{"id":1628976,"date":"2022-09-01T06:47:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T10:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1628976"},"modified":"2022-09-01T06:48:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T10:48:06","slug":"its-easy-being-a-socialist-in-a-country-you-dont-have-to-escape-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-easy-being-a-socialist-in-a-country-you-dont-have-to-escape-from\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Easy Being A Socialist In A Country You Don\u2019t Have To Escape From"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fits-easy-being-a-socialist-in-a-country-you-dont-have-to-escape-from%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1628976&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><em>By Antonella Marty for RealClearPolitics<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Socialism is spreading across America. Leading up to November, socialist politicians and policies are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/23\/socialist-left-swamps-democratic-centrist-challengers-in-ny-state-senate-primaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gaining a foothold<\/a>\u00a0in the electoral system, at the expense of centrists.<\/p>\n<p>Millennials and Gen Zers want more government in their lives, not less. And they are not alone: Jaded by the free-market system, many Americans\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/what-millennials-reject-is-mutant-capitalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support<\/a>\u00a0socialism over capitalism, even though they enjoy the benefits of living in an open economy. They believe that the free market has dealt America a bad hand, one only remedied by further government interference in the economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/john-stossel-breaks-down-5-myths-of-socialism-yet-young-americans-still-attracted-to-failed-deadly-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Stossel Breaks Down 5 Myths of Socialism; Yet Young Americans Still Attracted To Failed, Deadly System<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But, in truth, Americans who support more state interventionism and have grown up in the comfortable confines of the U.S. economic system don\u2019t really understand socialism. They don\u2019t recognize the pitfalls of redistribution and collectivism \u2013 because they\u2019ve never lived it. (And believe me: I can attest that it isn\u2019t \u201ccool\u201d living under socialism.)<\/p>\n<p>Immigrants from Cuba, Venezuela, and other collectivist nightmares may \u201cget it,\u201d but most Americans haven\u2019t had the misfortune of growing up in such countries.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s be careful: Socialism can happen anywhere, even in the United States. There is no vaccine against Big Government.<\/p>\n<p>It is very, very easy to defend and promote socialism when you live in a free country. When free enterprise and entrepreneurship and consumer choice are staples of daily life, it\u2019s easy to take them all for granted. We don\u2019t see Americans escaping in boats to Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the allure of socialism remains. Part of the reason is that socialist \u201cleaders\u201d often claim to renounce wealth \u2013 a popular talking point among low-income individuals. Socialism\u2019s dogged reliance on wealth redistribution isn\u2019t a difficult selling point when it\u2019s \u201ctheir\u201d money being redistributed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Socialists rely on the otherization of the \u201cone percent,\u201d since redistribution never creates new wealth; it simply transfers it from those who have produced it.<\/p>\n<p>The late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/quotes\/66099.Fidel_Castro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pondered<\/a>, \u201cWhy should some be miserably poor, so that others can be hugely rich?\u201d Venezuela\u2019s late ruler, Hugo Chavez,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-venezuela-chavez-quotes\/factbox-quotes-from-venezuelan-leader-hugo-chavez-idUSBRE92418R20130305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">put it this way<\/a>: \u201cBeing rich is bad, it\u2019s inhuman.\u201d But those claims are nothing more than the musings of socialist hypocrites who lived the most lavish lifestyles known to mankind.<\/p>\n<p>In a free-market system, business leaders (not crony capitalists) earn their wealth by offering goods and services of interest to consumers \u2013 without government help or privileges. They create wealth and jobs through entrepreneurship. They match supply with demand in the marketplace. And, where demand doesn\u2019t exist, entrepreneurial thinkers create it by supplying new offerings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/incumbents-are-getting-wiped-out-in-primaries-at-historic-levels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Incumbents Are Getting Wiped Out In Primaries At Historic Levels<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Socialist dictators, on the other hand, obtain their wealth through government control and coercion. They steal it from producers \u2013 the \u201cindustrialists\u201d in their crosshairs. They wield the weapons of government to take from others and give to themselves. As we say in Latin America, \u201cThose who split the cake always get the best part of it.\u201d Socialists like Castro and Chavez only really hate the wealth of others; they\u00a0<em>love\u00a0<\/em>their own.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know Castro\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/fidel-castros-amassed-massive-fortune-142104351.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">estimated net worth<\/a>? $900 million, money largely made through the nationalization of state-owned enterprises. In a country long known for food scarcity and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/interactive\/2022\/cuba-economy-milk-shortage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more recently a milk shortage<\/a>, Castro found time to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/fidel-castros-amassed-massive-fortune-142104351.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enjoy<\/a>\u00a0an 85-foot yacht and his own private island. Meanwhile,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/diariodecuba.com\/cuba\/1604935788_26332.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most Cubans<\/a>\u00a0live in poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Chavez\u2019s hypocrisy is even worse. After years of plundering Venezuela\u2019s oil supply, Chavez was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2289427\/Was-Hugo-Chavez-worth-1bn-died-Claims-amassed-huge-fortune-countrys-oil-wealth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worth over $1 billion<\/a>\u00a0at the time of his death. His daughter, Maria Gabriela Chavez, is now the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/hugo-chavez-daughter-is-the-richest-individual-in-venezuela-report-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wealthiest individual in Venezuela<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is not just a Latin American phenomenon. At the start of the Cold War, Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opensea.io\/assets\/ethereum\/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e\/74539014474246530560499952635098915333234222198424919511301409056697157156865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the richest people in the world<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxuo.com\/business\/super-rich\/richest-people-of-all-time.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controlling $7.5 trillion in wealth<\/a>. Yet many Americans have no idea that socialists could adore wealth so much.<\/p>\n<p>As history has shown, socialism\u2019s publicly stated aversion to wealth is nothing more than an act. As socialist hypocrisy has exposed, it is a political ploy used to curry favor and gain control. Some of the world\u2019s most famous socialists spent their lives denouncing wealth, only to amass riches on the side.<\/p>\n<p>This is the essence of socialism: Do as I say, not as I do. Yet many Americans continue to wear $50 Che Guevara shirts and don $100 Adidas sneakers, just like Castro did. They continue to enjoy the spoils of the free market, choosing between dozens of different fast-food chains and hundreds of stream-able shows. And then they continue to complain about capitalism.<\/p>\n<p>What we really need is perspective. Recognize the historic failures of wealth redistribution, and focus instead on social mobility. Support the upward mobility brought about by entrepreneurship, business expansion, and job creation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/whole-foods-ceo-and-conscious-capitalist-john-mackey-warns-socialists-taking-over-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whole Foods CEO And \u2018Conscious Capitalist\u2019 John Mackey Warns Socialists \u2018Taking Over\u2019 U.S.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are born poor in Latin America, then you will most likely die poor. It is difficult to improve one\u2019s economic situation in a socialist country. On the contrary, if you are born in a free economy, you will have more opportunities to improve and become wealthier.<\/p>\n<p>Most of all, choose your political idols carefully. And, if they\u2019re socialists, beware the betrayal of hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Antonella Marty is from Argentina, and she serves as director of public relations and influencer relations at Atlas Network.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">The opinions expressed by contributors and\/or content partners are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Political Insider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Antonella Marty for RealClearPolitics Socialism is spreading across America. Leading up to November, socialist politicians and policies are\u00a0gaining a foothold\u00a0in the electoral system, at the expense of centrists. 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