Socialism Isn’t Cool

No jokes now, folks.  It’s zero flak time.

When I was at the Tea Party on the Fourth of July, the Virginia branch of a group called Americans for Prosperity went around and offered signs to those of us without them.  Not being a particularly adept protester, I only brought myself, so I took one.  The only thing on it besides the Americans for Prosperity tag were three large yellow words on a green background:  “Socialism Isn’t Cool”

All well and good, but what does this have to do with anything like the upcoming fight against Disastercare or anything else Obama wants to inflict upon our nation?  The answer is that this sign sums up the bulk of the reason Socialism could make such gains in our country at all.  Directly or indirectly, those that favor Socialism can portray it as, well, “cool”.

Just look around…

1. “News” magazines with glossy pages spin webs of silky, intellectual sounding propaganda disguised as objective journalism infer that Socialism is wonderful day in and day out, and sink anything that might prove otherwise.
2. The beautiful people in Hollywood back the party that deals in it, singing concerts or raising money for them.
3. When mentioned on television or in movies, Democrats are portrayed as virtual demigods, and those of us on the right as snarling, mindless monsters or backwards rubes.
4. Do I even have to mention the newspapers?

If you never heard anything else, you would believe that Socialism really could produce a utopia.  If they could only beat down the opposition to delightful Socialism, everything would be sunshine and rainbows.  All the problems of the past like war, racism, and poverty would simply cease to exist by virtue of this system’s very presence.

Most people never stop to learn the reality.  Look at North Korea if you want an example of what Socialism’s real effects are on a nation.  Ask someone who has lived in Eastern Europe while it was still part of the Soviet Bloc if all of their Socialism was “fresh”, “cool”, and “modern”.

Here at home, look at any state where the Democrats have undisputed control, and ask yourself why their residents are fleeing for states where liberalism, the lighter version of Socialism, doesn’t hold sway.  Look, really look, at anything else the government has done, and then imagine a future where the government does it all.  Once you do, you’ll have a grasp of Socialism’s reality.

In the end, it’s very simple.  Those who are portraying Socialism have wrapped a cow pattie into the box of a colorfully papered birthday present and topped it with a silken bow.  It’s great until you unwrap it and find out what you’re really getting.  If you wait until that happens, you’ll not only discover firsthand that Socialism isn’t cool, but that you can’t easily be rid of it.

Real socialism is no joke.  Learn about it if you don’t already know, because it will take less effort to stop it in the here and now than to reverse it in the future.

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