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The Memes have it WRONG!

I have read a meme that is being spread around on social media, that references both Corporate and Democratic Socialism. The sad thing is that both references are essentially oxymoron in nature.

The first reference to so called Corporate Socialism implies that all of both houses of Congress are being influenced by corporations. So much so that the laws of this country are being made to favor the corporate interests. That means that a minimum of two thirds of all our representatives are voting to enact said legislation. The actual fact is that Corporate America isn’t influencing government; it’s the other way around. Overbearing government involvement into the private sector through burdensome regulation and taxation are dictating the way corporations do business.

There is no such thing as “Corporate Socialism”. Socialism is a form of governance that requires all those who serve under its rule to work equally at an equal wage to support the will of the leadership. There is no such thing as Democratic Socialism either. There is no Democracy in a Socialist governed country. The people’s will is dictated to them, not by them. The concept of Socialism essentially pits one worker against another and actually demoralizes the population, not lifts its people up. People actually become less inspired to work, because all the incentive for class mobility is removed. The Socialist Governed workers are eventually gripped with jealousy and discontentment for how the rulers live an extremely wealthy lifestyle, while the populous lives in disparity. This disparity between the governed and the government always leads to governmental and social breakdown.

 All through recorded history this Socialist experiment has been tried. It has never succeeded, ever! Here are some examples: The Faros tried it, Caesar tried it, Alexander tried it, Czar Nicholas tried it, Hitler tried it Maduro tried it, all without success. Why on God’s green earth would anyone even think of trying this again? The only reason that it has yet to completely fail in Russia is through strong government intimidation, and the adoption of some of America’s capitalist ideals.

All one has to do is look at the Socialist programs that exist in government right now. They, in only fifty years, are collapsing under the weight of their financial burden to accommodate the growing number of dependents and the fraudulent misuse of their intended purpose. If there was total Socialism, total collapse would be imminent.

Here is the fantasy meme:

Democratic Socialism

For decades the Democratic Party has based its fundamental principle on the idea that government can simply tax and spend its way to solve the challenges that confront it. This principle was effective for a while, but runaway spending and unchecked expenditures have made that theory unworkable.

 It is human nature to be greedy. Decades of unchecked greed through lobbyists, nepotism, and government contracts through connections have severely diminished the ability of government to provide responsible and reliable results for its endeavors. There are decades of research results that show the ineffectiveness of government. There have been accounts of government spending twenty dollars for a wrench that cost fifty cents in the private sector.

Now there is a push from Democrats on the extreme fringes of the left of their party for Socialism. Given the inability for government to efficiently operate at every level as it is, who in their right mind would think that the U.S government could make a successful crack at Socialism.

It barely functions on the guidelines set forth in a clearly written constitution that outlines every aspect of what is needed to succeed. The propensity for rampant corruption and chaos is just a brief distraction from the rule of law away. Not only would it be a disaster, but the conditions are perfect for failure, given the level of incompetence and corruption that infects our government as it is.

Imagine the level of rampant corruption without the regulations and guidelines that partially keep things in check now. Allowing the government to have the ultimate authority over the will of the people is absolutely insane!