Posted by
rycK on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 6:52:18 PM
On Leftist Notions of Economics
This ongoing liberal discussion tangent continues on with a condemnation of the act of accumulating wealth, via rising market values of financial assets. The implication was that some harm is done when one's assets appreciate. Recall that
Marx was correct in that the class struggle is the basis for many wars and famine in the last few hundred, or thousand, years. Karl, a drunk and sloppy thinker, muddled his own theory so badly that Engels and others had to rewrite the mess. The central message here that capitalism was inherently evil and unsafe, was used to ruin the economies of half the world's population. Even the USSR, with strict training for all members of the polis, a standardized education, gulags for complainers, and finally the firing squad if necessary, and strict controls on spending could not make this strange theory work in 74 continuous years of trying. Will dead horses ever rise and serve their masters?? They will in the dreams of the left it seems.
The Marxism-Leninism-whateverism-has failed miserably. Is there a message here? We look at Africa with nearly every nation to date having attempted some kind of Marxist revolution. The result is war everywhere. South America is not much better having been isolated and left to their historic cultural devices for nearly 500 years and has achieved little of economic success in those times. That was the land of crooked politicos and revolutions. At one point Bolivia was averaging one coup per year for 150 years. Mexico has a rotating dictatorship with a six-year clock. Corruption is unmatched in Mexico City. The PRC is a wreck and has survived only by forming an alliance with the profane capitalists. N. Korea and Cuba are in horrible shape. The many dictators we have seen [1000 since 1900?] have all failed, which includes Cuba of course in spite of the Clown Castro who still stumbles around in the heat looking for Che. So, what are we to say about how the vaulted alternatives to capitalism have fared? What happened? Bum theory? We can look around the world and note that capitalism is a success while those countries with a giant government have generally failed. India, now improving swiftly with rampant and unashamed capitalism running rampant, has made great progress from its unspeakable poverty of the last 5000 years. The change can be attributed to capitalism.
The response to socialist alternatives is usually that places like Sweden are doing well, although they sold guns and explosives to all belligerents in wars for 150 years to earn their wealth—but what the hell. Olof Palma took a bullet in his back [.357] for backing out of a dirty missile deal with Iran, but so what. Switzerland, a frequent example, is in the dirty money business, and has been for centuries. They would, and still will, hide the ill-gotten gains of any dirt bag from taxes. Everybody needs a safe haven for his or her loot it seems, since so many use this secret place. Profit was an object of scorn with the so-called theoreticians of the left, and still is. This is the target. So, that gets us around to the notions of how to structure a society. Do we allow the self-anointed cognoscenti to decide who gets what and how much money? All known utopias have fallen apart because of internal bickering and a failure to cooperate with the “plan.” Are these people “leaders?” Really?
From a standpoint of reality and history, it is clear that capitalism is the best option for producing an environment for a good life with plenty of goods and services. Marxism and its half witted cousin socialism fails the citizens except for party members. They live in splendor. From a standpoint of competency and skills, the unequal distribution of these attributes among all citizens forces us to prevent those with limited mental faculties from having important jobs. Look at Stalin, Amin, Mao, H. Wilson, Ortega, etc. Look at the inbred bozos in Moscow [particularly Moscow Central Planning!] and how they turned out. Better to have the slow types swabbing the latrines than try to put one of them in charge of NASA or Xerox of the banks. Let the left whine, since they have no workable alternatives. All they can do is tax and spend. Recall that they spend you money—not theirs. Win or lose they will waste your assets and whine for more. They don’t like to give up control or lower taxes. You cannot trust the average government given their records of performance and failed outcomes.
Look out for yourself lest you be a victim like the boy Elion Gonzales, the folks at Waco or those who were chosen to fight dirty wars for strange reasons and die for somebody’s political guesses.
The leftist economic ideas are simply dog poop and should be removed with a plastic scoop.
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