GaryDemar: While tyranny is often forced upon a population from the muzzle of a gun, it can also be imposed gradually on a savior‑starved people. The history of socialism and communism is the history of how people prefer slavery — in the name of security — over freedom.
Adolf Hilter certainly understood this.
Hitler’s predecessor, Otto von Bismark, got the Welfare (slavery) State ball rolling with the creation of a series of social reforms that had a profound influence on the German working class. William L. Shirer, in The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, writes “that it gradually made them value security over political freedom and caused them to see in the State, however conservative, a benefactor and a protector.”
Between 1883 and 1889, Bismark put through a program for social security far beyond anything known in other countries. It included compulsory insurance for workers against old age, sickness, accident, and incapacity, and though it was organized by the State it was financed by employers and employees. Bismark did this, Shirer writes, “to combat socialism.” more
“to combat socialism.”
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Soon to be the new mantra of the Nancy Pelosi / Chuck Schumer Democrat party, but only after they accuse the political right of trying to bring on socialism.
Because, Alinsky tactics.
They don’t have enough guns. 🙂
Back then they imposed tyranny, now they’re imposing trannys.
So let’s get rid of it. Imagine that; people have to work; who are able. When I was young it would have been a shameful thing to be on government assistance. That was for old people.
I just loved going to work. I started at 14 as a paper boy on the street corner.
Blue jeans and a dirty t-shirt. Too poor to care how I was dressed. I had two different shoes on
most of the time. But at least I had shoes on.
I can see what he meant about combating Socialism. Most people want some kind of security thru jobs and government. If the economy and/or the government isn’t providing (enough) the people will embrace Socialism. So in effect these government programs are in competition with Socialism. I’m not saying this is how it should be, just how I see it. If you have the drive, talent and ability to be self-employed, you don’t want any of this, but the fact is only about 10% in this country are self-employed and many because they were laid off in the past few years. That leaves us with a large majority expecting something for a safety net and Social Security was set up as something you earned as a supplement. The point is if the government doesn’t set up something, it creates a vacuum that Socialism will fill.
BTW – the welfare state (and its abuse) is a whole nuther discussion
Tsunami,
“after they accuse the political right of trying to bring on socialism.”
They would be dishonest but would that actually be incorrect?
Bismark was a herwing.
And the Mafia hooks you by giving you free “stuff.”
Thus: fight socialism by surrendering to socialism?
Now we can begin to understand the RINO/McConnell/Ryan branch of Menshevism.
See? They aren’t Traitors, Cowards, and Lickspittles! They’re Bismarkian Realpolitik-ians!
izlamo delenda est …
How many out there now days are gravitating toward socialistic policies because they want some form of protection and guarantee from the overbearing government stripping them of everything by way of taxes etc. The crooks up there have made it an ugly choice.
Give it time? Time is what we don’t have and soon we won’t have any money, freedom or individuality either!
Not surprising. The individual mandate for health care first came from conservative think tanks. Just because someone thinks it up doesn’t mean it is implemented as they envisioned or doesn’t get completely out of control or have a hell of a lot of unintended consequences that can be exploited by opportunists.
Freedom requires you to take care of yourself. Most people don’t see the value in that or are easily swayed to giving it up for some freebies they believe they aren’t paying for.
And FDR, you got this from Bismark?
And here I thought Bismark was a pastry.