Is Socialism Bad? 'My Bad?

I was an English teacher. I resent the way Redemopublicrats distort English. Consider the term “Socialism.”

Many citizens condemn Socialism – all Socialism. However, many of those same citizens also live on Socialism. They collect Social Security, or they receive Medicare or Medicaid. They receive Government disability payments. We all drive on roads built and maintained through Federal, State, and local taxes. That’s Socialism, folks!

Sometimes we demand more and better Socialism: “Why aren’t those snowplows clearing off my roads? What’s the matter with the water quality in this town? When is the garbage getting collected? They shouldn’t charge me for hauling my stuff to the dumps!”

Do we want all those programs eliminated? Well, probably not. Some might say so, but they are people who are used to talking without thinking. What all of us are really afraid of is Socialism pushed too far, to the point where it intrudes upon our lives and limits our freedoms. But that’s hard to say. It’s simpler to say, “Socialism is bad,” even if it’s not quite what we mean.

Honest, highly principled, intelligent Republicans certainly would not distort our language to the point where we are fooled into using prejudicial terms to attack our own way of life. Honest, highly principled Democrats certainly would not. But some people are served by misinformation that plays on the ignorance and frank stupidity that is evenly distributed throughout politics and the general population, and holds our Government in a state of gridlock and impotence. They are Redemopublicrats, and they are purposefully intruding upon our lives and limiting our freedoms.

Redemopublicrats encourage a lot of noise that drowns out intelligent conversation about what we can do together to solve problems. Redemopublicrats adore politicians who push their so-called “principles” into the realm of prejudice. They like name-calling that causes division, because division preserves gridlock, and gridlock keeps money and power flowing to the one percent among us who want their prosperous, profitable times to continue.

That is why Redemopublicrats have made certain that we also live in a time of resurgent prejudice. Far too many simple-minded people accept simple-minded assertions that Muslims and immigrants are bad, Christians and guns are good, skinheads and radicals are evil, shock and awe is very cool, Liberals are wasteful, Conservatives are clowns, and the best way forward is to go to war because we must always fear those “unknown unknowns.”

Beware predicate adjectives or predicate nominatives that are placed after linking verbs and forced into modifying or renaming subjects requiring more attention. Oops! Sorry. Talking like an English teacher again.

Let me have another try: Beware candidates who tell you that the truth is usually very simple. They are intruding upon our lives and limiting our freedoms. No matter what they claim to be, they are either Redemopublicrats themselves, or they are dishonest, unprincipled, and/or stupid politicians repeating prejudices authored by Redemopublicrats who want you treated like an ignoramus.