http://www.orthodoxnet.com/news/WhySocia...ranny.html

....and no, no matter how you libs try to paint it, Fascists and Nazis were, essentially, Socialists, with the Fascists just giving a little bit more power to companies.....but controlling them nonetheless.

What party or political ideology does this remind you of?

Quote:The basic tenets of socialism are:
1. Seduce the populace into accepting the government as the arbitrator of all problems; government from cradle-to-grave
2. Begin delivering on those services to make the citizens dependent
3. Take away the citizens' guns
4. Increase taxes on all services while destroying any free market alternative services
5. Blame the chosen scapegoat for the inability to meet demand for services
6. Have the centralized national police force round up any dissidents

Dude, you're asking me? Seriously?

I think it takes more than four years to go socialist unless a forceful takeover takes place. We still have checks and balances to make sure that doesn't happen even though it may not seem so.

(01-20-2009 01:23 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I think it takes more than four years to go socialist unless a forceful takeover takes place. We still have checks and balances to make sure that doesn't happen even though it may not seem so.

We've been turning Socialist for far longer than 4 years. I'd say the entire 20th century was the beginning of our love relationship with taking from the producers and giving to the non-producers.

(01-20-2009 01:23 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I think it takes more than four years to go socialist unless a forceful takeover takes place. We still have checks and balances to make sure that doesn't happen even though it may not seem so.

I am no longer confident that the checks and balances will save us. Particularly not with what has happened in the last eight years, and with what is promised for the next four.

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We are much much further into a Socialistic Society as the 'Norm', than people either even know about or just won't admit too.

We started 'Publicly' moving into the realm of a Socialistic Existence under the Command of FDR and it hasn't even slowed down since.

The next 4 years are just a continuation of a well oiled Social Machine and boy did they ever "Install" the right guy for the job in 2008.

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(01-19-2009 11:05 PM)Rebel Wrote:  Dude, you're asking me? Seriously?

No. That question was pointed at Robert and his ilk.

The United States is far closer to Fascism than Socialism. We've been heading in that direction since the 1930s...