- We believe in the Constitution, they believe in centralized government.
- We believe in individualism, they believe in conformity.
- We believe in private property, they believe in collective ownership of material goods.
- We believe in prosperity, they believe in redistributing wealth with them determining who gets ripped off and who gets the drips remaining after they've taken their cut.
- We believe in separation of powers, they believe in a monolithic, all-powerful, administrative state.
- We believe in eternal truths, they believe in ideologically meandering social engineering.
- We believe in cultural stability, they believe in never-ending transformation of our society.
- We believe in real science, they believe in social science (e.g., "environmental justice").
- We believe in the rights of man, they believe in the power of centralized government.
- We believe in the moral order, they believe in situational ethics.
- We believe in individual liberty, they believe in authoritarianism, with no limits ever defined.
- We believe in education, they believe in indoctrination.
- We believe in civil society, they believe in the federal leviathan.
You can find Mark's latest bestseller here: Rediscovering Americanism: And the Tyranny of Progressivism
. Once you read it, there's no going back.
Then why do we lose so often?
ReplyDeleteEven when we win the Presidency, the left forwards their propositions and we corrupt ourselves.
Amen. The Rino's always lead from behind. We have to vote them out.
ReplyDeleteHeretofore, due to the power of the Progressive Press aka Fake News.
ReplyDeleteCoupled with the collapse of primary, secondary, post-secondary schools, as well as the destruction of civil society and moral behavior, starting in the homes, and the hoods of underachievers, and thugs, aka "useful idiots"!
On Watch~~~
"Let's Roll"
Levin is sooooooo on target here..
ReplyDeleteI'll say it forever. I wish Mark Levin, or someone LIKE him, would run for president. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteYea, but who would ever believe that Zuckerberg and Rand Paul share the same hairpiece.
ReplyDeleteAgreed!! I was upset Giuliani didn't want the job of AG.. Maybe we can get him into the SC..... When Roberts retires.. I'm all for term limits,, 10 years for SC, 6 yrs for senators,,, con gressmen....Roberts will be 88 if The "DON" gets reelected.. Ginbug will be dead,, she's 82+..
ReplyDeleteL O L !!!!! Yes,, but one uses a mouse, and the other hasn't got the smarts..
ReplyDeleteSocialism by its very nature, at its heart and core, is a system of lies. That society will have more equality is a lie, That the economy
ReplyDeletewill grow faster and be give the average worker more prosperity is a lie. That government will be competent, efficient, evenhanded and
careful to obey all of its laws and regulations is a lie. In order for the socialist society to function, it must create and support a
myriad of overlapping lies. But it is a truth about human nature that government imposes a type of morality on its citizens. So, when
government is built on lies, telling lies and believing lies permeates society. Thus, one of the hidden costs of socialism is how corrosive
it is to personal character and morality.
This is not my own theory, but comes from someone who lived it.
Václav Havel was a playwright, author, the first president of the Czech Republic (1993–2003) after the Czech–Slovak split.
He wrote a
famous essay, The Power of the Powerless on the social and spiritual consequences of socialism.
"The principle involved here is that the center of power is identical with the center of truth." Havel warns that socialist regimes create
and enforce their own truth to maintain power. As time goes on, this truth diverges from factual truth and it increasingly forces those who
support and depend upon the power of the regime to corrupt themselves to sustain the artificial truth.
In the end, people not only lie to
each other, but they start to lie to themselves.
see:
Václav Havel: The Power of the Powerless
http://www.vaclavhavel.cz/showtrans.php?cat=clanky&val=72_aj_clanky.html&typ=HTML
-- theBuckWheat
Sorry, let me try that again, and this time fix the newlines::
ReplyDeleteSocialism by its very nature, at its heart and core, is a system of lies. That society will have more equality is a lie, That the economy will grow faster and be give the average worker more prosperity is a lie. That government will be competent, efficient, evenhanded and careful to obey all of its laws and regulations is a lie. In order for the socialist society to function, it must create and support a myriad of overlapping lies. But it is a truth about human nature that government imposes a type of morality on its citizens. So, when government is built on lies, telling lies and believing lies permeates society. Thus, one of the hidden costs of socialism is how corrosive it is to personal character and morality.
This is not my own theory, but comes from someone who lived it.
Václav Havel was a playwright, author, the first president of the Czech Republic (1993–2003) after the Czech–Slovak split. He wrote a famous essay, The Power of the Powerless on the social and spiritual consequences of socialism.
"The principle involved here is that the center of power is identical with the center of truth." Havel warns that socialist regimes create and enforce their own truth to maintain power. As time goes on, this truth diverges from factual truth and it increasingly forces those who support and depend upon the power of the regime to corrupt themselves to sustain the artificial truth. In the end, people not only lie to each other, but they start to lie to themselves."
see:
Václav Havel: The Power of the Powerless
http://www.vaclavhavel.cz/showtrans.php?cat=clanky&val=72_aj_clanky.html&typ=HTML
for some reason the youngsters have this fixation with socialism..
ReplyDeleteFor some reason the youngsters have this fixation with socialism
ReplyDeleteA very nice and informative post thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAs far as I am concerned, I think the bottom part of the comments section on this page says it all with regard to socialism:
ReplyDeleteI AM NOT A ROBOT! Best, Dr. Bill
Mark Levin is spot on, great contrast between the two ideologies. Can't wait to read his new book.
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