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It seems of late that there is a rather large mobilization of socialists throughout the country. This outcry of socialism harkens back to the Occupy Wall Street events of a few years back and rides on the heels of Bernie Sander's push to turn America into a socialist country.
However, all of this belies the fact that people in the socialist regimes of our globe are far less free and far less well off than people are in the United States. In fact, nearly every socialist country has a miserable record with respect to human rights violations. To wit, socialism has failed miserably in most every country in which it has been tried -- notable socialist countries include:
1) the USSR, which broke up some 30 years ago -- a nation rather infamous for it's Gulags and prisons.
2) China which is notoriously famous for repressing it's own people and killing it's own people should they protest in Tianamen Square or Downtown Hong Kong
3) Czecheslovakia, which is reknowned for oppressing it's own people until the country experienced a Civil War.
4) Romania, A country which repressed even it's national heroes.
5) Cuba, which has been a disaster for most Cubans.
6) Venezuela which went from being one of the most prosperous countries in Latin America to arguably the poorest and most repressive in just a matter of 15 or 20 years.
Why is it that socialism always results in poor outcomes?
I have a theory. The problem is that the rules of socialism are complicated. Who makes the rules? How do you compel people to be equal without repression of voice? In fact is there real equality in any Socialist society? Scarcely! There are still ruling class and proletariat class in every Socialist country in the world. So, what is it that attracts people in this country to Socialism. I'm baffled.
There's no such thing as a free lunch! No country and no government is going to pay you to stay at home and sit on your duff for any period of time. Capitalism offers "We the People" in the United States of America the central concepts that we have valued for nearly 250 years, and it's working.
Furthermore, the rules of capitalism are much more predictable: If I have $10, I can purchase $10 of goods or services, but no more. Of course credit cards add some nuances to the supply and demand concepts, but ultimately, the market prices itself based on consumer tolerances and supply and demand. Most people understand how this works even if they have not studied economic theory. Whereas even a year-long course of study in Marxism and Socialism won't help you to understand the rules of Socialism any better than you do at this very moment!
Clearly Capitalism is not perfect and we need a strong government to keep things moving along, but ultimately, Capitalism makes sense and people demonstrably experience great liberties in the USA in part because we have a Democratic Republic rather than a Socialist State, and in part because of the Declaration of Independence.
I am deeply concerned about the Socialist agenda in the Democratic party. In Socialism, only the ruling class has any freedoms. So, why wouldn't the Democratic politicians want Socialism. They can rule indefinitely and control the country at their leisure so long as the Socialist Regime Reigns.
In a nutshell, this is the end goal of the Socialists within the Democratic party, and I cannot stomach any of it.
