The Progressives Democratic Socialism - A Disaster

By

       Zeno Potas

      Socialism is something many Americans never thought they would ever see in this country. Just the thought of that anti-Constituional ideology was abhorrent to most. For the last one hundred years, in the west, the dogma was cloaked with the title “progressivism” to be more palatable. Now, the slightly different factions live in the Democratic party and are right out there for all to see. Progressives, Socialists, Democratic Socialists, and more.

      According to Karl Marx, Socialism, is the transition stage to Communism. Communist subversion holds that society must first be destabilized (by polarization) and brought to a state of crisis before it can be “normalized” under the new system. Communism is created step-by-step through the gradual destruction of traditional culture (the Constitution) and moral values (religion) through its various social movements. Communist systems attack a handful of traditional beliefs or moral concepts at a time, and through manufactured chaos and social instability, it aims to destroy the institutions that once existed so that it can re-create society according to what it wants.The differences between Progressives and Conservative Americans could not be starker: 

 

• Conservative Americans believe in self-rule by the people, in freedom, and equal justice under the law.
• Progressives believe in rule by the few - social justice that favors certain political factions over others.
  
  
• Conservative Americans believe in the Rule of Law
• Progressives believe in the Rule of Will.

• Conservative Americans believe that all men are created equal before God and the Law.
• Progressives believe that some men are more equal than others.

• Conservative Americans believe that taxes are only intended to pay for those services that every citizen requires to secure their safety and liberty from threats to both, like courthouses and armies.
• Progressives believe that taxes should be used to share success and “redistribute wealth” to provide for dole programs and subsidies for those who don't contribute. 
   
• Conservative Americans revere the principles outlined in the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist Papers. The Constitution as the greatest set of principals ever assembled by humanity.
• Progressives see such principles as antiquated and obsolete made up by rich white, slave owners and therefore they and it are tarnished and irrelevant which need to change.

      Why now is free market capitalism disfavored and threatened by many on the left? It is not because of its failure, but because of its success. Free market capitalism in America has been so successful in eliminating the traditional problems of mankind – such as disease, pestilence, hunger, and gross poverty -- that all other human problems appear both unbearable and inexcusable. The desire by many privileged Americans to eliminate these so-called unbearable and inexcusable problems has led to the call for Socialism. But as Dr. Thomas Sowell has said, "Socialism sounds great. It has always sounded great. And it will probably always continue to sound great. It is only when you go beyond rhetoric, and start looking at hard facts, that Socialism turns out to be a big disappointment, if not a disaster."