This following essay was authored
by Patric Kerouac. Mr. Kerouac writes for Molon Labe Media at http://www.molonlabemedia.com/author/kerouac/
Do you
have a friend who claims to be a socialist? In the 20th century there have been
numerous political systems, but in the latter half of the century there were
only two survivors, Socialism and Capitalism. So we have at this time in the
Western world, which for all practical purposes controls the world, two opposing
political systems. (I have already previously stated that there is no basic
difference between socialists and communists. There are, however, some very
important factors relating to socialism of which you should be aware. Socialism
will not work in a free market economy and, as a consequence it invariably
deteriorates into a totalitarian state. Anyone wishing to argue that point is
asked to point to one single instance where this was not the result).
It
therefore behooves us to remember who the worst despotic governments of this
century were: Nazis in Germany, Fascists in Italy, Communists in the USSR,
[Romania, East Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Poland,
Cuba, North Korea, Cambodia, Vietnam, etc.] and China – each and every one of
them a paragon of socialist endeavor. Their leaders; Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin
[Ceausescu, Tito, Pol Pot, etc.] and Mao Tse Tung. The outstanding legacy of
these individuals is that they each tried to out-do the others in the total
number of their own citizens which they murdered. It is a fact that each of
these men killed more of their own civilian citizens than they lost in military
conflict.
The reason
for this is inherent to socialism. It promises things that it cannot possibly
deliver. When socialist politicians in power come to the realization that it is
impossible to deliver on their promises and political unrest develops, they
have two options if they plan to stay in power. First, they must locate a
scapegoat on whom they can blame their inability to deliver. Any Jew can tell
you who that was for the Germans and the Russians. The second is to develop,
and rapidly so, a state security apparatus to keep them in office – the SS, the
KGB, [Securitate, Stasi] etc.
The basic
tenets of socialism are:
1. Seduce
the populace into accepting the government as the arbitrator of all problems;
government from cradle-to-grave
2. Begin
delivering on those services to make the citizens dependent
3. Take
away the citizens’ guns
4.
Increase taxes on all services while destroying any free market alternative
services
5. Blame
the chosen scapegoat for the inability to meet demand for services
6. Have
the centralized national police force round up any dissidents
Socialism
cannot work because the cost of services must be collected in the form of
taxes, and this is not a sustainable possibility. The reason is that since
government pays for all services, neither the producer nor the consumer cares
about the cost, and hence there is an uncontrolled spiral of inflation (today’s
medical costs are a case in point and healthcare is not yet totally
socialized). Furthermore, the government has no funds or assets. It only has
the funds it confiscated from its citizens. The total inefficiency of a
centralized bureaucracy does not help either.
Once
citizens are weaned on this cradle-to-grave concept and are no longer
self-reliant, they become wards of the state and will not accept any reduction
of services. The government subsequently has no option but to reduce services,
and as popular resistance develops State repression begins. This is the
socialist cycle. It has been found to occur in every socialist state in
existence to date.
The
current most outrageous examples of this are North Korea and Cuba. These two
societies share much in common – both are socialist, both are totalitarian,
both have more political prisoners then any nation close to their size, both
have non-working universal health care, in both the citizens suffer
malnutrition, and both have food and fuel rationing. Their leaders and party
members, in the meantime, eat caviar and drink champagne.
Socialism
can never work in any environment. It violates human nature and logic.
The
capitalist economic system differs greatly from its socialist adversary in
numerous ways. While the socialist system is a top down centralized
arrangement, the capitalist system, which can only exist in a free market
economy that recognizes the right of private property, is totally controlled by
the market itself. Interestingly, personal freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness can also only thrive in free market economies.
Capitalism
is a sort of volatile and confusing situation where the capital markets dictate
demand, price, and methods of distribution. The reason that the left is so very
successful in criticizing capitalism is because it is not regulated and
therefore difficult to explain. The reason capitalism works so well is that
demand dictates production as well as price, thus avoiding market inequities
and shortages.
Socialism’s
principal theorem is centralization of markets under government control. This
has never worked and there is not one single instance in world history where
centralized governmental market manipulation has been successful. This,
however, does not deter the Robert Reichs (America’s socialist Secretary of
Labor who said, “Greedy corporations are screwing their employees, squeezing
down wages while increasing profits.” This statement, from an economic
illiterate who has never in his entire life worked for, or in, a business that
made a profit. Corporate downsizing, mergers, and staff reductions has a great
deal to do with international trade policies, NAFTA, EC, WTO, etc. and very
little to do with greed) of this world, who continuously make every effort to
centralize economic as well as social and political power for themselves and
their Satori masters (the ruling elite).
George
Washington said it best: “Government, like fire, is a good servant, but a
fearful master.” All capitalist functions are directed at free market concepts.
A free market is one that serves society with little government interference.
This concept is unpopular with the Satori because in order to attain more and
more power they require centralization of all economic, social, and political
functions. Because of their poor performance in the political frame they have
altered their modus operandi and are now implementing their schemes through
judicial activism. These judicial incursions, which by the way, in the United
States are in violation of constitutional law, have been sold to the public
based on the false misnomer that greedy capitalists don’t care about the
people, their welfare, safety, or health, but that politicians do.
This,
without doubt, is a ludicrous statement. The capitalist must perform to market
standards. Competition will put him out of business if he provides an inferior
product or service. He is furthermore constrained by his customers,
stockholders, board of directors, lending institutions, as well as numerous
laws, and, if all else fails, product liability statutes. In addition there is
a veritable alphabet soup of governmental agencies which oversee his product,
conduct with employees, public safety, product safety, environmental
compliance, and financial performance.
In fact
capitalists are over-regulated, which causes a considerable burden to be put on
the public in the form of increased prices. A noteworthy fact is: the most
egregious acts against the consumer, the environment, and the public in
general, have all been made by socialist states.
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