"we shall meet in the place where there is no darkness"
i finished 1984 today. learned the dangers of totalitarianism [via communism]
"You Americans are so gullible. No you won't accept communism outright, but we will keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you finally wake up and find you already have communism. We won't have to fight you, we'll so weaken your economy 'til you fall like over-ripe fruit into our hands."
-Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) Premier of the U.S.S.R.
even though the book is an extreme example of totalitarianism and what could happen if [for example] AMERICA evolved into a communist country, i do believe there are some parallels that can be drawn.
i am no radical. i don't believe that we are anywhere near communism. but i do believe that health care reform is one of those 'small doses of socialism' that we are warned of. In the link above (8:45) we are specifically warned of the dangers of socialized medicine.
a government that can promise all, can also take all.
I really liked that book, even though it was maximum depressing. Just follow my blog already and ill take you to wendover every single time.
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