Ya, it’s fantastic that this professor, at an advanced age, discovered that socialism doesn’t work. But how many college kids has he tainted forever and sent out into society bleating about the destruction of capitalism and the advancement of Marxism?
Thanks a lot, Mr. Wonderful.
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Professor Jack Stauder says his political and ideological conversion away from socialism and Marxism occurred when he actually witnessed these systems in action.
After traveling to more than 110 countries to pursue various forms of research, notably cultural anthropology, Stauder described his conversion from Marxism as a process of disillusionment.
“I gradually became disenchanted with Marxism by visiting many of the countries that had tried to shape their societies to conform to its doctrines. I was disillusioned by the realities I saw in … socialist countries – the USSR, Eastern Europe, China, Cuba, etc,” Stauder told The College Fix via email.
“I came to recognize that socialism doesn’t work, and that its ‘revolutionary’ imposition inevitably leads to cruelty, injustice and the loss of freedom,” the professor continued.
“I could see the same pattern in the many failed left-wing revolutions of Latin America and elsewhere. By combining actual travel with the historical study of socialism and revolution, I succeeded in disabusing myself of the utopian notions that fatally attract people to leftist ideas.”
What a doof asshat.
This guy’s old enough to have seen people being shot trying to escape the Socialist USSR past the Berlin Wall. To know Mao and Stalin have killed millions to invoke Socialism.
I don’t trust this guy. Not one bit.
wow, it took all that to come to a sane conclusion
by that, I mean the conclusion that he had spent the vast majority of his life an abject moron
There’s no fool like an old fool. And here’s proof.
I find this hard to believe. It just never happens. He still has a socialist professor face, too.
What a fuckin’ idiot. Welcome to sanity….glad you preached so much insanity before seeing the truth. Please spend the rest of your days undoing the poison you’ve spread.
I hate to say it, but my mom (not a professor, but vocal) is in a similar spot. Near 80, and now realizes everyone she has supported and voted for has failed in achieving what they promised. What frustrates the hell out of me is that she says she is glad she isn’t going to live long enough to see the worst that is headed our way. Libs drive me nuts.
spoke with a friend tonight. His boss had been to cuba recently. She had nothing but horror stories. Poor people.
A smart prof would have seen the error of his ways after visiting just one of those countries.
Yeah you old coot. Think of all the minds you corrupted, and all the minds they are now corrupting. Tie a mill stone around your neck and take a dive.
who paid for all of his ‘research’ travels?
After traveling to more than 110 countries
A very slow learner. D-.
“By combining actual travel with the historical study of socialism and revolution, I succeeded in disabusing myself of the utopian notions that fatally attract people to leftist ideas.”
all I had to do was watch the news, look at my paycheck deductions, get married and have kids all before 24 to understand it.
what took this genius so long, his “higher” education get in the way of reality?
Guess he felt the Bern!
Stop breathing my air you piece of shit!
I’m now very suspicious of anyone with “higher education”. They’re usually idiots who have been swaddled in school for too long, they haven’t learned anything from real world experience.
I have “only” an AAS, and I could have told that “perfesser” everything he needed to know about the real life of socialism.
So you had to go see for yourself that taking hard earned money away from the person who works to “redistribute” to someone who doesn’t isn’t that great?? What a dumbsh*t.
OK Stauder, your penance is to live the rest of your life in an inner city ghetto.
“I gradually became disenchanted with Marxism by visiting many of the countries that had tried to shape their societies to conform to its doctrines…”
I lived in ONE country and saw how communism operates. ONE. And I figured it out the first 2 weeks. And I was 16. You fucking moron.
Hey billy, that would be a really short penance. He wouldn’t last a week.
On the other hand, spending some time at a ranch doing some real WORK seems to solidified his resultant epiphany.
I bet he has no problem cashing those fat monthly university/teachers union pension checks financed by exorbitant student debt.
I just came here to say you’re all morons. seriously. go read a book about socialism instead of listening to these convenient “oh I was an atheist/socialist/liberal/whatever, but you wouldn’t believe what made me change my mind!” clickbait trash.
“#23 will surprise you!”