Socialism never?
Many young people believe socialism should be implemented in America
Socialism never? - Washington Times
Aug 14, 2019 ~ By Cal Thomas
President Trump has repeatedly promised “America will never be a socialist country.” Since Franklin Roosevelt began expanding government in the 1930s, the United States has increasingly adopted big-state policies associated with socialism. We may not be at the stage Bernie Sanders would advocate, but more millennials appear to favor a system under which they have never lived. Free stuff is appealing until one realizes its costs. In an attempt to reach Generation Z — those in their teens and 20s — a new organization is starting this month to combat socialism’s appeal. It’s called Young Americans Against Socialism (yaas.org), according to its site, a nonpartisan nonprofit “dedicated to exposing socialism’s failures to young Americans by creating viral educational videos for social media.” Its founder, Morgan Zegers, worries that “more than half of young people believe socialism should be implemented in America.” The reason, she says, is because many of them know little about it. Her campaign will be largely on social media where she notes young people spend hours every day.
Socialism has long needed pushback in America from those opposed to it. President Trump has begun pointing out how harmful it is elsewhere. Ms. Zegers hopes to target young Americans with testimonies from people who have lived under the reality of socialism.
Comment:
Socialism is inherently evil because it functions on the basis of the concentration of political/secular power into the hands of a few. It can be achieved via democratic process, but it is at its foundations non-democratic. ANY form of government can become tyrannical, but Socialism PLANS to be so-for the best of reasons, of course. And even democracy is no guarantee to prevent tyranny. After all, a 51% voting majority can be just as tyrannical to the other 49% as a tiny governing elite.
Socialism attempts to eliminate the greediness of man and ends up simply concentrating it into the hands of a select few.
Unfortunately, the USA has adopted bits and pieces of Socialism thanks to Progressive Marxist Socialist/DSA Democrats. Slowly enough that we are not called Socialist. One day we wake up and realize the costume party is over and we are 50% Socialist.
"Socialism has failed everywhere and every time it’s been tried. Mice die in mouse traps because they don't understand why the cheese is free".