Veckans Freemans Perspective
Failures Left and Right
Today we’ll pick on the left to begin with, then switch to the right.
The “fighting evil” strategy of the political left is socialism. It has gained a foothold among the young for three primary reasons:
1. They are too young to remember socialism in practice.
2. They are so poorly schooled that they don’t see any problem with it.
3. The people promoting socialism complain very well.
I’m not trying to be trite or insulting with these three points; they’re the actual reasons.
Invoking socialism to fight them has to be one of the most boneheaded strategies in human history. Not only has it not worked despite a century of massive efforts, but socialism has proven itself to be death incarnate.
The Soviet socialists killed tens of millions. The Chinese socialists killed many tens of millions. Cambodian socialists killed roughly a third of their populace in only a few years.
Socialism is a way for a few to live like kings, while the masses praising them die in huge numbers. Period.
The Answer
If you want progress in the world – if you want people to live happier, freer, more satisfying lives – there is a very simple and effective answer: Start building it yourself.
Not only does this work, but it’s more or less the only thing that works. A lot of people don’t like the idea, because it requires effort and because they’ve been seduced by the big lie of democratic politics, which is this:
If you can complain well enough, the machinery of the state will create what you want.
And so, people who believe that complaining makes it so (a near-relative of wishing makes it so) are hesitant to build. After all, building is harder than complaining, and they might get into trouble.
And so the politician who best pretends to care gets elected, and there’s no reason for anything to change. The politicians promise and the people believe, as the generations come and go. Ho hum.
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