Tag: Socialists

Equality (Revisited)

Inkwell Institute

Professor’s Classroom

Subject:  Equality/Government/Political Philosophy

Paper  #7A

Note:  In my last paper, Equality–What Is It Good For?”, I omitted explaining where the different political ideologies stand on the subject…….I would like to correct that oversight on my part……..I would like to thank Andrew Heywood and his book “Political Ideologies” for the breakdown by political leanings……he gave a much better synopsis than I would have….and in fewer words……I like simple but informative….

When it comes to people what are their particular beliefs in the “institution” of equality……I am glad you asked…..

Liberals:  believe that people are born equal, in the sense of equal moral value….this implies formal equality, as well as the equality of opportunity.  Classical liberal thinking emphasizes the need for strict meritocracy and economic incentives—modern liberals argue that genuine equal opportunities require relative social equality.

Conservatives:  view society as naturally hierarchical and have dismissed equality as an abstract and unachievable goal.  Modern conservatives see a strongly individualist belief in equality of opportunity while emphasizing the economic benefits of material inequality.

Socialists:  regard equality as essential and a fundamental value and endorse social equality.  Regardless of shifts in type of socialism, equality is seen as necessary for the establishment of justice or equality, and the enlarging more freedom in a positive sense.

Anarchists:  stress political equality, as understood as equal and absolute right to personal autonomy, implying that all forms of political inequality amounts to oppression.

Fascists:  believe that all of humankind is marked by radical inequality, between leaders and followers and between various nations or races…..nevertheless, the emphasis on nation or race implies that all members are equal, in terms of their core social identity.

There you have the major political ideologies and how they view the idea of equality…..remember, also, that there are many sub-categories within these ideas and that some of the views are tweaked to reflect their view of the subject.

To be continued……Next…….Why Party Politics?

A Dyslexic Socialist?!?

Professor’s Classroom

Daily Agitation

First, I would like to thank Jon Stewart of the Daily Show for this great title….

Sad that this subject has to be covered yet again……

A lot of stuff pisses me off, but the most angered I get is when someone makes the comment that Obama is somehow a secret socialist……from the Tea baggers to Fox News to CPAC…the prez has been likened to a socialist in Dem clothing…he has been likened to Stalin, Lenin and other Red notables….but does any one of these people realize what a socialist is?

Okay he is a socialist…which type?  Marxist, Communist, Democratic Socialist or Social Democrat–just which one is he?  They do NOT know because they have no idea what they are talking about…it is just a slogan…just hate and name calling……there is NO truth to it…it denies reality…..according to wiki:

Socialism refers to the various theories of economic organization advocating either public or direct worker ownership and administration of the means of production and allocation of resources. A more comprehensive definition of socialism is an economic system that has transcended commodity production and wage labor, where economic activity is carried out to maximize use-value as opposed to exchange-value and thus a corresponding change in social and economic relations, including the organization of economic institutions and resource allocation; based on economic rationalization to overcome anarchy of production in order to further advance the economy toward superabundance, often implying advocacy for a method of compensation based on the amount of labor expended.

Most socialists share the view that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital and derives its wealth through exploitation, creates an unequal society, does not provide equal opportunities for everyone to maximise their potential and does not utilise technology and resources to their maximum potential nor in the interests of the public.

Read it again….and again……and yet again….get it through your thick head that Obama is NO socialist…..

A summarization of socialism……government takes from capital and gives to the people……let’s try that again…..government takes from capital and gives to the people…is that simple enough?  Can you grasp the idea?

Obama and his cronies through the stim plan has taken from the people and given to capital…once more….Obama has taken from the people and given to capital……

If Pres. Obama is a socialist then he is a ….DYSLEXIC SOCIALIST!  (you do know what dyslexic means, right?)

Please stop using that analogy….you look like a complete political moron every time you use it……if you can not be accurate then please keep your pie hole shut…if you are idiot enough to listen and believe this garbage then I have some land in Florida I will sell to you by the gallon or better a bridge in Brooklyn that would round out your portfolio…..For me, anyone that use this analogy has the IQ of their hat size…..a failure of the education system or just a symptom of utter STUPIDITY!

Peace Out!

To Be Continued:  Next post–“I Will See Your Socialist And Raise You A Fascist”

What The Hell Is A Democrat Socialist?

We have Social Democrats and Socialists and Democratic Socialists, but what the hell is a Democrat Socialist?

As reported in the Politico:

A conservative faction of the Republican National Committee is urging the GOP to take a harder line against both Democrats and wayward Republicans, drafting a resolution to rename the opposition the “Democrat Socialist Party” and moving to rebuke the three Republican senators who supported the stimulus package.

In an e-mail sent Wednesday to the 168 voting members of the committee, RNC member James Bopp, Jr. accused President Obama of wanting “to restructure American society along socialist ideals.”
“The proposed resolution acknowledges that and calls upon the Democrats to be truthful and honest with the American people by renaming themselves the Democrat Socialist Party,” wrote Bopp, the Republican committeeman from Indiana. “Just as President Reagan’s identification of the Soviet Union as the ‘evil empire’ galvanized opposition to communism, we hope that the accurate depiction of the Democrats as a Socialist Party will galvanize opposition to their march to socialism.”

This is just an expansion of the babble put forth by Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) who  said recently that there were 17 socialists in Congress.  Alabama?  Is that not in the South? (that is sarcasm in case it was missed by anyone)

Jesus, do these morons realize just how pathetic they are looking?  This branding did NOT work in the election, but the GOP cannot let it go.  This type of hype is only playing to there base–old white guys in the South.  The only region in the country that fear works on anymore.  The rest of the country is NOT listening.