Posted by
John Caile on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:56:52 AM
I first posted the column below just days before the 2008 election. Now that Obama and his cabal of Neo-Coms have shown their true colors, it may be appropriate to revisit the issue. Not only because they have gone further, and faster, than even I and others envisioned, but also because so many people still refuse to admit that it is they, in their denial, who are ultimately responsible.
Because it is the voters who were stupid enough to put these people in power, along with those who still refuse to admit that they are "passive socialists," who have together enabled, and continue to enable, Obama's unprecedented assault on the American system of free enterprise.
Just the other day, when I pointed out his support of numerous socialist policies, a guy I know indignantly declared: "I am not a socialist...I just want National Healthcare."
Pathetic.
And think about how many or YOUR friends (or worse, you yourself) have mouthed the rationalizations listed in the article below?
"I'm Not a Socialist, But..."
(Originally posted on October 29, 2008)
We've all heard the above phrase uttered by seemingly intelligent, (and
supposedly "moderate") people, followed immediately by a statement in
support of, you guessed it...socialism. A sampling:
"I'm not really a Socialist, but..."
"...something should be done to make health care more affordable."
(Translation: you believe that your fellow citizens should be forced to pay your medical bills - i.e. socialism)
"...something should be done about the price of gas (or medicine, or food, or insurance, or whatever)."
(Translation: you believe that "the government" should control the
prices of privately produced goods and services - i.e. socialism)
"...people should be able to earn a decent wage."
(Translation: you believe that "the government" should somehow
guarantee a certain standard of living, even to the lazy or incompetent
- i.e. socialism)
"...it's not fair that CEO's make so much."
(Translation: you believe that "the government" should restrict the income of people more successful than you - i.e. socialism)
"...my husband lost his job and we need help."
(Translation: you believe that you are entitled to have "the government" protect you from risk - i.e. socialism)
"...I really think smoking bans are a good idea."
(Translation: you believe that "the government" should be able to force
private businesses to cater to your personal wishes - i.e. socialism )
"...the rich should pay more because they can 'afford' it"
(This one is easy - "from each according to his ability" is straight
out of classic Marxist doctrine - Face it; you ARE a Socialist)
It's not hard to explain why so many Americans have fallen prey to the
lure of the nanny-state - it's tempting to believe the seductive offer
of "free stuff" combined with a promise to "protect" us, not merely
from foreign invaders or domestic criminals, but from every conceivable
difficulty that life might throw at us. Especially when it's wrapped
in cozy rhetoric about "compassion" and "fairness."
Unfortunately, starting with Franklin Roosevelt, incremental socialism
has already created the exact situation the stealth Marxists have been
seeking: a populace so inextricably bound to one government program or
another, that each additional tiny step towards a socialist America
seems, by itself, insignificant.
And they never stop, no matter how many times their policies prove to
be wrong, and wrongheaded. We now know that Roosevelt, adored and
worshiped by the Left, put into place policies that exacerbated an
economic recession that would likely have been short and shallow, and
instead produced the Great Depression. Yet they're commitment to
socialism persists.
As bad as the socialism of the 1930's was, the changes that will occur
under a Democrat legislative majority AND the first unabashedly Marxist
president in American history will be even more catastrophic in the
long term. An Obama presidency represents nothing less than a threat to
the very existence of the world's most successful Constitutional Free
Market Democratic Republic.
But Obama can only accomplish his Socialist dream with the aid of
"useful idiots" - those willing enough (and arguably, STUPID enough) to
go along with him. So, the next time you start a sentence with "I'm not
really a socialist...but" you might want to take a moment to
contemplate what you're saying.
And what you are actually doing to your country.