"What happens when the 50% become 75%?
Who will pick up this tab?"
This is the real fly in the Socialist ointment. Socialism needs Capitalism to beat up on. It needs the successful to portray as the devils of the world. And granted, there are plenty of 'devils' in greed that make it plausible for a great number of people. But without Capitalism the whole Socialist ideal collapses in, at best, anarchy, and at worst slave labor and abject poverty.
Now some may say that we, here in America, won't go as far as say, Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, or Maoist China. But I say, how do you stop it? I've yet to hear a single voice of government involvement mitigation from the far left.
And isn't a statment of such the very kind of arrogance that the left and our President accuse us of having?
The problem never was the German, the Russian, or Chinese people. How arrogant and absurd is it to say that somehow we are more intelligent and imaginative than they. The problem is the fundamental character of Socialism itself.
The problem is the fundamental character of man itself. - Karl Marx
OK. I'll agree with that.
I never though I would see you agree with Marx
I've read a little Marx, though its been awhile. And some commentaries on him. Back in my misguided liberal days. :)
Not Das Capital to be sure though. Talk about a snooze fest and way too much of a commitment. There is actually quite a lot to Marx beyond the popular, or not so popular, political stuff. You might be surprised what I agreed with. He's fascinating. And he was brilliant. But its not like Marx was the first to express such a sentiment though. I would venture to guess not even the 20,000th philosopher or writer to do so. I've always had a fondness for the German philosphers not the least of which is Hegel, of which Marx was a disciple so to speak.
Perhaps Marx, if still alive, would be concerned about his agreement with me. :)
My history teacher said the same thing...he said it wasn't about a lack government control , or "bad businesses" but simply a lack of morality that causes economic failures. (the funny thing was he was talking about the 1890's or something, but it really does apply) Also, he draw a interesting parallel to the fact that more government regulation of business resulted in bigger problems...case in point being a man named James J. Hill who in the 1800's was a railroad tycoon. He was the dude who built the Great Northern railroad without ANY government subsidies, and when the economy crashed in 1890, his railroad was the ONLY transcontinental railroad not to go bankrupt.
"Now some may say that we, here in America, won't go as far as say, Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, or Maoist China. But I say, how do you stop it? "
Thats what the second ammendment is for. ;) :)
The shooting range I frequent has an e-mail that someone printed out about diffrent countries that banned firearms from civillians, and then the list of genocides that took place shortly after. Russia and china were both on the list.
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