Socialism Explained for 8 year-olds
President Obama loves to talk about fairness but fails to include everyone in that conversation. How can there be fairness when one segment of the population is used to provide “fairness” to another.
Even if you’re older than 8 watch the video and marvel at the common sense of it.
Written by DCL
April 19, 2012 at 6:28 pm
Tagged with Barack Obama, democrat, fairness, income equality, Obama, Politics, Republican, Ronald Reagan, socialism
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Okay, this video already lost me when Obama spoke of Socialism like a good thing, and Reagan claimed liberals saw capitalism as a bad thing. I’m a very pro-capitalism liberal, but I think you guys have a vastly different idea of capitalism. In my mind, capitalism is great because it provides opportunity, the key tenet of freedom. It seems conservatives see capitalism as the same thing as freedom, which means it is the end all be all of America. The way I see it, your brand of capitalism relates to my brand of capitalism as anarchy relates to freedom. By the way, I do agree with the idea that Reagan, by today’s conservative standards, would be FAR closer to Obama than to any conservative in office right now. Let’s remember that Reagan’s taxation system was very progressive. When he reduced taxes on the rich, back then, the rich were being taxed at about 75%. So of course, reducing their taxes would increase revenue. Now, it’s pretty clear that we’re past the point of diminishing returns on tax cuts for the wealthy. It’s as if the guy who decided to put a turbo on his car, to jincrease airflow to improve horsepower, one day decided that if he got rid of gas and ran his car on air only, it would be the fastest car on the road.
Darnie Kris Glover
April 19, 2012 at 7:19 pm
That’s the point Kris. Obama doesn’t see socialism as a bad thing, nor do any of the people he has surrounded himself with. I can honestly look at the core values behind those who believe in socialism and say they are not bad or evil The problem is there isn’t a human being alive that has the integrity and selfless character to oversee such a system. It always starts out as a fairness argument and ends more oppressive and unfair than anything before it. The reason? The people running the show who can’t help themselves from abusing the power and control such a system provides to those implementing and governing it.
I don’t see the kind of altruistic character in Obama or those he associates with that would be required for social democracy to actually benefit all. Even then I think such a system holds down personal initiative and drive to innovate and create.
The cartoon is a tad over the top but it includes a lot of “conservatives” in it’s finger pointing.
Doug
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