[ArcadeQuarters]

> widespread shortages of staple products, medicine, and food.

We’ve seen this before.

1. Gain power by promising free stuff (and maybe add a little violence)
2. Redistribution - underpay the productive and overpay the unproductive
3. Production falls, prices rise
4. Implement price controls to fight inflation
5. Shortages become more serious
6. Government enters cycle of more and more dictatorial control and violence, diverting remaining resources to hardcore supporters
7. Revolution
8. Repeat - because people believe you can get something for nothing.

[i_robot73]

> widespread shortages of staple products, medicine, and food.

>>
We’ve seen this before.

1. Gain power by promising free stuff (and maybe add a little violence)
2. Redistribution - underpay the productive and overpay the unproductive
3. Production falls, prices rise
4. Implement price controls to fight inflation
5. Shortages become more serious
6. Government enters cycle of more and more dictatorial control and violence, diverting remaining resources to hardcore supporters
7. Revolution
8. Repeat - because people believe you can get something for nothing.
>>

True, but there *is* a distinction. OUR Constitutional Republic specifically prohibits #1, 2, 6 by numerous affirmation of Rights.

When the Left argue, “But Socialism exists in the U.S.” Nary a (R)n(C) retort of “CANNOT happen here because of...”; yet they vote for Socialism in the next breath.

Course, that doesn’t stop the populace from ALLOWING said to happen...