What Is So Progressive About Progressivism?
July 26th, 2010
As I look around and listen to some of the people on the TV (for as long as I can stand it), I keep hearing that Republicans are standing the way of progress. They are not geting behind ideas that move this country forward. First, all progress is not forward. Second, what are they doing that is new? First they nationalized GM. Well France Nationalized Renault in 1945. And Romania later did it in the 1960′s. With Financial aid for colleges now under Government control because of the Health care Bill (why was that in there?) I found that Argentina did that in 1918.
Oliver Stone said we should nationalize oil companies. People applauded this as a new idea. Except he probably got this idea on his recent trip to South America. Chile Nationalized all Copper and Mining Industries in 1972. And I can find proof that the Nationalization of privately owned companies came about in Cuba in the 1960′s. So I ask: How is Nationalizing Health care, Oil, Universities, Car Companies, progressive? (I used a small p. You know, going forward, step by step) These ideas are old and done in Dictatorial regimes. And nations that don’t have near the standard of living that we in America have.
Nationalized Healthcare was tried in the 1930′s. Controling the airwaves was tried in the 1950′s And as far as the television media, well they are already Progressive.
Another point being made is that if you follow the teaching of Mao, Marx, Keynes, Alinsky you are somehow superior intellectually. But if you counter with Friedman, Smith, De Tocqueville, and Goldwater you are stuck in the past and want to continue the status quo and employ ideas that don’t work. Well libs, Marxism has never worked, it killed, some by starvation, 10′s of thousands of people. Mao similar results. Keynes, well we are reliving his failed philosophy that extended the great depression. By the way he is the genius that said that if you give the government a dollar, it will produce a dollar fifty. Dumbest thing I have ever heard. Nancy Pelosi sound bites excluded.
Friedman’s philosophy tried in the 80′s worked. The 90′s were a time of great peace time prosperity and Clinton under the guidance of Dick Morris and the Contract with America gets credited with that. The Free market is the greatest liberator of individualism and has produced some of the greatest and most used products in the world. Marx never did that nor did any other lefty philosophy. Quit with the old tired and failed policies. Let’s try something new like less government regulation on businesses. Just a suggestion I am sure someone will counter that one.
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