“There is no difference between Communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same end:
Communism enslaves men by force
Socialism, by vote
It is merely the difference between murder, and suicide!” ~ Ayn Rand
The “Socialist Utopia” of Denmark!
In the Democrat “debate” this week in Nevada, Bernie Sanders used Denmark as a shining example of “successful socialism,” and the model he wants to use for the USA.
He calls it “Democratic Socialism” and cynically denies its umbilical cord to Communism.
Yet, in Denmark taxes are the highest in Europe.
“Free” higher education there is poor, by any standard.
“Free” healthcare is extremely poor. Deaths from cancer are much higher than in America, and Danes in general have a lower life expectancy than Americans.
Danes still burn much coal, and they drive cars!
Both private and public debt among Danes is extremely high.
Danish work ethic is poor. There is a critical skills shortage. Productivity is the poorest in Europe.
Consumption of anti-depression drugs in Denmark is exceedingly high.
With oil revenues dwindling, Danes are poor, and getting poorer! Most Danes are on some form of public welfare.
Violent crime, particularly perpetrated by unassimilated Islamic immigrants, is very high, and getting worse.
What Utopia? Democratic Socialism is Communism
And, of course, legally owning any kind of gun in Denmark is all but impossible, and forceful self-defense is essentially illegal. Violent criminals have a right to expect no resistance from their victims.
The foregoing pretty-well describes the “socialist utopia” of Denmark.
Curiously, I don’t notice many Democrats moving there!
Yet, that is Bernie’s wet dream for all of us.
“It’s not an endlessly expanding ‘list of rights:’
The ‘right’ to education
The ‘right’ to healthcare
The ‘right’ to food and housing
That’s not freedom
That’s dependency!
Those aren’t ‘rights’
Those are the rations of slavery, hay and a barn for human cattle.” ~ Alexis de Tocqueville
Far-left climate extremist Greta Thunberg demanded in a new op-ed that world leaders cave to her anti-capitalist agenda “right now” as they prepare to meet in Davos for the 50th anniversary of the World Economic Forum.
“We demand that at this year’s forum, participants from all companies, banks, institutions and governments immediately halt all investments in fossil fuel exploration and extraction, immediately end all fossil fuel subsidies and immediately and completely divest from fossil fuels,” Thunberg wrote in an op-ed in The Guardian. “We don’t want these things done by 2050, 2030 or even 2021, we want this done now – as in right now.”
Clint with his usual foul language, so be advised.
From the vid commentary:
Virginia’s 2A: Section 13. Militia; standing armies; military subordinate to civil power.
That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state, therefore, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.
44-1. Composition of militia.
The militia of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall consist of all able-bodied residents of the Commonwealth who are citizens of the United States and all other able-bodied persons resident in the Commonwealth who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, who are at least 16 years of age and, except as hereinafter provided, not more than 55 years of age.
The militia shall be divided into three classes: the National Guard, which includes the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; the Virginia Defense Force; and the unorganized militia.
I do not think that it can be any more clear, on how much of a violation SB16-18-64 will be.
