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Originally Posted by MZ DAIZY
https://newswithviews.com/JBWilliams/williams156.htm
Since they refuse to teach history in schools anymore, here’s a PSA to you Progressives/Socialists/Communists.
<< As the balance of the world struggles to escape the bankruptcy caused by their own experiments with socialism and communism, the U.S. government is rushing towards the communist cliff and not a single Republican will lift a finger to put a stop to it.
Karl Marx was right, as was Thomas Jefferson… Democracy is the road to socialism and socialism is but a stepping stone to communism. We don’t call it that anymore. We prefer the politically correct term – progressive.
We call it wealth redistribution, but it is pure socialism. Half of Americans now want it and the other half has no idea how to stop it.
As long as both sides think we are a democracy, we will remain on the road to socialism. >>
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Or fascism.
Democratic republics or democracies are inherently unstable and inefficient. Historically mankind has always been ruled by kings, emperors or strongmen or a small oligarchy (ruling elites).
Socialism/communism was an idealistic attempt to put the power of masses (proletariat) front and center and kill the idea of kings,czars, etc.
It was a repudiation of the natural movement of capitalism to over time concentrate more and more wealth with a small group of owners (elites). Perfect example of this is monopolies. Example: Facebook came out as a scrappy startup that revolutionized/helped create social media but quickly became a juggernaut that swallowed up smaller companies and killed off competitors to maintain a stranglehold on their area of influence— monopolies are a normal/natural outcome of capitalism. It’s one of the negative effects of an otherwise good system that requires government to keep it in check by regulation to prevent monopolies and keep competition in the market. And as consumers, we benefit by having more choices and lower prices.
Representative republics/democracies require a responsible, educated and intelligent citizenry that can compromise and sacrifice some personal interests in service of everyone’s/society benefit.