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March 06, 2009
Round and round and round and round
my head is spinning...
The six dialectical contradictions of socialism in the USSR:
- There is full employment - yet no one is working.
- No one is working - yet the factory quotas are fulfilled.
- The factory quotas are fulfilled - yet the stores have nothing to sell.
- The stores have nothing to sell - yet people got all the stuff at home.
- People got all the stuff at home - yet everyone is complaining.
- Everyone is complaining - yet the voting is always unanimous.
but wait! there more...
Economic justice:
- America is capitalist and greedy - yet half of the population is subsidized.
- Half of the population is subsidized - yet they think they are victims.
- They think they are victims - yet their representatives run the government.
- Their representatives run the government - yet the poor keep getting poorer.
- The poor keep getting poorer - yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about.
- They have things that people in other countries only dream about - yet they want America to be more like those other countries.
and...
in the middle of all that... there's this...
If one were accidentally to open his eyes and compare the "progressive" narrative with facts on the ground, one might start asking questions. Why, for instance, if the war on terror breeds more terrorists, haven't there been attacks on the U.S. soil since 2001? Why, if George W. Bush had removed our freedom of speech, was nobody ever arrested for saying anything? And if Obama has returned us our freedoms, why was a man harassed by police in Oklahoma for having an anti-Obama sign in his car? Why would anyone who supports free speech want to silence talk radio? And why is silencing the opposition called the "Fairness Doctrine"?
After the number of "caring," bleeding-heart politicians in Washington reached a critical mass, it was only a matter of time before the government started ordering banks to help the poor by giving them risky home loans through community organizers. Which resulted in a bigger demand, which resulted in rising prices, which resulted in slimmer chances of repaying the loans, which resulted in more pressure on the banks, which resulted in repackaging of bad loans, which resulted in a collapse of the banks, which resulted in a recession, which resulted in many borrowers losing their jobs, which resulted in no further mortgage payments, which resulted in a financial disaster, which resulted in a worldwide crisis, with billions of poor people overseas - who had never seen a community organizer, nor applied for a bad loan - becoming even poorer than they had been before the "progressives" in the U.S. government decided to help the poor.
As if that were not enough, the same bleeding hearts are now trying to fix this by nationalizing the banks so that they can keep issuing risky loans through community organizers. In other words, to prevent the toast from landing buttered side down, they're planning to butter the toast on both sides and hope that it will hover in mid-air. Which also seems like a sensible alternative energy initiative.
If that doesn't fix the problem, there's always the last resort of a liberal: blame capitalism.
and then... more...
Hollywood cliches:
- Without capitalism there'd be no Hollywood - yet filmmakers hate capitalism.
- Filmmakers hate capitalism - yet they sue for unauthorized copying of their movies.
- They sue for unauthorized copying - yet on screen they teach us to share.
- On screen they teach us to share - yet they keep their millions to themselves.
- They keep their millions to themselves - yet they revel in stories of American misery and depravity.
- They revel in stories of American misery and depravity - yet they blame the resulting anti-American sentiment on conservatism.
- They blame the anti-American sentiment on conservatism - yet conservatism ensures the continuation of a system that makes Hollywood possible.
and...
People's power:
- Liberals believe they're advancing people's power - yet they don't believe people can do anything right without their guidance.
- People can't do anything right - yet the government bureaucracy can do everything.
- The government bureaucracy can do everything - yet liberals don't like it when the government takes control of their lives.
- Liberals don't like it when the government takes control of their lives - yet they vote for programs that increase people's dependency on the government.
- They vote for programs that increase people's dependency on the government - yet they believe they're advancing people's power.
There's lots more where that came from, it's called I have seen the future and I ran away, go read the rest. It's brilliant. Just brilliant.
Posted by LindaSoG at March 6, 2009 09:48 PM
Comments
OUCH - that hurts. As the truth generally does.
Posted by: DammitWoman at March 7, 2009 01:11 AM
Get some, Linda. I'm ROTFLMAO.
Posted by: Mark at March 8, 2009 02:00 PM
I love this! Thanks for finding it.
Posted by: Bruce B at March 9, 2009 10:22 PM