Collectivism vs. Individualism

People talk about politics being a fight between liberalism and conservatism. That’s wrong. It is simply between collectivism and individualism; between the government taking from you your earnings to give to those who DON’T earn, and the government leaving you alone to do for yourself. The first settlers in this country tried socialism (collectivism) and it almost wiped out the colony until they switched to capitalism (individualism), which caused the colony to prosper. ‘Nuff said about that. Since then, socialism (collectivism) has been tried many times, and has failed eventually every time it has been tried, most notably in the Soviet Union. Socialists (liberals) today say it only failed because they didn’t try hard enough. That PURE socialism has never been tried.

What a load of stinky brown stuff! Pure socialism has been tried every time a socialist got into power, and has (and will, eventually) fail every time. Even Fidel Castro, who has “ruled” Cuba for a half century, says “It hasn’t worked for us.” Cuba is a formerly prosperous country that has been reduced to poverty by the communism (collectivism) he brought. There, only top government officials can drive cars less than 50 years old. The infrastructure is crumbling; cigars, made in Cuba, were once the envy of the world, are now being IMPORTED by Cuba. The socialist regime in Cuba is not long for this world, and will probably not survive Fidel’s death for long as the fight for power destroys it. It may not, in fact, last as LONG as does Fidel. (Just common sense)