Sunday, July 12, 2015

Socialism. It's for everyone?

Met a person the other day who stated the following: "In the United States of America, the Republicans have become Democrats while the Democrats have become Socialists." Many [U.S.] Americans embrace the idea of Socialism. Using the following list, I'll attempt to illustrate other countries/leaders who have embraced Socialism:

  • Mengistu Haile Mariam, Ethiopia's Socialist Workers Party (the Derg), Land and health care reform. Led a 400K – 1.5M person genocide.
  • Kim Il Sung, “The Father of Socialist Korea”, Land, economic and currency reform. Led a 1.6M person genocide.
  • Pol Pot, Cambodian Socialist Movement, Land and economic reforms. Led a 1.7M person genocide.
  • Adolf Hitler, National Socialist German Workers Party, Economic reforms and universal health care. Led a 17M person genocide.
  • Josef Stalin, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Land and economic reforms and universal health care. Led a 23M person genocide.
  • Mao Zedong, led Socialist Revolution (1949), Land reforms and universal health care. Led a 49 - 78M person genocide.

Under our current administration, the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands... we have the following:

Using "Smoke and Mirrors" through the use of media manipulation, our government fast-tracked the following:

Have we not learned from history? Is this the beginning of the fall of the Roman [USA] empire?