The Problem With Socialism: It Sucks And It’s Meant To Suck

In the age of Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez being the most popular politicians on the Left, people tend to believe that socialism is on the rise in America and it’s only a matter of time until it is fully implemented and everyone is living in a utopia with their own unicorn that poops ice cream.
 
PragerU believes there is some trend towards favoring open socialism and made a video about it. PragerU’s Will Witt went to a local park (video doesn’t say where exactly) to ask random people about their views on socialism. Their answers were as funny as they were honestly sad.
 
The first question Witt asks is: “Should we have more socialism in America?” The guy being asked replied with a certain: “Yeah, definitely.”
 
The second person being asked that question replied with: “I think we already have an element of socialism already, but I believe in the tenets of socialism and yes, I think we should have more.”
 
The third replied with: “I mean… ideally. It sounds like a great idea.”
 
My personal favorite was a dunderhead who said: “It’s one of the options we haven’t really tried yet and what we have been trying clearly isn’t working.”


I will return to this ignoramus momentarily.
 
Now, despite all the people saying we should have socialism (can you believe they all look no older than 28?), there was one woman who said she did not like socialism... she was from Russia.
 
When asked “What do you think about socialism?”, the woman replied: “I don’t believe [in] socialism.” Gee, a relatively older woman (I would say early to mid-40s) from Russia does not like socialism? It’s almost like she actually knows what it is and how destructive it is.
 
Witt then asked this next question to other people: “Why do you think young people like socialism so much?” Interestingly enough, he asked this question to a couple of millennial-looking people. They replied: “free stuff.”
 
The video then cuts to another funny ignorant millennial, with Witt asking him: “Where have you seen socialism work in the world?”
 
Any person with half a brain can tell you it has not worked anywhere at any time in the world, but this guy has interesting ideas: “You see, even like in Europe like France and… at least they have like socialist parties as well as Latin America like Bolivia, Venezuela.”
 
Don’t worry, I will get back to these dumb answers once I finish covering the video.
 
Yet another ignoramus, this time from the U.K., says that socialism hasn’t been working in the U.K. but not for the reasons you might expect. He blamed socialism not working in the U.K. on “rampant capitalism.”
 
You can’t make this stuff up.
 
When asked “should we have free education, higher education?”, people answered: “Yeah, hundred percent,” “I think we’re making something new here in the States and like it’s… we’re defining it and I don’t think people should be looking back at home. Maybe, you know, Russia failed in this way like Soviet, you know or whatever, you know. It’s a wholly different situation.”
 
Thankfully, the video ends with the Russian woman blatantly saying she does not like socialism at all, so it ends on a good note.
 
Now, let’s look back at some of the idiotic comments from people who clearly do not know what socialism is, what it does and how dangerous it is.
 
Let’s begin with Mr. “what we have clearly isn’t working.” It’s not? Because the last time I checked, we’re the most powerful country in the world with the largest GDP per capita in the entire world, followed by ALL OF EUROPE COMBINED!
 
Last time I checked, Soviet Russia tried communism (socialism) when they were the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and what’s their current GDP? What? It’s no longer a country? Because communism is not sustainable, takes from people who can’t keep up with the government stealing from them and making it harder for them to make money, and such an economy implodes on itself?
 
Well, surely that’s a one-time thing! It’s working so well with China! You’re telling me they implement somewhat capitalistic economic policies such as free trade, otherwise their economy would also collapse?
 
Huh.
 
You see, here’s the thing about socialism: it’s a doctrine of laziness that utterly destroys societies. You wanna take a look at the U.K.? It’s in disrepair because of its socialist prime minister allowing literal boatloads of “refugees” into the country who fully intend to shove Sharia Law down people’s throats. London’s a den of murderers and thieves, where stabbing people is more of a hobby, and where reporting on Islamic pedophilia will get you in more trouble than the actual Islamic pedophilia. Where freedom of speech exists only for those who approve of the government and its agenda.
 
And Venezuela? You want to tell me that “s**thole” is fine because of socialism? Have you not seen the COUNTLESS stories about food supply being so low that people have resorted to eating THEIR OWN PETS? A country where you’re more likely to find El Chupacabra than brand-name bread at a supermarket.
 
As President Donald Trump has said: “The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been faithfully implemented.” The same can be said for ANY socialist country. They fail not because they don’t implement socialism correctly. They fail because socialism HAS been implemented correctly. Socialism does not work and there are no examples in the HISTORY of Earth in which it has worked.
 
This is important to understand, particularly for the ignorant millennial who said that “it’s a wholly different situation” from the Soviet Union. It’s not. Socialism is no different in Venezuela than it is in China. The individual policies may be different, but the concept is still the same garbage.
 
Socialism is responsible for well over one hundred million deaths since its conception, and counting. Not only does it make life hard for anyone who is not rich, it frankly KILLS people. The government has the right to imprison and execute anyone they see publicly disagreeing with them or speaking things that they do not like, under socialism. And it’s not just people who disagree with socialism that get killed under socialism. Even if you do agree with every aspect and tenet of socialism, it will still kill you. As I mentioned, Venezuela is in a horrible food shortage. The people are starving while their president pretends to have defeated people in an election he ensured he would win.
 
In North Korea, things are honestly worse, with people being sent to prison for not properly dusting a portrait of a long-dead leader.
 
Tell me, if socialism is so good, then why the heck are people so desperate to flee from it? Why are people trying to come to the U.S. if capitalism is the worst thing ever? Why are people NOT fleeing capitalist America in search for socialism elsewhere?
 
Capitalism is what built this country and has made it great for two and a half centuries. Socialism is what destroys capitalist countries. What’s so hard to understand about that? There is no life in socialism, only death. Whether you like socialism or not, it will destroy your livelihood and ultimately kill you unless you are a part of the government or the 1%.
 
Yes, you heard that right. For as much as the Left seemingly hates the 1%, it is them who suffer the least (even benefit from socialism under the right circumstance). Everyone else is equally poor and miserable. That’s all socialism brings to the table: death and despair.
 
Thankfully, I believe a large portion of Americans understand this concept. Frankly, it’s honestly worrying that less than 100% understand what socialism is and how terrible it is. The only people in America who should not know what socialism is are kids who are not old enough to pay attention to the world around them yet and prefer to spend their time playing with their toys. Toddlers should be the only people in America who don’t understand how terrible socialism is.
 
And yet, we seem to have toddlers running for Congress, as well as toddlers already in Congress. It’s imperative that people understand how terrible socialism is. The old adage of “those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it” is true. History has shown us that socialism is terrible and does not work. And yet, there are people who don’t know or accept this clear-as-day fact.
 
I laugh whenever I see some idiot claiming we should “abolish profits” and have “basic income” for all. But the problem is that these people legitimately believe in these things and that they can actually be implemented and WORK. Those people have no idea what reality is. They don’t care to think about it too much, because if they honestly thought about it for more than 10 seconds, they would realize that it’s a stupid idea that would never work.
 
They just say it because the idea sounds nice. Everyone having everything they could ever need in life? It sounds nice and heavenly. But that’s because it only works in heaven. In the real world, something can’t come from nothing. If you do nothing, nothing will happen. If people have no incentive to work, they won’t. That’s what basic income would create: lack of incentive to work. The problem is that there is no way to pay for it, at least for long. Sure, you could steal from the rich, but they will quickly run out of money themselves.
 
If no one works, even the rich don’t make any money because their companies would almost immediately collapse. If the government forces the rich to pay for everything, the rich, without a steady and bountiful source of income to cover for everyone’s expenses, will quickly run out of money. Then where do you get the money to pay for everything? The government? Where do you think the government’s money comes from?
 
See? It’s a never-ending cycle of laziness that quickly devolves into self-destruction of an entire society.
 
And this only covers basic income. Imagine also going with universal healthcare that universally screws people over. Imagine abolishing ICE so that illegal immigration runs rampant. Imagine abolishing prisons so no one who commits a crime will ever have to pay for it.
 
If people don’t realize that this all leads to utter chaos on the NATIONAL scale, I have little hope for those people. Again, thankfully, these people are not the majority. We just have to pray to the Lord that they never will be the majority and that the U.S. will be spared from the plague that is socialism which infests every other country that thinks it’s a good idea.
 
2 Thessalonians 3:3
“But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.”