Alexandra Occasional Santa Maria Cortez. Or something like that. Shes the bright new star (or not so bright new star) for the democrats in congress. AOC is representative of a large problem we have at the moment: the growing popularity of socialism.
Dont get me wrong to the uneducated its a seductive philosophy turning its followers into a bunch of virtuous robin hoods taking from the greedy fat cats and providing for the poor and helpless masses. That may be the dream but its never worked out like that in practice.
For the uninitiated on political matters such as this heres a quick overview. Way back in the day Karl Marx became famous for his critiques of capitalism. Marx believed you could split society into two groups the bourgeoisie (the upper class that owns the means of production) and the proletariat (lower class laborers). Marxs solution to this problem Marxism was to give over the means of production to the workers. From this ideology both socialism and communism were born. It may sound benign enough but the resulting chaos that ensued in the 20th century from this idea was truly terrifying.
In schools all across the nation we are taught about the horrors of the holocaust. This is as it should. What the Nazis did was evil and we should never forget. In terms of total death its estimated that around 85 million people died during WWII. A horrible number. Six million Jews were part of the final solution. These numbers are staggering but nothing we dont already know. Heres something that might surprise you. In the same century 100 million people died as a result of communism. In the gulags and the prison camps countless tens of millions died as a result of communism. We arent taught about that. Why? Many university professors love Marxism and they defend it with their silence.
But thats not true Marxism! We dont want communism we want socialism! Like Venezuela? Just a few years ago the left was cheering on Maduros ambitious policies. Now his citizens are fighting over who gets the last rat to gnaw on.
And the Nordic countries yeah they arent socialist. While the tax rates are extremely high they are very small homogenous countries with free markets and limited immigration. Thats without even mentioning that countries such as Sweden became rich off of capitalism! Since adopting socialism in the 70s things have begun to spiral out of control. Its not working there and it would be devastatingly worse here.
Socialism always begins with some altruistic intentions. Hate for the rich always beats love for the poor. In the Soviet Union farmers were told to save all of their grains for the government to redistribute. Desperate to save their starving families some disobeyed. They were killed for it. Oppressors trying to keep their profits to themselves. The bourgeoisie oppressing the proletariat. The one percent oppressing the 99.
Alexandra Occasional Santa Maria Cortez. Or something like that. Shes the bright new star (or not so bright new star) for the democrats in congress. AOC is representative of a large problem we have at the moment: the growing popularity of socialism.
Dont get me wrong to the uneducated its a seductive philosophy turning its followers into a bunch of virtuous robin hoods taking from the greedy fat cats and providing for the poor and helpless masses. That may be the dream but its never worked out like that in practice.
For the uninitiated on political matters such as this heres a quick overview. Way back in the day Karl Marx became famous for his critiques of capitalism. Marx believed you could split society into two groups the bourgeoisie (the upper class that owns the means of production) and the proletariat (lower class laborers). Marxs solution to this problem Marxism was to give over the means of production to the workers. From this ideology both socialism and communism were born. It may sound benign enough but the resulting chaos that ensued in the 20th century from this idea was truly terrifying.
In schools all across the nation we are taught about the horrors of the holocaust. This is as it should. What the Nazis did was evil and we should never forget. In terms of total death its estimated that around 85 million people died during WWII. A horrible number. Six million Jews were part of the final solution. These numbers are staggering but nothing we dont already know. Heres something that might surprise you. In the same century 100 million people died as a result of communism. In the gulags and the prison camps countless tens of millions died as a result of communism. We arent taught about that. Why? Many university professors love Marxism and they defend it with their silence.
But thats not true Marxism! We dont want communism we want socialism! Like Venezuela? Just a few years ago the left was cheering on Maduros ambitious policies. Now his citizens are fighting over who gets the last rat to gnaw on.
And the Nordic countries yeah they arent socialist. While the tax rates are extremely high they are very small homogenous countries with free markets and limited immigration. Thats without even mentioning that countries such as Sweden became rich off of capitalism! Since adopting socialism in the 70s things have begun to spiral out of control. Its not working there and it would be devastatingly worse here.
Socialism always begins with some altruistic intentions. Hate for the rich always beats love for the poor. In the Soviet Union farmers were told to save all of their grains for the government to redistribute. Desperate to save their starving families some disobeyed. They were killed for it. Oppressors trying to keep their profits to themselves. The bourgeoisie oppressing the proletariat. The one percent oppressing the 99.