Socialism 3.0 (The bastard child of our (c)old war enemy)
The third century of the industrial revolution age is seeing the repackaging of socialism in various forms. The most dramatic is the plan of Venezuela’s President, Hugo Chavez (President Bush’s biggest fan) is to create a city from scratch in a national park. Here in the U.S. a more subtle approach is the national health care plan, proposed by Hillary Clinton. Our neighbors to the north (Canada) already have such a system to much applause by those who think this is a fresh new idea.
Moving pictures also came along once upon a time. Only to evolve into talking pictures, then Technicolor, inevitably sex came on the screen (no pun intended); now you need the FCC; they have to have a mortal enemy (Hollywood), and even they need somebody to take advantage of (The Screen Writers Guild). Socialism has always morphed into a living hell for those who can't escape its promises of equilibrium (i.e, Cuba). In its' purest form; an entry in Webster’s dictionary Socialism is beautiful. But in this century cooperation rather than competition to guide private industry will bring the big “C” if not carefully planned to remain an ever evolving entry in Wikipedia.
What is the big “C”? China’s
1 billion people? Castro’s dream of a ‘Communist’ victory, or ‘Coverage’ (health care);
managed by a government who can’t agree on how or how not to fund a war? Imagine
if your triple bypass was filibustered in a short session of congress just before
the holiday break. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Socialism historically leads
to a societal breakdown. Can we improve the quality of life socializing programs
and not society? These are questions for a democratic society. Isn't freedom beautiful! (Even thorns have roses.)
Be careful my liberal friends, who see a great utopia on the
horizon. I too see wonderful things; a world liberated from the oppression
of ideologues like Stalin, Mao Tse -Tung, Ho Chi Minh, Mussolini, Hitler, and Hussein.
Have we defeated these ideas only to incorporate them into our great republic? The
‘Gipper’ would be turning over in his grave along with JFK, MLK and the KKK.
Your American,
Bycha Buxton
buxtonbycha@aol.com
