What Socialism Is

[nancyvideo]

When a word comes too close to actually identifying an inconvenient reality, secular progressives spring into action. The offending word is either redefined or reduced its first letter, thereby signifying that polite society will no longer accept it. You've heard of the N word, the B word (think Hillary) and now comes the S word.

By its abbreviation, the S word, formerly known as socialism, infers a negative connotation. A negative connotation richly deserved due to the incontrovertible fact that socialism has failed every where it has been tried.

In a nutshell, socialism is an economic system where property is held in common, not individually, and its ideal is a centrally directed economy. Socialism entails the substitution of group decision making for individual choice. In this case, the 'group' making the decisions are the 32 (and counting) unelected and unaccountable czars Obama is anointing.

The origins of socialist thought come directly from Aristotle. Aristotle believed that since only actions aiming at a perceived benefit to others were, to his mind, morally approved, then actions solely for personal gain (capitalism) must be bad.

This theory of Aristotle's is the basic premise of the Obama administration. By claiming the 'moral high ground' of the 'greater good' Obama and his minions have free reign to radically alter both our system of government and the hundreds of years of tradition it represents.

Under the guise of altruism and the greater good, Obama has launched a full scale attack on capitalism. The very capitalism that has fed the world for decades. The capitalism that has produced the highest standard of living in the freest and most productive country in the world. But, according to the ruling elite, capitalism is bad, because it entails, gasp, 'profit'. And every progressive worth his salt knows profit is only possible on the backs of less fortunate. Right?

Obama and the secular progressives who now determine policy in America pride themselves on being the intellectual representatives of modern thought and thus superior in knowledge, wisdom and moral virtue than those who hold traditional values (conservatives). They believe their duty is to offer new ideas to the public and deride whatever is conventional and/or traditional. Newness, not truth, is their main value.*

The fly in Obama's ointment is the fact that the system of socialism isn't very good at creating wealth. Only individuals do that. But hey, socialism is 'ethically superior' and that's what counts. Right?

Obama was voted into office based on his skill at selling abstract ideas like equality and justice. Millions of Americans bought into his spiel. Most likely the very same Americans who buy lottery tickets. Against all reason, they were led to believe that the government can provide them a free lunch. And there will be no cost to them. And best of all, these moochers can also claim the moral high ground. After all, they are victims of rich capitalists. And that's not fair! And its not their fault that they haven't won life's lottery.

The problem with their premise can be reduced to two words. Free will. God gave us free will - the ability to fail or succeed based on the choices we make. Obama proposes to do away with free will and vest those decisions in a central government.

Losers can now breathe a sigh of relief. Whew. Now, instead of losers, they're much valued victims. And the new socialist society Obama and friends are in the process of implementing has a moral duty to shield them from the consequences of their bad choices. But best of all, socialism allows life's losers the moral high ground as they systematically plunder the fruits of another man's labor.

This is socialism. This is what President Obama wants America to be. But students of history insist on asking the question: How long can a society survive that rewards failure and punishes success? Unfortunately, America will get an answer to that question if Obama is allowed to continue transforming our country into his 'new and improved' idea of a socialist utopia.

[Holystone]

While the history of socialism was beautifully laid out, I don't believe the current administration and its minions (czars) truly care about socialism per se. I believe that Barack Obama is the pretty stalking horse for a much uglier and evil concept ..... destruction and anarchy. The group that Michelle Obama is part of, the elitist, angry, hatefilled, self hating, over educated, jealous, envious group, that wishes only to destroy what it considers to be a white culture. They are for the most part academics that have never had to meet a payroll, serve their country in uniform, or earn what they consided to be their entitlement. They are children who refuse to accept adult responsibilites and wish to destroy the arrangement of their room and then the adults get to follow behind them and clean up the mess. Not a single one of them has thought beyond the destruction of the system and they don't care. Whatever is left, they expect to have their choice of the prime cuts. This is all truly evil. This is Stalinism, Uganda under Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Mao, unabridged personal power vested in a cult of personality. Thousands dead, a million tears and hell on earth. This is not revolution this is devolution and as dramatic as it sounds, within the system that our founding fathers provided us, we must stop it in its tracks and remove all of the useful fools that have supported it. The independents and disenchanted middle were fooled but have now awakened to an awful reality and we will stop them.

[nobama]

socialism = the gov't taking from those that work hard and giving it to the lazy.

[Isis]

While the history of socialism was beautifully laid out, I don't believe the current administration and its minions (czars) truly care about socialism per se. I believe that Barack Obama is the pretty stalking horse for a much uglier and evil concept ..... destruction and anarchy. The group that Michelle Obama is part of, the elitist, angry, hatefilled, self hating, over educated, jealous, envious group, that wishes only to destroy what it considers to be a white culture. They are for the most part academics that have never had to meet a payroll, serve their country in uniform, or earn what they consided to be their entitlement. They are children who refuse to accept adult responsibilites and wish to destroy the arrangement of their room and then the adults get to follow behind them and clean up the mess. Not a single one of them has thought beyond the destruction of the system and they don't care. Whatever is left, they expect to have their choice of the prime cuts. This is all truly evil. This is Stalinism, Uganda under Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Mao, unabridged personal power vested in a cult of personality. Thousands dead, a million tears and hell on earth. This is not revolution this is devolution and as dramatic as it sounds, within the system that our founding fathers provided us, we must stop it in its tracks and remove all of the useful fools that have supported it. The independents and disenchanted middle were fooled but have now awakened to an awful reality and we will stop them.

^ Great post....

You "get" it....

[Spirit of Ronald Reagan]

Socialism is a pipe-dream that everyone would equally contribute to society without questioning why someone else gets rewarded the same for a lesser contribution.

[Isis]

I think Obama and his minions' goals go way beyond the utopian ideas of socialism. They are radical revolutionaries with no clue what their policies would look like after a few years in place. Nor do they care. This new Democrat party says they want what they call "social justice", but what they want in fact is power to control, to become dictators like Castro and Chavez.

Listen to what they say...take them at their word and most importantly watch what they do.

[Isis]

Congratulations Nancy....I just saw your post on Flopping Aces....

[Holystone]

^ Great post....

You "get" it....

Wish I didn't ...... .... but thanks!

[rebraider]

"The Law"- Frederic Bastiat 1850

"It is in the nature of men to rise against the injustice of which they are the victims. When, therefore, plunder is organized by law, for the profit of those who perpetrate it, plundered classes tend, either by peaceful or revolutionary means, to enter in some way into the manufacturing of laws. These classes, according to the degree of enlightment at which they have arrived, may propose to themselves two very different ends, when they thus attempt the attainment of their political rights; either they may wish to put an end to lawful plunder, or they may desire to take part in it.

WOE TO THE NATION WHERE THE LATTER THOUGHT PREVAILS AMONGST THE MASSES, AT THE MOMENT WHEN THEY, IN THEIR TURN, SIEZE UPON
THE LEGISLATIVE POWER!"

....nuff said as we say in Dixie