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After seeing a lot of conservatives making ineffective arguments about socialism, how can we boil it down into simpler terms to persuade more people?
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How about the following?
About the Democrats’ motto: “stronger together†-
It could just as well be the motto of any street gang.
It fits both groups just as perfectly.
Stronger is not always smarter, and is often MUCH stupider!
Collectivism does NOT bring the best and brightest to the top.
It dumbs everybody down to the lowest common denominator.
Collectivism is just another term for “mob psychologyâ€.
The best and brightest do NOT rise to the top!
Being best and brightest is inherently non-conformist – which collectivism always seeks to eliminate!
In collectivism, the most ruthless and manipulative people always rise to the top!
Collectivism – at best, dehumanizes people and treats them like a commodity.
When taken to its logical conclusion, it exterminates people.
It commits mass murder – genocide.
EVERY genocide that has ever happened throughout all history was committed by a collective!
It takes a collective to commit a genocide!
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Here's another good, short discussion
from the Global Entrepreneurship Institute:
https://news.gcase.org/2012/02/15/understanding-socialism-in-one-minute/
Understanding socialism in one minute
Posted on February 15, 2012 by Robert W Price
After reading this post you can understand socialism in one minute…
An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before but had once failed an entire class.
The class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor told his students, “OK, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism. All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.†The class agreed!
After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.
As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. The second test average was a D! No one was happy.
When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.
All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward and shares it with those not earning it, no one will try or want to succeed.
It just doesn’t get any simpler than this.
“Socialism works until you run out of other people’s moneyâ€
– Margaret Thatcher
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Its impossible to argue with idiots :P