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Socialism Poll - Few Surprises

According to a recent Gallup Poll, 53% of Democrats have a positive view of socialism. Why is anyone surprised at this? Seriously, look at who the Democratic voters have sent to Washington in recent years: Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, Dennis Kucinich, Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid, just to name a few of the star players. The only thing I find surprising about this statistic is that it was only 53% of Democrats that think socialism is great. Surprisingly, there are some 17% of people identifying themselves as Republican (or leaning) that think socialism is cool. 36% of Americans overall have a positive view of socialism.

A couple of questions I would have are: What do they think socialism is? Do they understand that for socialism to work, the people must give up their rights to government and let government tell them how to live? How much value do they put on their Liberty? How did we, as a People, drift so far away from the American Ideals set forth by the Founding Fathers?

I think I know the answer to that last question: Zip!

There are three different main forms of Socialism, all of they have elements that are directly opposed to Liberty and the individual rights of the People. Communism is the one furthest to the Left. Fascism is to the political right of Communism, which is why Liberals/Progressives frequently (and WRONGLY) associate it with Conservatism. Conservatism and Libertarianism are in direct opposition of any and all forms of Socialism. Somewhere in between Communism and Fascism lies State Socialism.

I know for a fact that many Liberals/Progressives don’t understand these basic concepts when they describe Fascism as being a system where corporations control how government operates. I’ve actually had one of these lovers of socialism tell me that, and used that view in order to assert her claim that Conservatives/Republicans are Fascists. (This particular person also called me a Fascist to my face.) She refused to accept the fact that what she described was exactly the opposite of Fascism, and was closer to being that of a Plutocracy.

There are a lot of people I know who don’t understand what socialism is, or other political systems. They go to the polls and blindly pull the lever for the candidate promising to do the most to take care of them, to be their mommy and daddy, to provide them with their basic needs rather than take responsibility for their lives and endeavor to excel and exceed. And that is a truly sad commentary on American society.

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