The six dialectical contradictions of Socialism in the USSR: In America Now...

Anonymous Poster commenting on article at The Wall Street Journal ^ | October 31, 2009 | Unknown

[Wpin]

There is full employment — yet no one is working. No one is working — yet the factory quotas are fulfilled. The factory quotas are fulfilled — yet the stores have nothing to sell. The stores have nothing to sell — yet people got all the stuff at home. People got all the stuff at home — yet everyone is complaining. Everyone is complaining — yet the voting is always unanimous.

Economic justice: America is capitalist and greedy — yet half of the population is subsidized. Half of the population is subsidized — yet they think they are victims. They think they are victims — yet their representatives run the government. Their representatives run the government — yet the poor keep getting poorer. The poor keep getting poorer — yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about. They have things that people in other countries only dream about — yet they want America to be more like those other countries.

Hollywood cliches: all for freedom of the people while they love on Castro and Hugh Chavez . Without capitalism there’d be no Hollywood — yet filmmakers hate capitalism. Filmmakers hate capitalism — yet they sue for unauthorized copying of their movies. They sue for unauthorized copying — yet on screen they teach us to share. On screen they teach us to share — yet they keep their millions to themselves. They keep their millions to themselves — yet they revel in stories of American misery and depravity. They revel in stories of American misery and depravity — yet they blame the resulting anti-American sentiment on conservatism. They blame the anti-American sentiment on conservatism — yet conservatism ensures the continuation of a system that makes Hollywood possible."

[Wpin]

When I read this on the comment page of a Peggy Noonan editorial I was quite impressed and wanted to share with you.

[livius]

Very good!

[DBrow]

Thanks!

Doublethink exposed.

[maica]

This is brilliant rhetoric. Thanks very much for posting it. It is one of those compilations of ideas that should go viral in personal emails. A clever person could add suitable images and use interesting fonts...

For example:
Economic justice:
America is capitalist and greedy —
yet half of the population is subsidized.
Half of the population is subsidized —
yet they think they are victims.
They think they are victims —
yet their representatives run the government.
Their representatives run the government —
yet the poor keep getting poorer.
The poor keep getting poorer —
yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about.
They have things that people in other countries only dream about —
yet they want America to be more like those other countries.

[Marylander]

Worthy reading. “In a nutshell” if anything is.

[ryan71]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlpODYhnPEo