Veered To The Left
By Tammy Derouin
I’ll never forget the first time I saw an individual
openly promoting and supporting a self-proclaimed democratic socialist in my
hometown. I was on a walk and for a
brief moment I was surprised. But,
considering everything that has happened over the last several years, it
shouldn’t have been that surprising. When
the course of the path offered two options, I had to chuckle when he naturally veered
to the left and I went to the right.
I continued my walk knowing that my chosen path
would always be freedom and independence which includes capitalism and limited
government. I struggle to understand what makes an individual think that more
government control is what’s best for this country. After all, it was the free market which propelled
the United States to become an economic world leader.
Our country was founded on the beliefs of freedom
and independence. Self-reliance was once
a positive attribute. What happened to
us? Did life get too difficult? Why would we willingly trade our freedom for a
life of government control? Do we need
to be told how we should live, believe and think? That’s not freedom.
It’s been almost a year since the T-shirt he was
wearing caused me to pause and once again acknowledge just how much our nation
has fundamentally transformed. Lawns and
car bumpers now display campaign signs in hopes of a democratic socialist
becoming the President of the United States.
What a transformation!
The Democratic Party has two options; Bernie
Sanders, the self-proclaimed democratic socialist and Hillary Clinton. Clinton also embraces socialism and has
referred to European socialism in the past.
In addition to her socialist tendencies, we get the added bonus that she
is backed by questionable organizations and is currently attached to many
scandals. Her integrity is
non-existent. Her suspicious history,
unlike the current Executive, is easier to trace. Yet many will still vote for her. Are we truly so foolish?
We stopped paying attention. Many decided it was easier to demand that the
government provide services it was never intended to provide. When the government abused its power by acting
outside of its boundaries, many looked the other way because the outcome
benefited them and their agenda. We have abandoned the rule of law in favor of
the rule of man.
The government is all too willing to take over every
aspect of our lives. After all, that’s
how the government becomes powerful. If
we give up our rights, the government will decide if we even have rights. That which the government grants, the
government can also take away. We are
willingly feeding the government everything it needs to become stronger and
more powerful. Eventually, it will break
free from the lack of restraints to our Constitution. When that happens, we will have entered darkness. We will experience an overwhelming amount of
misery and despair that we could not have ever imagined happening here, in the
United States of America.
So many wave the socialism banner but I wonder how
many understand what socialism really means.
I decided to re-visit the book I’ve probably read the most, the
dictionary, to see if maybe sunshine, lollipops and unicorns had been magically
added to the definition. Thankfully, the
definition was just as blunt as I remember from my days of civics classes.
The definition of socialism as defined by the
Merriam-Webster Dictionary: “1: any of various economic and political theories
advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means
of production and distribution of goods. 2 a: a system of society or group
living in which there is no private property. b: a system or condition of society in which
the means of production are owned and controlled by the state. 3: a stage of
society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and
distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.”
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines social democracy
as, “a political movement advocating a gradual and peaceful transition from
capitalism to socialism by democratic means.”
The Democratic Socialist of America website states, “Democratic
Socialists believe that both the economy and society should be run
democratically to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few. We are a political and activist organization,
not a party; through campus and community-based chapters DSA members use a
variety of tactics, from legislative to direct action, to fight for the reforms
that empower working people.”
How does the takeover of private industry by the
government, empower the working people?
Apparently, civics classes are non-existent in our schools. Welcome to the tip of the socialism iceberg.
“The two enemies of the people are criminals and
government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution
so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.”
Thomas Jefferson
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