crazylibertarian Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island

SANITIZING SOCIALISM

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED



After the collapse of the Soviet Union & its buffer satellites of eastern Europe, there was an article in National Review about an effort to sanitize the word socialism. I’d never really thought any sanitization was necessary because I’d never perceived any aura of evil such as that attached to f*****t, n**i, c*******t, etc. & there certainly wasn’t any associated with the words liberal and progressive which have always conjured up a higher purpose.

Any effort has been successful beyond anyone’s wildest dreams or, more appropriately, worst nightmares. This year, has seen an explosion of politicians flaunting socialism as a badge of honor. The way was prepared two years ago with the p**********l candidacy of avowed socialist, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Socialist Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez defeated long tem incumbent Cong. Joe Crowley in New York. Ayanna Pressly, from Chicago, defeated long term very progressive Democratic Cong. Mike Capuano in Massachusetts and Cynthia Nixon did well against another extreme liberal Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York. James Thompson embraced the socialist label to win a congressional primary in Kansas; an unlikely state. Ben Jealous, backed by Sanders, won the Maryland Democratic gubernatorial primary in a crowded field. Democratic New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio has made no secret of his socialist views since his venture into politics & was an ardent supporter of the c*******t Sandanista Nicaraguan government. There were others.

Stephane Courtois, et al, (in The Black Book of C*******m) attributed 21 million deaths to Adolf Hitler’s German National Socialist Workers government and 20 million to the Union of Soviet Socialist Union. Another 70 million have been laid at the door of Chinese C*******m & 2 million to Cambodia’s K*****g Fields. There have been more in Ethiopia, Cuba & Viet-Nam under other c*******t/socialist governments. In all, approximately 150 million people met their deaths at the hands of their own governments, the overwhelming majority by socialist, of various stripes.

No one has confronted any American with the bloody history of socialism in the twentieth century, the bloodiest century ever. No one has asked this most crucial question; what type of socialism do you espouse, national socialism, soviet socialism or some other kind?

Socialists try to disclaim responsibility for those deaths by saying they weren’t really socialist, yet Fidel Castro and Mikhail Gorbachev called themselves socialists, not c*******ts.

Hitler, for his part, had many socialist views as did most of his henchmen. He was an admirer of Mussolini and Franklin D. Roosevelt, as were most progressives of the day. Mussolini despised democracy and later socialism, but never showed how f*****m differed. Latter day murderous examples such as Fidel Castro, Mao Zedong, Danny Ortega, Hugo Chavez and the sadistic Che Guevara escape their opprobrium & even evoke their admiration.

When socialism results in GULAGs, The Final Solution and The Cultural Revolution, they claim it wasn’t really socialist. Convenient. They blame Hitler’s murderous regime on a f*****m, similar to Benito Mussolini‘s Italy. But Mussolini had been a socialist and, if you look at the ten planks of The (C*******t) Manifesto of Karl Marx, an ultimate socialist, you can discern a f*****m, a partnership between government and industry. These are from planks 7-9, “…extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state, …, Equal obligation of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture… Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries…Combination of education with industrial production, etc.”

Mussolini said “F*****m is a religion,” and “Nothing outside the state.” Marx famously said, “Religion is the opiate of the masses.” Hostility to religion is a common denominator of these regimes. It is common knowledge that progressives attend church less frequently than conservatives. They give less to charity than conservatives, believing that they ‘give at work.’ through their taxes.

Socialism h**es religion because it competes for the people’s solace. “Don’t turn to God, turn to us, Man & his religion of government; we are your salvation,” is their motto.

There is no room in the progressive/socialist world for ‘life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness,’ the cornerstone of our nation’s philosophy of government as laid out by Thomas Jefferson. Government will provide, not God.

Hitler had his Brown Shirts, Mussolini his Black Shirts and Mao his Red Guards. Today’s socialists have Black L***s M****r & black clad A****as to harass, r**t, intimidate and beat opponents. No Democrat or progressive has condemned their excesses.

It is human nature to pursue your own perceived self-interest, which also includes altruistic goals to help one’s fellow man, usually at the behest of religious bodies. Exhortations to assist those in need occur throughout The Old & New Testaments. The Judeo-Christian God of Abraham requires it.

Socialism is at war with human nature which is why it always fails. They believe that human nature is the enemy. Thus, their hostility to & contempt for the common man.

Their entire philosophy revolves around anger & elitism. They are angry at a system that has produced great inequalities but ignore its standard of living beyond anything else in history. They never consider that inequalities usually are due to some government intervention in the economic process in the first place.

They further believe that only they are imbued with the necessary sk**ls to correct things. Nothing else can explain their attitude of smug self-righteousness.

Their hostility to others leads to their ostr****m of those who do not accept their views in totality. Alan Dershowitz, a lifetime liberal, has found it out since he criticized efforts to impeach Donald J. Trump and to derail Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination.

The Bible tells us that no one stands in God’s eyes above anyone else. Liberals believe no one stands above themselves, God or otherwise.

bahmer

Very interesting article there crazylibertarian. Thanks

son of witless

crazylibertarian Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island

Thank you.

I limited the wordage myself because I could have submitted it to Folio Weekly, a counter-cultural newspaper here in Jacksonville Florida.

bahmer

You did a good job thanks again for that article.

Manning345 Loc: Richmond, Virginia

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A workmanlike destruction of the socialist idea.

One minor comment associated with the following paragraph:
"I’d never really thought any sanitization was necessary because I’d never perceived any aura of evil such as that attached to f*****t, n**i, c*******t, etc. & there certainly wasn’t any associated with the words liberal and progressive which have always conjured up a higher purpose."

If you believe that C*******m conjures up a higher purpose you should be aware that after the 30s the C*******ts were increasingly held in contempt in the US. so the deliberately changed their name to Progressive, and I daresay many in the Democratic Party that call themselves Progressives are actually C*******ts. This was developed and illustrated by Irving Kristol in his book "Neo-Conservatism", a former C*******t himself. Higher purpose? Not so much!

crazylibertarian Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island

Thanks for a very insightful comment but what did you want to say about the excerpt?

Manning345 Loc: Richmond, Virginia

Obviously, that your reference that no evil was attached to the progressive label is not strictly speaking true.

crazylibertarian Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island

Ok, I do understand your point but it was always true in my perceptions. Progressives & liberals were always given deference, at least in my experience. Did you have different experiences?


But I am gratified with your reaction. Workmanlike is a very flattering term.

Acidilous

Did you know that Barrack Obama was a socialist. I heard it on Fox News. Maybe that is why there is an increase in the number of people who are attracted to socialism. It would be helpful if you could give an example of two of the fruits of socialism in the US. I have heard it said that public schools which are called government schools by some are examples of socialism.

crazylibertarian Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island

There is no doubt that BHO is a socialist, even a c*******t. He was marinated in it with his association with Franklin Marshall Davis, a lifelong, unrepentant c*******t to his death.

Examples of socialism/c*******m in this country would require another article; the Federal Reserve, FCC. FTC, etc.

bggamers Loc: georgia

Manning345 Loc: Richmond, Virginia

I suppose my intentions were not to give deference to Progressives at all, as they are the leading edge of a movement that would sink this country if brought to power. Hillary touted herself as a Progressive Democrat, for instance, than which there is little or no whicher: a Progressive with any other label attached is still a Progressive...and a latent C*******t.

In my lexicon, Collective politics by any label ultimately and inevitably results in totalitarianism. We have very carefully created a government that admits of collective solutions where they are best employed, and under strict mandates to stay within bounds, and therein lies one of our most perplexing problems: the Left has bastardized the education system, which puts our future leaders in a terrible frame of mind. This needs priority fixing!

bahmer

Amen and Amen

crazylibertarian Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island

I hope you realize that we are very much on the same wavelength. You & I shudder at the words progressive or liberal because we have thought it through but with the general public there is no such reaction, usually.

Take care & you are one of the people on OPP I look forward to hearing from and you're part of the group that has responded to this article.