Posted by
John Caile on Monday, March 30, 2009 4:47:29 PM
Because it's impossible to have "just a little bit" of either.
And like cancer, socialism always starts small, then grows and spreads.
Like cancer, there is seldom any pain or discomfort in the early stages.
Like cancer, the longer it is allowed to go unchecked, the more difficult it is to get rid of it.
And like cancer, socialism eventually destroys everything it touches.
Obama's speech on the auto companies was a perfect illustration of socialism in capitalist clothing (i.e. - a lie). He claimed that the government had no interest in "taking over" the auto companies, and then in the next breath described how the government was going to do precisely that.
Because, if you have even a basic proficiency in the English language, you would be hard pressed to understand how telling auto companies what kind of cars they can build, how they will build them, and under what "business plan" they will operate, is anything BUT having the government "run the auto companies."
Then again, liberal double-speak is nothing new - we've been listening to it for years. They're not spending taxpayers money to give union teachers more goodies, they're "investing in education."
It's not a tax increase, it's "an infusion of revenue."
It's not a welfare payment to people who pay no income tax at all, it's "an earned income tax credit."
It's not the largest increase in deficit spending in the history of the nation, it's "an economic stimulus package."
The truly scary part about Obama's Socialist Coup is that so many ordinary Americans simply don't understand the enormity of what he is doing. Then again, we shouldn't be surprised - thanks to the last forty years of "investing in public education," not one in ten Americans even understands the simple basic elements of free-enterprise capitalism, let alone why it is infinitely superior to any other system.
Capitalism has produced prosperity on a scale unimagined in ancient times, when wealth was controlled by kings and nobles, and before that tribal chieftains, and eons before that, the strongest man in the cave. Capitalism has allowed tinkerers working in their garages, basements, or tool sheds to become the Wright brothers, a Steve Jobs, or a Bill Gates.
However, capitalism also allows for something that most people would rather avoid: pain. Because an essential element in a robust system of free enterprise is that those who succeed are rewarded, while those who fail are not. This is a good thing, because pain and failure cause rational people to change, adapt, rework their plan, and ultimately, have a better chance at success.
But Socialism is all about avoiding pain, even at the expense of success and excellence. To the high-priests of the modern liberal nanny-state, ALL pain is inherently bad, and thus something to be prevented, no matter what the cost. In the Utopian worldview of the modern liberal, NOBODY should be allowed to fail.
And as long as we have more people who would choose avoiding pain, rather than courageously risking failure in the pursuit of success, then the cancer of socialism will continue to spread.
But time is short - liberal socialism has already spread deep into every aspect of our lives, and unless we "operate" soon, it will be too late, and just like cancer, it will ultimately destroy us.