Socialism can't flourish without ignorance

American Thinker ^ | 4 Aug, 2018 | Joe Herring

[MtnClimber]

The capacity of human beings for making the same mistake again and again is exceeded only by the capacity of their governments to enshrine those mistakes in law. To err is human; to forgive, divine – but what are we to do when a significant segment of our population has grown so enamored of an error that they lose the capability to recognize it as such? Indeed, they become violently defensive at the mere mention of reassessing their beliefs.

A difficult situation is made untenable when the error involved has dangerous ramifications for everyone, not just those making the mistake.

This is where 21st-century America finds itself today, relative to that perennial error known as socialism.

The base of support for this long discredited ethos is multi-layered, with each layer supporting the error from a different foundation.

[MtnClimber]

Those who want socialism should just move to a socialist country and leave people like me alone.

[ArcadeQuarters]

Which group of people should become the slaves who create the free products and services for everyone else? Wannabe socialists either don’t think of that or they assume they will become the masters.

[marktwain]

A good essay. Better than I expected.

[Savage Beast]

...and stupidity.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Unfortunately, there is plenty of stupidity to go around.

[HotHunt]

[precisionshootist]

Good article. I have said all leftists fall into one of two categories. A leftist is either a deceiver or the deceived. This article breaks the deceived further down into either ignorant or true believer but in the end they are both deceived.

The article does not attempt to explain the most difficult and most important question. Why do so many otherwise intelligent people continue to be fooled by socialism? How can people be smart enough to become a doctor, lawyer, teacher or fireman and not be able to figure out that socialism is a lie?