The bible says in many places and in many ways that if anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. More generally the idea that to consume something it is necessary to produce something is lost in socialism. Rooted in academia, ideas that mere existence confers a right to others wealth is the surest path to universal poverty. Until the government stops subsidizing poverty through redistribution of wealth, socialism will continue to draw political support in America and world wide.
BH, "religion" is a real hair trigger for you, isn't it? The bible offers shared wisdom about the human condition after thousands of years of observation. Timeless stories formed this universal bedrock for many, many people. Somebody or something poisoned your mind. Good to see you have a place to expel some of it here.
Anyone in NYC voting for Mamdani should be transported back to John Lindsay's NYC where the garbage wasn't picked up, you'd get mugged with monotonous regularity and you didn't go to the cops for help because they were as bad as the criminals. Those movies that depicted NYC at that time as a Method Actor¡s dream of a nightmare - “Serpico,” “Where's Poppa?” And “Taxi Driver” were not fictional. They were portraying the city as it went down the hellhole of socialist “good” intentions. Don't cry for Argentina. Cry for New York City. And California if the Democrats get their way.
If urban architecture alone speaks for a country, Buenos Aires was once a grand and glorious country. What brought this uniquely endowed country to such magnificence at one time, to crumble into disrepair and ruin at another?
else, The blame is squarely on the shoulders of Juan Peron and his successors. And maybe a little on Evita, who showered goodies on her admirers, paid for by the treasury and who was instrumental in introducing "socialism" to Argentina.
Fascinating! Wouldn’t it be great if the very biased New York Times published this? Mamdani is said to be remarkably similar to Castro. You don’t suppose we could saw New York City off and float it out to sea do you?
The insidious nature of wokism corrodes at many levels.
Why does high tech claim they need to bring in more foreign workers? Because wokism in US K-12 eliminated GATE, gifted and talented education programs, and we lost a generation of our own best minds to come out of our own school systems.
Dumbing down our $800 billion annual public education industry, may be even more tragic than lives lost in our prior senseless wars like Vietnam and the War on Poverty.
Jim, I hope that the President of Argentina message spreads throughout South America and beyond. It time to throw off the yoke of wokeism and government knows best. Thank yo
Every government resides on three legs - democracy, socialism, and authoritarianism. In the constitution these are represented by the courts (all are equal before the law and can achieve according to their capacities), the congress (the people and their needs), and the executive. If any one of these three factors goes to extreme it becomes toxic. Socialism is not communism but it can mutate into it in extremes. Authoritarianism is not fascism but it can mutate into it in extreme. And democracy is not a libertarian Ayn Randian distopia but it can go there. Isn't Argentina's economy in a bit of trouble now, and asking for a bail out from Trump....
BH: It is not even socialism that Democrat claim to want. They just want more tax dollars for themselves and their vast army of Democrat-voting government employees. Grow government dependency into an immutable voting block and share the spoils. That is not socialism either. Nor communism. It is more a peculiar brand of in-house mercantilism.
The bible says in many places and in many ways that if anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. More generally the idea that to consume something it is necessary to produce something is lost in socialism. Rooted in academia, ideas that mere existence confers a right to others wealth is the surest path to universal poverty. Until the government stops subsidizing poverty through redistribution of wealth, socialism will continue to draw political support in America and world wide.
Gee whiz, let's use the bible to decide who starves.
BH, "religion" is a real hair trigger for you, isn't it? The bible offers shared wisdom about the human condition after thousands of years of observation. Timeless stories formed this universal bedrock for many, many people. Somebody or something poisoned your mind. Good to see you have a place to expel some of it here.
Well said elce.
The Bible offers no authority to make policy, only the wisdom to make just policy. This should be obvious even to an academic.
Anyone in NYC voting for Mamdani should be transported back to John Lindsay's NYC where the garbage wasn't picked up, you'd get mugged with monotonous regularity and you didn't go to the cops for help because they were as bad as the criminals. Those movies that depicted NYC at that time as a Method Actor¡s dream of a nightmare - “Serpico,” “Where's Poppa?” And “Taxi Driver” were not fictional. They were portraying the city as it went down the hellhole of socialist “good” intentions. Don't cry for Argentina. Cry for New York City. And California if the Democrats get their way.
Polly, You forgot about snow not being plowed in Queens and Brooklyn during Lindsay's reign!
If urban architecture alone speaks for a country, Buenos Aires was once a grand and glorious country. What brought this uniquely endowed country to such magnificence at one time, to crumble into disrepair and ruin at another?
else, The blame is squarely on the shoulders of Juan Peron and his successors. And maybe a little on Evita, who showered goodies on her admirers, paid for by the treasury and who was instrumental in introducing "socialism" to Argentina.
Great speech! Let's hope that his words come to fruition.
Fascinating! Wouldn’t it be great if the very biased New York Times published this? Mamdani is said to be remarkably similar to Castro. You don’t suppose we could saw New York City off and float it out to sea do you?
The insidious nature of wokism corrodes at many levels.
Why does high tech claim they need to bring in more foreign workers? Because wokism in US K-12 eliminated GATE, gifted and talented education programs, and we lost a generation of our own best minds to come out of our own school systems.
Dumbing down our $800 billion annual public education industry, may be even more tragic than lives lost in our prior senseless wars like Vietnam and the War on Poverty.
Jim, I hope that the President of Argentina message spreads throughout South America and beyond. It time to throw off the yoke of wokeism and government knows best. Thank yo
Every government resides on three legs - democracy, socialism, and authoritarianism. In the constitution these are represented by the courts (all are equal before the law and can achieve according to their capacities), the congress (the people and their needs), and the executive. If any one of these three factors goes to extreme it becomes toxic. Socialism is not communism but it can mutate into it in extremes. Authoritarianism is not fascism but it can mutate into it in extreme. And democracy is not a libertarian Ayn Randian distopia but it can go there. Isn't Argentina's economy in a bit of trouble now, and asking for a bail out from Trump....
BH: It is not even socialism that Democrat claim to want. They just want more tax dollars for themselves and their vast army of Democrat-voting government employees. Grow government dependency into an immutable voting block and share the spoils. That is not socialism either. Nor communism. It is more a peculiar brand of in-house mercantilism.