A CALL TO ACTION!
Wishful Thinking
There is no economic or social model more discredited than Socialism, yet socialists seem to grow like mushrooms. Why is this? The answer is not based upon logic but by wishful thinking or utopianism. Despite the evidence that government is the least efficient means to accomplish anything we still have people calling for more laws often with the purpose of changing people’s behavior. One proposal which is gaining steam is the concept of a junk food tax. This is all based on voodoo science and could lead to a nightmare of regulations as and higher taxes on food which would hurt the poor the most (who they are supposedly trying to help). Another program which refuses to die is gun control. No matter how much information or logic you present to these people it doesn’t matter because they are utopian dreamers. They think that if we could only get rid of guns the world would be a better place and far fewer would die. No amount of argument will change their perspective because they are not rational!
The recent movement in Latin America back to socialist efforts (Venezuela, Bolivia etc) is based upon the same type of wishful thinking.
If our educational institutions did their job instead of producing these types of wishful thinker’s attempts at such efforts would fail out of the gate. But I am convinced that the people in power want an illogical populace which can then be more easily controlled. All forms of government are taking a bigger bit out of everyone’s paycheck even though this prevents or at least interferes with the creation of wealth. But dreamers and do gooders continue the call for bigger and bigger government which both parties are more than happy to support. This increases their power and control. The American people need to learn that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Everything has consequences. Every law passed reduces freedom and makes us all less prosperous. All reading this need to talk to those whom they love and encourage them to think about this issue. We are clearly not nearly as free as we were thirty years ago. Yet more and more people seem to line up to encourage their own reduction in freedom. Dreamers and wishful thinkers cannot be persuaded by logic. They need to be exposed for what they are. The problem!
Peace |