157)
Our public schools are dumbing down our children who have no idea of what Communist terror means because they are not being taught about the reality of Communism/Socialism. America is being destroyed by people who will not listen, are not informed, and are not being taught to think for themselves. Kayne West is right about the black community being told to do as the Progressives say do and to stop thinking out of the box. "The uninformed are easily misinformed." It is the Communist/Alinsky way. Hillary and Barrack were the leaders of this movement . The scary part is that the MSM still hold them up as icons to listen to. Bah Humbug! Beam me up.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 11/8/2019 11:58:27 AM (No. 230161)
I refer to the millennial's as the "google generation".
They think they know so much because they can simply type-in a few words, and get results.
They are under the impression that the first group of results is the answer, or the truth when they are simply the results from who paid the most to google to get the top ranking.
Socialism sound so social, and they are all on social media, etc.. so they're not likely to understand the true effects of socialism where most of them are the "useful idiots" for the Elite who will control the useful idiots.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Knotwyrkin 11/8/2019 12:18:26 PM (No. 230179)
Because the Minnies are:
Special, Special.
Every one is special.
Every one in his or her own way.
If you have gotten trophies your whole life, why not expect everything for nothing?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
rochow 11/8/2019 12:30:03 PM (No. 230187)
Millennials are spongers and live off their parents and in their basement. Dumbed down in college where they learn absolutely nothing but rubbish. Add to that their naivete and you have the new lefty lefts. I love this country and I do not wish communism or socialism on the American people. But I would like to with it on these lazy millennials and have them get a reality check. First thing that would change that there would be no longer any hand outs. Fat rump pigs who get up around noon will have to show up for work. It's something that the rest of us have done for decades. None of this hurry up, give me my check I need to get back into my warm bed. There will be food shortages, bad clothing, etc.... New inventions? Foooget about it. You will get punished for that. Writing? Unless it's along party lines don't bother. Voting? Why go? There is only one party. Of course, fat cats on the top, nothing much will change for them!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
save America 11/8/2019 12:55:16 PM (No. 230210)
After loading school debt on the young people,it is easy to make them hate Capitalism because they are stuck with debt which is unfair in their world.Throw in a community organizer and sugar coated Socialism sounds good.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Geoman 11/8/2019 1:05:26 PM (No. 230212)
FTA: "Some of the new progressive rich feel guilty about their unprecedented wealth. So they champion redistribution as the sort of medieval penance that alleviates guilt."
I suspect that is a true statement but I'd rather they just kill themselves and not our country. I believe VDH missed the most apt comparison to our plight when listing some failed socialist states. While he cited the genocidal communism legacy of Russia and China, progressives would rather follow the Cambodian model by mass extermination of the remaining red-blooded Americans, be they of liberal or conservative bent. They would take the greatest delight in ridding the world of anyone who supports President Trump. The GOP knows this, which is why any political support of Trump from Congress is tepid at best.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
BarryNo 11/8/2019 1:17:28 PM (No. 230218)
It is normal for any organism to take the easiest path. Socialism promises to make sure you get 'your fair share', even if they have steal it from someone else. You dont have to worry and struggle to be successful...
...except it's a lie. Socialism is more like the South Seas Cargo Cult, but a tad bit more dishonest.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 11/8/2019 1:20:03 PM (No. 230219)
Socialism guarantees failure and suffering. Why do so many Americans support it?
As long as its someone else failure and suffering, a lot of people are fine with that. So many people are clueless regarding their surroundings so they have no idea what's happening. If somebody is spouting propaganda, its likely the first thing people will hear. When Socialism disarms the public, and is enforced at the point of a brown shirt with a gun, what choice is there?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
earlybird 11/8/2019 4:00:42 PM (No. 230324)
OP belated comment: Here is the n that I dropped out of Millennials...
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
red1066 11/8/2019 4:13:07 PM (No. 230334)
So called Americans like Socialism because it's wonderful results are taught in school from kinder garden through college.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
MDConservative 11/8/2019 5:03:31 PM (No. 230357)
The U.S. has its own "socialism", those "tax cuts and incentives" endowed by government, by which government "controls" much of our economic activity and redistributes wea!th. How 'bout those wind turbines?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 11/8/2019 5:36:33 PM (No. 230381)
This is only one half of the puzzle. Why Americans are OK with Socialism that has such a failed and destructive history. But the dem leadership has been blatantly lying about our economic system for over a century. They point out "problems" and offer "fixes" that undermine our Republic. When the fixes fail to work, they offer more severe solutions, all the time dodging the responsibility for the damage they did in the first place. Dem "leadership" is toxic to our Republic.
People aren't "seeking" Socialism. They are being promised stuff by dem leadership that sounds too good to be true. It is. Dems are lying. It won't work. It never works because Socialism is fatally flawed.
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