Rant to all Liberals and Democratic Socialists
I can't take it anymore!
I am sure that many of you have heard about Venezuela today. If you have not, they have imposed mandatory 60 day farm labor among its citizens. If this is not slavery, I do not know what it is. One of the critiques against capitalism is that it will inevitably lead to slavery. Well in the past week Venezuela has imposed slavery among its citizens and NBA bench warmers have been signing contracts worth tens of millions of dollars.
My disliking of liberals and democratic socialists stems from their self proclamation of being intellectuals. Their arrogance is self blinding and they cannot see that their policies do not work. Lets take Keynesian economics for an example. In the early 1920's after WW1 the economy imploded far worse than it did in 1929. It imploded because millions of soldiers returned home and the military factories had nothing to produce. Unemployment was much higher and the stock market had a greater crash than it did in 1929. President Harding did absolutely nothing and let the free market work. Within 2 years the economy was back to full employment. Keynesians say it was an economic miracle and to pay no attention to it.
The majority of people believe that WW2 got us out of the depression. One of these people happens to be the world's worst economist, Paul Krugman. Krugman also said after the dot-com bubble popped that the US needed a housing bubble to get us back on track. Well, since making that comment the US experienced a housing bubble, and 2 wars. The economy ended up in the dumpster and Liberals still can't see their economic theory of large government intervention in the economy does not work. If you want want more examples of Keynesian economics not working take a look at what has happend to China, Venezuela, and Greece in the past year.
If democratic socialism is so great, why was Greece bailed out 3 times by the EU? Maybe it doesn't work. When you have more takers than makers you have a problem. The only reason socialism is working in Europe is because the EU can print unlimited amounts of money. Thus stealing from the people their purchasing power. If governments could not print money out of thin air and had to live within their means democratic socialism would have never made it this far.
The problem with democratic socialism is the law of scarcity. Scarcity is when a person has limited resources but unlimited wants. It is human nature that once you get something you want something else. That is exactly what democratic socialism is. The never ending want of government goods which is undoubtedly unsustainable and will fail every time.
We all know that liberals never make any mistakes. But it would be nice if you would look back on what effect your policies have on reality.
Good, just what this country needs. More divisive rhetoric.
Not really divisive. Just pointing out the obvious.
"their policies do not work".
Have you heard about the other democratic socialist states than Venezuela? Read about Denmark, Sweden, Finland and the other nordic countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model
There you go, nicely working examples of democratic socialism.
We all know Venezuela has some big problems. They mostly relate to the leader and cannot be taken as an example of failure of democratic socialism.
Nordic model
The Nordic model (also called Nordic capitalism or Nordic social democracy) refers to the economic and social policies common to the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Sweden). This includes a comprehensive welfare state and collective bargaining at the national level with a high percentage of the workforce unionized, while being based on the economic foundations of free market capitalism. The Nordic model began to earn attention after World War II.Although there are significant differences among the Nordic countries, they all share some common traits. These include support for a "universalist" welfare state aimed specifically at enhancing individual autonomy and promoting social mobility; a corporatist system involving a tripartite arrangement where representatives of labor and employers negotiate wages and labor market policy mediated by the government; and a commitment to widespread private ownership, free markets and free trade.Each of the Nordic countries has its own economic and social models, sometimes with large differences from its neighbours.
The problem with Greece was actually caused by capitalism:
"In early 2010, it was revealed that through the assistance of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and numerous other banks, financial products were developed which enabled the governments of Greece, Italy and many other European countries to hide their borrowing."
Source: wikipedia -> Greece -> Debt crisis
Greece is an example of what happens when banks are not regulated.
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Hi! This post has a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of 9.0 and reading ease of 56%. This puts the writing level on par with Michael Crichton and Mitt Romney.
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