A distressing truth for the Democratic Socialists of America
As we all know, the youths these days think that socialism is just peachy. At least that’s what we’re told, as the Democratic Socialists of America manages to rise up to tens of thousands…
A distressing truth for the Democratic Socialists of America
As we all know, the youths these days think that socialism is just peachy. At least that’s what we’re told, as the Democratic Socialists of America manages to rise up to tens of thousands of members — 0.01 percent of the population, which we’ll agree is well ahead of the number abducted by aliens. As I’ve noted before, what they actually applaud isn’t socialism, it’s social democracy. There’s absolutely nothing in their plans which would scare a traditional big government liberal. Actually, there's little in it that didn’t fail last time around we tried big government liberalism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/a-distressing-truth-for-the-democratic-socialists-of-america
Doris Campoverde: An immigrant’s perspective on socialism
In Ecuador, we were blessed by many years of stability and many freedoms. Tragically, many nearby countries have been devastated by socialist regimes and policies. My friends in places like Venezuela and Cuba have suffered terribly from these misguided, destructive ideologies. As a Christian, I am especially heartbroken by their stories of religious oppression and government targeting of churches and religious groups.
Venezuela is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis after years of socialist rule, during which the government appropriated land and nationalized private and foreign-owned businesses. There is extreme inflation, and severe food and medicine shortages.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/oct/13/doris-campoverde-an-immigrants-perspective-on-soci/
The Truth About Socialism—and the Fantasy Taught in U.S. Schools
Marx and Engels predicted the overthrow of bourgeois rule would require violence and “a dictatorship of the proletariat . . . to weed out remaining capitalist elements.” Lenin conducted this “weeding out” using indiscriminate terror, as Russian socialists before him had done and others would continue to do after his death.
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