Democrats and Socialism

There is no such thing as ‘pure’ socialism. There are many different flavors of this flawed theory, there are many failed examples of its practical limitations and there are the horrors of imperfect, ill-conceived socialist states that litter recent history. Hitler claimed to be a socialist. So did Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and a whole host of murderers and thieves. They all operated from the same playbook, calling themselves ‘men of the people’, when in fact the welfare of ‘the people’ was never a consideration. They were thugs with limited vision operating a thug state. Central planning was a necessity because these thugs couldn’t comprehend much less control a real functioning economy or society. They had no intention of creating a socialist state. The platitudes and promises of a social nirvana were merely a means to an end – the opportunity to grab power. The thug state was concerned only with the continued existence of the thug state and the enrichment of thugs and their dependents - which is why Rahm Emmanuel is so important a figure in the Obama administration. The ludicrous and financially disastrous plans of one Barack Obama can’t be instituted in a democratic manner, simply because no informed, productive taxpayer would stand still for it. There are only two ways to install the Democratic Party’s socialist agenda – force it on the population or lie to them. Obama’s a careful player, so he’s opted for both.

But, Obama’s not alone in this ill-fated adventure. Leading Democrats, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, have signed up for the charade. It’s difficult to know their underlying motives: are they true believers or just opportunists? If they’re true believers, we’re all in trouble, simply because the personal ignorance and blind ambition of these people will destroy us all. If they’re opportunists, they’re playing with fire. Graveyards are full of people who went along with Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Castro, thinking they could moderate the impulses of their leaders once they achieved power. It didn’t work out that way. Many Democrats are going along with the extreme leftist agenda because they hope it will make them voter-proof. Yes, that is the overarching goal of the Democratic Party – they want to hold power without accountability or recourse.

They are willing to sell their souls for a permanent hold on the levers of power without fully understanding that the monster they create will crush them underfoot as our democracy disintegrates into a thug state. This has happened time and again in recent history. America fought socialism for almost 100 years. Our greatest enemies were socialist states. We crept back from the brink of socialism not once, but twice, during the FDR and LBJ administrations. And here, at the dawn of a new millennium, our former enemies are shaking themselves free of the socialist yoke, while we, champions of the Free World, slip into darkness.

And even though history has plenty to teach us about the failures of socialism, our leaders and their toadies deliberately misinform and re-educate our citizens, so that they are ignorant of the incredible human suffering that awaits them when these idiots begin to experiment with our lives. Understand that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are purely corrupt by every definition of the word. The contempt and hatred that they, Barack Obama and the Democratic leadership hold for the average American is heart-stopping. For some bizarre reason, they want to punish us – take away our freedoms, destroy our optimism, kill the American spirit. They won’t stop until personal mobility is a thing of the past, social mobility is impossible and a rigid class structure is erected – with them at the top of the heap.

The Democrats are committed to cap and trade – an extraordinary tax scheme that will leave many Americans with the tough choice of heating their homes or having enough to eat. Cap and trade will enrich Al Gore and his Democrat cronies while it demolishes the manufacturing and energy sectors of economy. By the way, it will do absolutely nothing for the environment. It has nothing to do with the environment. Instead, it will give the federal government unprecedented power over the everyday lives of the citizens and create a protected energy monopoly for the politically connected.

The Democrats are committed to nationalized healthcare – another tax scheme that will have Americans standing in line for an aspirin, where treatment will be doled out to those with political connections and the ‘correct’ status. Illegal aliens, designated minorities and those who simply don’t want to work or pay for health insurance will be covered while productive taxpayers find themselves at the end of the line. It’s not that Democrats are particularly concerned about the welfare of illegals or the poor. It’s another power grab. By directing who gets medical treatment and who doesn’t, Democrats can make themselves voter-proof and recall-proof. Once national healthcare is instituted, they won’t waste time flexing their power.

The Democrats are committed to budget-busting government programs – and once a huge deficit is in place, they’ll demand that taxes be raised yet again. By taking more money away from productive taxpayers, the government is in effect taking away the taxpayers’ freedom. Working Americans, be they janitors or CEO’s, will have no say about how 60% of the money they earn is spent. In fact, Democrats want to leave us only with spending money – enough to get drunk or high. The rest of it they’ll be happy to ‘manage’ for us. Let’s not forget that excessive taxation is just another form of serfdom – we live only to fuel the excesses and whims of politicians, bureaucrats and their cronies, whether they are community organizers or Wall Street shysters.

The Democrats are stupid. They are confident that the American taxpayer can be worked harder, taxed more and stripped of even more personal freedoms. They think the golden goose can still lay a few more golden eggs. They’re wrong. There comes a tipping point when government and government unions fuse to become a juggernaut that responds to no authority but its own. Unfortunately, there are many in the Democratic Party working toward that end, intent on installing a thug state. They don’t even bother to hide it anymore because no one will challenge them.

Our fate lies not in the hands of Republicans, who are squeamish and weak-kneed when confronting this evil. They equivocate, vacillate and compromise instead of engaging in a fight for the very life of this country. No, the fate of this country rests with a very few moderate and conservative Democrats who may still be able to distract, delay and frustrate the efforts of the hard-core left. They alone can deflect the course of the socialist juggernaut. They are the swing vote, the skeptics and the very few honest brokers left in the Democratic Party. They and they alone can pull us back from the brink. Let them not waiver in their resolve.