This administration is driving the United States toward socialism. The government now controls the auto industry and banks among others national industries. Most of the jobs created over the last year and a half have been government jobs. The new health care set up will increase government involvement in our lives. As government grows and inches its way into our lives we are becoming a socialist society.
The ultimate result of socialism in America will be the loss of a desire to succeed. That desire, some call it the urge to compete, is what has strengthened the United States and made her the greatest nation on earth. It is not by accident that America is known as “the land of opportunity.” Immigrants like Andrew Carnegie and home grown men like Bill Gates have seized that opportunity and become American icons. Yes, they have made fortunes and in so doing they have created jobs for millions of Americans. Socialism is opposed to this concept. Its goal is to make everyone equal. Redistribute the wealth. Make everyone a “winner.”
If everyone is a winner, there are no losers, and average becomes the standard. Hence, there is no reason to compete. This levels people and countries. Competition is seen as a bad thing in the utopian world of socialism. Losing can make a person “feel bad.” Socialism wants everyone to be equally happy. In recent times, youth sports teams have begun to give trophies to all participants. Even those who warm the bench are given trophies. In some instances, scores are not kept because this might hurt someone’s feelings and perhaps bruise a sensitive little ego. While this might make sense on the surface, the practice fosters mediocrity. Why strive to be exceptional if everyone is going to be a winner anyway? Mediocrity is rewarded and superior performance is discouraged. Has America come so far over the last 200 years by fostering mediocrity?
It seems to me that socialism is the great leveler. It will eradicate competition and strive to make everyone truly equal. Those with an innate sense of competition, who have a desire to grow and improve at something, they will become the misfits. They will be seen as showoffs and people who place their own success above that of the collective. They will be castigated and alienated from the socialist society. Ultimately, they will be singled out and possibly even prosecuted for their evil desires. They will be branded enemies of the state.
What will happen to these misfits? They will have to be re-trained to recognize the error of their ways. Institutions will be established to “re-program” those who do not fit the socialist mindset. (Shades of Communist China!) These people will be taught that exceptionalism is selfish and not supportive of the collective good. Ultimately, they will learn to suppress their “unhealthy” desires and to rely more completely on government, who, after all, has the best interest of all the people at heart. Yes, excellence or the desire for it will be punished.
Socialism is the ultimate leveler. Our children will learn to be average. Being above average will be seen as a sin against the greater good. This means that everyone will be comfortably mediocre. People like Carnegie and Gates will become relicts of a bygone era of selfishness. Children will no longer strive to become entrepreneurs. They will not begin businesses in their garages. They will not build empires, and they will not create jobs. Growth and development of technology will taper off and perhaps die altogether. Socialism and mediocrity will have succeeded in making a nation, and perhaps even a world, of mediocrity where individual and collective growth will be forgotten. We will all be unhappily equal.
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