Socialism in the United States - The failure of the education establishment
Bottom Line: The news made the rounds yesterday that Gallup’s most recent polling showed record numbers of Americans on board with at least some socialism. It’s not the least bit surprising given that overt socialists like Bernie Sanders and Bill De Blasio are running in a mainstream political party for president. It is however alarming. Gallup’s polling specifically showed this...
- 41% of Americans think socialism would be good for the country
- 53% of Americans think socialism would be bad for the country
The bright side is that there still are more people who think the Hitler’s and Maduro's of the world are bad than not in the US. The scary news is that it’s only 12%. Now I know that by saying the 41% who are rooting for socialism are on board with Hitler and Maduro isn’t really the case. Surely most of them don’t want a Hitler or Maduro or Castro, etc., they’re just dangerously ignorant. When discussing the Bernie Sanders’s of the world in American politics with supporters of his without fail, they talk about how he/they are different because they’re Democratic-Socialists. Like I said, dangerously ignorant. So were Hitler and Maduro. Here’s a refresher of what Socialism is...
so·cial·ism
/ˈsōSHəˌlizəm/
noun
- a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
That means the government. So, the moment the government owns the means of production what happens to liberty? Innovation? Economic opportunity? I’ve long stated that most problems in our society today are failures of our education establishment. There’s no bigger indictment of the American education establishment than this one. Socialism in any form is a failed government at best and pure evil at worst. To take for granted the freedom and opportunity presented by this country, where the standard of living of those in poverty is three times better than the average person around the world, in lieu of a system of governance that’s responsible for more death of its citizens than any other, is an absolute indictment of the American education establishment. I’ve talked about the need to break the back of the health insurance first model to truly solve the health care cost crisis. You’ll now hear me say that we need to break the back of the status quo education establishment in this country. It’s more dangerous than healthcare costs. Thank God Florida’s moving fast on school choice. It’s desperately needed in a country in which only 12% more Americans understand that socialism is “bad”.