Thomas Sowell versus Socialism

Economist Thomas Sowell takes on the socialists in this editorial, which I highly recommend. Here are some quotes from it:

Many people of mature years are amazed at how many young people have voted for Senator Bernie Sanders, and are enthusiastic about the socialism he preaches. 

Many of those older people have lived long enough to have seen socialism fail, time and again, in countries around the world. Venezuela, with all its rich oil resources, is currently on the verge of economic collapse, after its heady fling with socialism. 

But, most of the young have missed all that, and their dumbed-down education is far more likely to present the inspiring rhetoric of socialism than to present its dismal track record.

I admire Thomas Sowell, but he starts off sounding a lot like this:



But Sowell continues, getting to the meat of his argument:

Socialism is in fact a wonderful vision -- a world of the imagination far better than any place anywhere in the real world, at any time over the thousands of years of recorded history. Even many conservatives would probably prefer to live in such a world, if they thought it was possible. 

Who would not want to live in a world where college was free, along with many other things, and where government protected us from the shocks of life and guaranteed our happiness? It would be Disneyland for adults!

This is what got me to thinking, if we are going to design a system of government where we make stuff free, and protected us from the "shocks of life" and guaranteed happiness, why should we make college free?

So here is the TRUTH's new government system, to blow socialism out of the water:

1. First, we provide the basic necessities of life: Food, clothing and shelter. All the free government cheese, moo moos, and project housing you need to live!

2. Everyone is always screaming for free healthcare, so we will provide that. There is one glitch, and that is our healthcare will be provided by robots. This could be your next trip to the doctor:



Just imagine: A doctor who cuts himself open, instead of you!

3. Two words: Soylent Green.

4. Early retirement. No, I don't mean 65, 60, or even 50. How about as soon as you get out of high school? This also has the virtue of making college education unnecessary. Why should the government have to pay for meaningless college educations? Of course, with the quality of our public school system, we may just skip the entire education thing. Retirement at birth!

5. The best part of all: Free high speed internet!

Top this, Bernie Sanders!