Trusters of expansive, intrusive government have spread the notion that the Civil Rights struggles of the 1960s were struggles for more government. In fact, the Civil Rights movement was a guerilla, libertarian victory over socialism and government supremacy. When Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white bus passenger …
Category: Socialist Lies
Apr 24
The reality of socialism: Hugo Chavez’ daughter is worth $4 billion in a nation of starving slaves
Socialists promise equality but deliver slavery, impoverishment, poverty and heartbreak. Gavin McInnes writes about attending a recent rally for socialist Bernie Sanders. The brain-dead attendants all expect the impossible. McInnes writes about Venezuela, where the late Hugo Chavez imposed a vast socialist remake for his impoverished and long-suffering subjects. After 20 years of socialism, Venezuelans …
Apr 21
More sad news for Venezuela: Government to ration electrical power
Venezuela, a South American country with dynamic people and the world’s largest proven oil reserves, has suffered under the curse of socialism for two decades. After the Venezuelan government took a hard-line turn toward socialism in the 1990s, the government took over most industries. Now the government of the oil-rich nation can’t provide enough electricity …
Apr 18
More sad news from Venezuela: Dirty air, dirty water, malnutrition, sickness
Witness modern Venezuela. A generation ago, Venezuelan voters cheered when socialist Hugo Chavez was elected president. Chavez’s socialist government took over the mining, industrial, energy, and shipping industries. Chavez imposed censorship on the media, jailing critics. Wealthy households were raided and had their belongings taken by the state. Companies were banned or fled. Chavez provided …
Apr 16
Venezuelans now don’t have toilet paper, cable TV or cell phone service
Socialism is something that should only be wished on one’s enemies. For years, Venezuelans have voted for overt socialists. It all seemed great at first. “Free” health care, education, food, shelter, clothing, etc. The government ‘paid’ for everything with abundant oil. But now oil prices have hit rock bottom and the Venezuelan government owes its …
Apr 09
As Socialist Venezuela Collapses, its Government Demands Women Conserve Electricity by not Using Hairdryers
Socialism is a curse that should be wished on one’s enemies. All societies who embrace it will ultimately become sick and weak. Venezuela is an oil-rich country, but has been saddled with central planning and socialism for decades. Now the country is so short of electricity that its rulers are demanding that women stop using …
Mar 30
Under Cuban socialism, hookers could be had for toothpaste
Government-funded professors of social science frequently extoll the supposed virtues of socialism, ‘single-payer’ government healthcare, and ‘free’ college, entitlements, and redistribution. Here is a Jon Stossel interview of Gloria Alvarez, a Cuban-American who recounts that under Castro’s centrally-planned government economy, Cuban hookers could be had for a tube of toothpaste. See the interview at 3:20
Mar 16
Socialist Venezuela shuts down for a week as electricity is rationed
When people are free to choose and purchase energy in free markets, there are rarely any power outages or energy shortages. The private sector can quickly scramble to profit from people’s energy needs. But in centrally planned economies like Venezuela, government picks and chooses energy sources for everyone. Government also chooses what prices will be …
Mar 13
Palace Intrigue in North Korea: Those Who Trust Government Most are the Most Likely to be Purged
Another recurring lesson for those who trust government most. It is they who will always be targeted by jealous rivals when their dreams of government power bear fruit. The history of the Soviet Union was filled with examples where the most loyal communists were– –again and again– — purged or prosecuted by government officials they …
Feb 26
Oregon’s “Cover Oregon” Health Care Program Collapses after Losing Millions
Cover Oregon was a government “health insurance marketplace” that the state set up pursuant to Obamacare. The program initially cost $300 million to set up. About 170,000 people tried to sign up for Cover Oregon before it folded.
