Arsenic is to the body as socialism is to the country.
Small amounts of arsenic are not a real problem. It is often a natural part of the water we drink. The Nanny State people have made it a bigger issue than it needs to be as a part of the fear campaign to limit our liberty and control our lives. I believe that one of the last things Bill Clinton did when he left office was to radically raise the “danger level” of arsenic in drinking water requiring perfectly safe water to be treated more extensively. It is all about control. Of course if you get too much arsenic it can kill you but keep in mind the same thing is true about oxygen.
Socialism is much the same. A little bit of sharing does not destroy a culture. We can survive having the government in charge of the roads although history has had times of privately operated toll roads and it worked just fine. The problem is that you have a series of politicians who want to increase the involvement of the government in our lives and thus limit our choices and it is all for our own good. Seat belts are a good example. By government mandate we have gone from no seat belts to being pulled over and fined if we are not wearing one. It comes one little step at a time. Look at the label of a can of soup and consider all of the government regulations that are involved in printing it. How many times has the nutrition information been revised and made more complicated? Do the acronyms OSHA, ADA and EPA mean anything to you? Each one has the purpose of making your world safer and more equal. Each one seriously limits the choices you are free to make. Each one carries heavy penalties if you step out of line.
Like arsenic, socialism reaches a point where it kills. It kills the prosperity of a country. It kills the progress of a society. It ends up killing people. And of course it is all done with the best of intentions. It is for your own good. If you want the most recent example look at Venezuela. This country is incredibly rich in natural resources and at one point had a vigorous working class with good educations. Now it is a hole where the masses are digging in trash heaps looking for something to eat while the elites live in splendor.
Stay alert. It is happening here. Always vote to keep out people who want to do things for you because ultimately they end up doing for themselves.
homo unius libri
It is amazing how seductive government hand outs are.
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