More and more these days I see celebrities, now that they have made their fortunes from capitalism, telling us to try a little socialism. Michael Reagan wrote in his blog that he attended a luncheon in Hollywood with “film industry notables” and heard Larry Gelbart (MASH) tell everyone that “since capitalism has failed, why don’t we try socialism?” Michael Reagan was righteously indignant in his opinion of Gelbart’s statement. The problem is, so many people just don’t get it.
As Micheal Regan stated, Larry Gelbart made a fortune from our capitalist free-market. Let’s say he lived in Russia or Cuba when he decided to make the MASH sitcom. Does anyone really believe that in a share-the-wealth society he would have been able to profit in any way near how he actually has? Honestly, how does someone who doesn’t spend time as a worker for a socialist regime tell our country that he thinks we should “try socialism”? Especially after he has made a fortune from capitalism?
And how about that free speech he is enjoying? To be able to suggest that the current political position of this country has failed and not suffer imprisonment is a freedom many in Tienanmen Square would have enjoyed. Socialism leads to oppression, it is the natural course. There is no way to prevent political unrest if everyone is allowed to speak freely and publicize their dissent.
In light of this, why is it that so many Americans think that it is okay to choose as your associates those who hate the American Way and embrace Marxism and other such ideologies? ”To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully,” Barack Obama wrote in “Dreams From My Father,” his memoir. “The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists.” Is anyone paying attention?
Socialist programs drain our economy. Liberal politicians, greedy for power, tend to tell us we need more social programs. Then we need more money to fund the programs. Then more people become dependent on the programs instead of themselves, and then we need more programs and more money. Eventually the burden to fund these programs is bigger than the dwindling work force can handle, and you are left with the elite bureaucrats and the lowly worker, nothing in between, no hope for advancement in your station in life. Is that the American Way?
This election is more important than you will ever know. Read this hypothetical letter from 2012, written as if Obama has been President for four years. You may say it could never happen, but you wouldn’t be considering the current liberal trends or the past behavior of the Democrats and liberal judges. Think long and hard before you cast your vote, our country’s future depends on it.
