Should I puke or cry...

[theGinsue]

I was listening to an excellent podcast today with an angle investor/entrepreneur who gave an excellent response to Andrew Yang's (and other's) proposal of Universal Basic Income, and it got me thinking about this very subject. People talk and talk about how free market economies aren't working, all while miss characterizing how they work (if you are winning, it means some one else must be losing), yet they always want to go to some sort of communism or socialism that has never worked. The logic doesn't follow. Free market economies have brought the most prosperity the world has ever known. They aren't perfect, but they certainly aren't broken. Communism/Socialism ONLY and ALWAYS brings suffering, and ultimately death, to the masses and has NEVER worked, yet people think we should abandon something that does work for something that doesn't.

Couldn't have said it better myself Stu.

That right there is the face and voice of the enemy. She even admits to it..."...by any means necessary." And yet there are those who don't hear what she's saying, even though she's crystal clear in what she's proposing. That's just scary there are those so ignorant that they can't recognize what this woman is proposing.

Let her last sentence sink in.

"By any means necessary"


I'm sure Stalin, Pol Pot, Castro and Eichmann uttered those same words......

Ultimately, THIS is why they want everyone disarmed. They know the masses will not go quietly into the darkness that is socialism/communism and to implement their goals "by any means necessary" will require force. They must have the monopoly on force to achieve their goals.

It's really a nearly indescribable, deep seated pillar of the modern liberal/progressive though process. It doesn't desire equal success, it desires equal failure to be pleased.

Agreed. Communism & Socialism fail because you take away all incentive to produce. If you are forced to give up the fruit of your labor to someone who refuses to produce for themselves you lose your incentive - and stop producing yourself. Now, EVERYONE fails and production ceases. These people believe that someone only succeeds because they exploit others so they take from those producers. They fail to see that THIS exploits those willing to invest their resources (labor, money, time, etc).

Opportunity exists within a capitalist, but that doesn't automatically translate to success. Success is only achieve through hard work (lots of it), good decisions and a bit of luck (right place, right time, right ideas for the moment...).

I fear for what mankind is becoming.