There’s No Place Like Utopia

This is a review of the DVD by Joel Gilbert

Joel Gilbert is the person who made the DVD, “Dreams From My Real Father: A Story of Reds and Deception”, which speculates that avowed communist Frank Marshall Davis was not only Obama’s ideological father, but also his genetic father.

The Utopia film follows the theme of the Wizard of Oz.  The wizard turns out to be a charlatan who enthralls people into believing that he is powerful and will bring prosperity and happiness to all.  It is a complete charade.  Once people fall into the wizard’s trap, they cannot get out.  Dorothy cannot return home to Kansas–and neither can you. 

The charlatans of Socialism are like the Wizard of Oz.  Their only desire is for personal power, and they deceive people into voting for their fairy tales of Utopia.  They prey on people’s weaknesses, on their desire for free ice cream (for the unearned).  But, Socialism is bad because it can only result in poverty for all.  It is a false dream that cannot work.  This is a good video for people who haven’t quite gotten the message yet, who don’t quite understand that Socialism will result in their poverty and in their dependency upon an all powerful tyrant–a “wizard” who they voted into power.

As Margaret Thatcher said, “The trouble with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.”  It robs Peter to pay Paul, until Peter has no money left.  Taking from Peter is a violation of his property rights which is why it is morally evil.  Socialism kills the goose that lays the golden eggs.  It slowly strangles the productive who create a society’s wealth and prosperity.  When you take away their ability to profit, they will stop being job creating entrepreneurs.  Why should they work for nothing?  Would you?  The result will be economic stagnation and poverty for all.  (This happens to be the theme of the great novel, Atlas Shrugged, and also the source of its title.)

The Liberals/Progressives will say that the capitalists exploit the workers, that they steal from them to become rich.  That is a big lie.  How much wealth do the workers have that can be stolen?  The phrase “to make money” was coined in America.  It recognizes the fact that wealth is created, not stolen.  How much “wealth” was there in America before Columbus?  Entrepreneurs and industrialists used natural resources and created such an abundance of wealth that it astonished the rest of the world.

Mexico has an abundance of natural resources, but it is poor.  Its citizens flock to America for jobs and send most of the money to their impoverished families in Mexico.  If natural resources and “muscle” were the source of wealth, Mexico would be rich!  What is the fundamental source of wealth?  It is the human mind.  Thinking is the source of wealth.  It takes brains!  What allows thinking to create wealth?  Freedom.  When men are free to think and to put their thoughts into actions, they create wealth in order to best pursue their own happiness.  A nation’s prosperity is proportional to its freedom.  Mexico is poor because it is not free.

Capitalists do not “exploit” workers; they employ them in a bilateral contract.  I will hire you to do this job in return for that wage.  The worker is always free to quit if he disagrees with the arrangement.  Marx’s exploitation theory is false.  Without workers to employ the capitalist will still be the most able to survive because he is the most resourceful and competent.  Without the capitalist to employ them, the workers would be impoverished; they are less able to survive on their own.  Their financial success depends on the productive ability of their employer.

Businessmen and entrepreneurs are very under-appreciated.  Yet, they are the source of wealth and prosperity in America–when they are left free to function by their government.  This is why a delimited and minimal government in accordance with our Constitution is so important.  Growth of government power directly reduces our prosperity.  It has been going on for so long that there is no wiggle room left.  Our economy will not “come back” until we reduce our government’s power.  Government spending cannot be reduced until we reduce its size and power.

A nation’s prosperity is proportional to its freedom.  Take a look at the world and you will see that all dictatorships are poor.  The most prosperous nations are semi-free (there are no free nations).  As Socialism continuously takes freedoms away from its people, the country falls into recessions and then into depressions.  The end result is an impoverished nation which cannot afford to pay “entitlements” to anyone.  Then, the meaning of Leon Trotsky’s quote will become clear: “Those who shall not toil, shall not eat.”  The fools who voted for free ice cream will be the most unemployable because they lack employable skills.  They will be the first to starve.

 

Three great examples in the 20th Century of the fact that Socialism (or Fascism or Communism) does not work are Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and Red China.  But, humans are gullible and short sighted.  They never learn from history and seem to always vote for the promise of free ice cream.  Stupid!  Will France be the first example in the 21st Century?

France’s Reckoning: Rich, Young Flee Welfare State

France’s day of reckoning has arrived: Its wealthy, best and brightest are saying goodbye to a nation they believe doesn’t want them to succeed or become affluent.

http://www.cbn.com/tv/3255110732001

Critical Mass: Eurozone Dominoes Threatening To Fall

http://www.cbn.com/tv/1676904622001

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