Posted on 04/18/2010 9:27:39 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
Frankly, no one has the right to be surprised by socialist atrocities.
Mass death is the very PURPOSE of socialism.
If current trends continue, S. Africa won’t be far behind.
The UN led the charge to end the white regimes of South Africa and Southern Rhodesia and ended up with 2 more failed African countries.
And the US taxpayer has financed ALL the UN failures without our consent!
You’re welcome! It’s always a pleasure to rub Zimbabwe in the liberals’ faces!
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Great tagline, GreyFoxx!
Cathy BUMP!
Thanks...I found it somewhere and lifted it..;)
Mine is ‘lifted’ too...but it perfectly sums up my love of chocolate coupled with my loathing of EnviroWeenies, so it was a perfect fit, LOL!
;)
Add me to your list as well, please.
You have been added to the ping list.
I lived in Zim some 30 years ago.
There were no shanties, just townships, fairly neat, with flush Turkish toilets out back.
There was still the pride of British Civil Service among government workers.
Excellent schools, first class roads, and a food exporting nation, one of the few in Africa. It was a clean and tidy country.
What a loss.
You must mourn the loss.
All businesses are now to be black owned.
That will work out so well... lol
Zimbabwe is digging its own grave.
This is California if it weren’t attached to the rest of the country.
and the same Cargo Cult mentality is running Calipornia and now the country.
I really don't understand this part. how can this guy hold power with the country continuing to go down hill?
You are correct only to the extent that the peddling of socialism/communism/Marxism has been a fairy-tale device to keep people's eyes off of the real goal of statism that is autocracy on steroids -- the system of government where every aspect of human life is utterly controlled by the state. The other forms all promise some paradise after they get a hold. Statism is power seeking for power's sake.
Maybe it will begin to dawn on people what Statism intends to do. However, one of the earliest proponents of the power state that would reduce the Earth's population, H.G.Wells, had his Eloi marching into the rendering factory totally oblivious to their fate. So far, his vision seems to be scary accurate!
My plea to you is try to use the word "Statism" more frequently. Do it for no other reason than to provoke inquiries such as "WTF are you talking about HOP?" ;^)
“Statism” - well, yes.
Historically, it is always the empire-engorged State that finally kills and devours its host human society.
In the West’s 21st Century case, the rationale and justification of this engorgement is the belief that what is good for society as a whole can be determined and known by social scientists; and once that good is known then policies must be implemented to improve our society. That doctrine is ethical socialism - founding morality on what is believed to be good for society as a whole. This false belief is at the root of why such projects always result in mass death.
I do not think that such a belief is founded in either reality or reason, whereas the historical role of the state has often been humane and just, when it there is no attempt to morally or otherwise improve the population.
Pre-WWI modern states were about the appropriate size, consuming less than 10% of their society’s production.
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