Socialism Explained
Posted by mdk2608 9 years, 5 months ago to The Gulch: General
The older I get the more I realize that some of my best thoughts come while I am on my lawn mower cutting my grass. It gives me time to think. This past weekend in Wisconsin was one of those nice warm sunny fall days that probably will not be seen again till spring. It was also a day cutting my lawn allowed me to release some creative thought once again. In those thoughts, deep in my privacy of my own mind, I have fixed the problems of the world and society. Obama is tried and convicted of treason and deported back to Kenya while the free world rejoices. Hillary is exposed as a fraud and discredited. I develop new medication to help liberals properly develop the left side of their brains while being surrounded by cheering like-minded friends as I accept the Nobel Peace Prize. Granted many of those thoughts on how I solve our nation’s political divide are pure fantasy and best kept private so as not to create a never ending thread of discussion on this site. Even more thoughts I keep private because don’t much like the idea being apprehended by federal agents wearing white coats driving white vans.
Watching a few of these humorous somewhat sad but true animations makes me appreciate the author’s creativity and how they take it upon themselves to think up ideas to put in a short presentation. The internet is filled with some really creative thoughts. Like the industrials who helped build America, the people who come up with some of these animated expressions possibly, in their own small way, might help save American by getting important points of view expressed that might otherwise be stifled. Granted some of the animations may have been produced at the spur of the moment just for fun, while others probably produced in some dorm room at 2:00 am., while others produced out of general frustration. Then again maybe there is a greater purpose. Some of the points are humorous and make us laugh, some remind us of conversations we’ve had with people in our life, but they also make us think. As my zero turn mower is making its turn around a large prickly Colorado spruce with needles painfully bushing against my face reminding me of liberals creating pain in another part of my body, I begin thinking about the truly innovative, intelligent people on Galt’s Gulch who love our country and the intent of the founding fathers. I remind myself how I love reading the many insightful articles that producers take the time to post as I mow lines that are straight and true.
It’s been fun following the production of the Atlas Shrugged series and is the issue that binds us together. How long can this Galt’s Gulch survive in its present form? How could we improve this site and bring others to it? As I am filling my mower with gas for the final stretch, the thought occurs to me that with the insights, wisdom and genius of my fellow Gulchers it would be pure bliss to have a contest among us using online software and come up our own animated version of our various thoughts and positions. This could be another way for us to communicate issues to the public. Atlas Distributing might also want to think about publishing short clips, animated or real life, that can express the issues dear to us all. They have us to come up with some of the ideas while they distribute the content. It would be fascinating watching the creative minds of fellow Gulchers put together stories that express contemporary thought. We have so many fantastic people out there I bet some videos could go viral if publically released and might over time change the world or possibly one or two minds. If one man can create one video that sends the Arab world in an outrage resulting in a destroyed embassy imagine what Gulchers could produce. While logistically challenging, it would be interesting to have available on this site or elsewhere, the ability to come up with some creating animated videos of our own similar to the I am John Galt videos but made easier to produce quickly. An animated version of Atlas Shrugged might enlighten more people and be more reasonable to produce. At this point in my thinking, it’s time to power wash the mower and make it clean for a new journey next week and hope I can still use my mower and not the snow blower.
Watching a few of these humorous somewhat sad but true animations makes me appreciate the author’s creativity and how they take it upon themselves to think up ideas to put in a short presentation. The internet is filled with some really creative thoughts. Like the industrials who helped build America, the people who come up with some of these animated expressions possibly, in their own small way, might help save American by getting important points of view expressed that might otherwise be stifled. Granted some of the animations may have been produced at the spur of the moment just for fun, while others probably produced in some dorm room at 2:00 am., while others produced out of general frustration. Then again maybe there is a greater purpose. Some of the points are humorous and make us laugh, some remind us of conversations we’ve had with people in our life, but they also make us think. As my zero turn mower is making its turn around a large prickly Colorado spruce with needles painfully bushing against my face reminding me of liberals creating pain in another part of my body, I begin thinking about the truly innovative, intelligent people on Galt’s Gulch who love our country and the intent of the founding fathers. I remind myself how I love reading the many insightful articles that producers take the time to post as I mow lines that are straight and true.
It’s been fun following the production of the Atlas Shrugged series and is the issue that binds us together. How long can this Galt’s Gulch survive in its present form? How could we improve this site and bring others to it? As I am filling my mower with gas for the final stretch, the thought occurs to me that with the insights, wisdom and genius of my fellow Gulchers it would be pure bliss to have a contest among us using online software and come up our own animated version of our various thoughts and positions. This could be another way for us to communicate issues to the public. Atlas Distributing might also want to think about publishing short clips, animated or real life, that can express the issues dear to us all. They have us to come up with some of the ideas while they distribute the content. It would be fascinating watching the creative minds of fellow Gulchers put together stories that express contemporary thought. We have so many fantastic people out there I bet some videos could go viral if publically released and might over time change the world or possibly one or two minds. If one man can create one video that sends the Arab world in an outrage resulting in a destroyed embassy imagine what Gulchers could produce. While logistically challenging, it would be interesting to have available on this site or elsewhere, the ability to come up with some creating animated videos of our own similar to the I am John Galt videos but made easier to produce quickly. An animated version of Atlas Shrugged might enlighten more people and be more reasonable to produce. At this point in my thinking, it’s time to power wash the mower and make it clean for a new journey next week and hope I can still use my mower and not the snow blower.
SOURCE URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMqNL7sIhGs
You want another scenario? Here's one: a new governing philosophy takes such command that two-thirds of both Houses of Congress sign onto it, or get elected running on it. They then, in this order:
1. Expel the remaining third from each House on various grounds. That shouldn't be too difficult. For instance, let's start with Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla.-14th, a former corrupt judge thrown off the bench on impeachment for, and conviction of, bribery. He should have been told never again to hold office honor, trust or profit under the United States or any of them. Now it's time to correct that oversight--among others.
2. Remove Obama and Biden both on impeachment for, and conviction of, circumvention of the Article II Section 1 Clause 5 natural born citizenship requirement, and conspiracy to do the same. This is important: it means he was never President, and declares a total Mulligan on his every legislative act and appointment.
3. Let the new President, i.e. the former Speaker (per the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, as amended), nominate Judge Andrew P. Napolitano as CJOTUS. That might require offering the current CJ, John Roberts, a special Medal for Merit as a remittance.
4. Let the new (Acting) President also nominate other Justices of the Supreme Court having a judicial mind-set and temperament similar to that of Judge Napolitano.
5. Proceed at once to dismantle every Department except State, Treasury, Defense and Justice, and every standalone agency--but particularly every agency that is quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial in character.
6. Pass a Constitutional amendment canceling the federal Congressional power "to establish post offices and post roads." Let the States establish such things if they want to, but I would advise against it.
7. Pass another Constitutional amendment enumerating the specific kinds of "armies" Congress "shall have the power to raise and support," and permit no others.
8. Pass a Constitutional amendment repealing Amendment XVI, the Income Tax. In keeping with John Galt's first word of advice to Mister Thompson: "Abolish all income taxes."
- Thomas Hendrix, M.D.
Reason: See next revision (e.g. no need for a Treasury department)
9. Pass a Constitutional amendment Providing for the Separation of State and Economy. Congress shall make no law abridging the right of individuals from entering into free trade agreements. Congress shall also pass laws protecting the right of free trade by protecting the property rights of individuals.
But why shouldn't the government have a treasury? The government must still recruit, train, equip, and pay the armed services, and must provide the police to protect the Federal City and its "Needful Buildings." (Though it might also do to enumerate more extensively the categories of "Needful Buildings" over which the "Congress shall have the power...to exercise exclusive legislation."
The Constitution provides for "Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, [and] dock-Yards." Let's add "Air bases, service academies, courthouses for the inferior tribunals that Congress may from time to time ordain and establish, and other Buildings needful to the exercise of the specific powers this Constitution grants to Congress."
20th Century Motor Corporation...
We are hoping our Governor will win Tuesdayy
Anyone not familiar with the Dem nominee for Wis Gov really should take a look. An empty pantsuit, fired by her own family business, fired by a Dem Gov from role as state commerce sec, failed to pay state taxes for a few years, spent $128,000 to win a seat on the Madison school board (yes, you read that right, more than a hundred thousand dollars), dumped $5 million into her bid for Governor, plagiarized most of her "jobs plan" as well as other position papers, and lies about just about everything anyone asks her. The fact that she is a toss up against Gov Scott Walker just proves how corrupted the dem party and those who support it have become.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo...
There is also a follow up video with nearly 3 million views.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQnarzm...
Just another cult, with all the trappings. Hayek rocks!
2) The entire Japanese economy and industry was devastated during WWII. We make a big deal about the 2 nukes, but we had been carpet bombing the industrial centers for much of the war, certainly the last year. This ended up being a "good" thing for Japan, as their steel industry had to be totally rebuilt from the ground up, and they did so with modern methods and technologies. MacArthur brought in Dr. Deming to teach them quality methods (after Detroit had rejected his approach, by the way - how ironic). And the Japanese culture is one of incessant incremental improvement. They are never satisfied and always looking to make it just a bit better.
Seriously, I had to stop it after a couple minutes. It was unbearably irritating.
I still hate rap (almost all of it, save a very few songs that actually have melody, but for me it's not worth my time to sift through the chaff...)
That link did lead me to Hayek things like https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl... which I found much easier to listen to and understand.
Y'know, 3-5 million views? Maybe a tag like "rap" was the draw... :)
(yes, I have strong feelings about this ;^)
I disagree the statement that the Hayek portrayer makes that WWII was a single point where gov't spending worked - it didn't. Even FDR's own Tres Sec stated that all the gov't spending did nothing to wrench the economy out of the depression.
KEYNES
You too only see what you want to see
The spending on war clearly goosed GDP
Unemployment was over, almost down to zero
That’s why I’m the master, that’s why I’m the hero
HAYEK
Creating employment’s a straightforward craft
When the nation’s at war, and there’s a draft
If every worker was staffed in the army and fleet
We’d have full employment and nothing to eat
KEYNES
We could have done better, had we only spent more
Too bad that only happens when there’s a World War
You can carp all you want about stats and regression
Do you deny World War II cut short the Depression?
HAYEK
Wow. One data point and you’re jumping for joy
the Last time I checked, wars only destroy
There was no multiplier, consumption just shrank
As we used scarce resources for every new tank
Pretty perverse to call that prosperity
Rationed meat, Rationed butter… a life of austerity
When that war spending ended your friends cried disaster
yet the economy thrived and grew faster
The Keynes characters wishes there were a way to have a deluge of deficit spending to prime the pump during recessions and surpluses to retire that debt during expansions without the need for war.
:)
There should be two words for Keynesian economics, one for the notion taught in school (i.e. paying off debt during expansions and borrowing during recessions to avoid idle productive capacity) and another for the completely different notion most Keynesian critics use (i.e. excessively loose monetary policy and fiscal policies aimed at propping up politically connected industries.)
several or more years ago while driving from Phoenix to Las Vegas to see Networld Introp with one of my employees, a 24 year old naturalized Bulgarian national. On this long drive we talked political ideologies. He adamantly defended the merits of socialism and pointed out the flaws of capitalism. Rather than arguing for 4-5 hours (one-way) we examined his stance point by point. To make a long story short, he agreed that socialism is a wonderful ideology that is entirely unrealistic for human beings because of our inherent nature. :) The last I heard from him he went into business for himself driving a truck cross country, he doesn't laud socialism, and he's still very odd. :) Thanks for the video/reminder.
Such things can change the world. I imagine many great ideas started during mundane activities like mowing the lawn and were developed in the middle of the night.
I have 1 son in high school ad a junior.
1) EVERYONE without exception MUST always work their hardest at what they do, and NOBODY is allowed not to work or be productive.
2) EVERYONE must ONLY use what they need, not what they want EVER.
3) The people in power MUST always do what is best for the masses not for themselves, and special interest will not be allowed to exist or have any say in how the government is run or its policies.
4) All laws must be applied equally to everyone with no exception.
The ONLY group I have ever heard of or read about that even came close to this was the Apache and Cherokee Indians in America, BEFORE the Europeans came to this country and corrupted them.
In the case of Native Americans, they had no ability to store vast amounts of time. Their lives were nomadic and hence driven by lack...not by excess.
Key is they may not have had great storehouses, but they were a happy people.
Also all 4 conditions MUST be met completely for Socialism or Communism to work. Since that will not happen it will never work.
I am 1/16 Lakota and realize that covenant breaking was a completely foreign thought to most tribes.
Hopefully we are now able to spot it (covenant breaking...AKA adultery) and stop it before our government does it to each of us individually...!
Pretty honest, wouldn't you say?
Now we war over "women's issues", drug abuse and various sundry things that are nonsensical and fighting them has the same result of not fighting them.
That and the minor little detail of finding leaders who aren't draw to power like a moth to flame.
And if you really want to say that the American Indians had a life exemplified by the best government, you'll probably want to look into the histories of the wars of those nations. There is a reason they were the largest in people and territory, and it wasn't because of their system of government.