When the Going Gets Tough    
   Socialism, conclusion
   

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the

good of its victims may be the most oppressive. 

It would be better to live under robber barons

than under omnipotent moral busybodies."

C.S. Lewis

   Even if leaders were honest, the history of socialism is problematic, says Marvin Olasky. "Men and women may work hard for a while during revolutionary enthusiasm, but when the excitement wears off, workers wear down." 

   One refugee said, "To make a truly socialist country you would need a bunch of zombies and robots, because human beings were not meant for socialism." When the going gets tough, socialist politicians get rough. 

   In 2013, the U.S. leftist magazine, The Nation, said Chavez "wasn't authoritarian enough." There was "too little" control.  

   Government funded food deliveries now are "armed gangs who use violence with impunity." (Human Rights Watch) Communal councils attack protesters, send death threats to journalists, and carry out violence, paramilitary acts, intimidation, murders and other crimes. 

   The average citizen has lost 25 pounds or more. Children and half of pregnant women have acute malnutrition. Disease is soaring. Most hospitals have water supply problems, and 95 percent cannot do CAT scans or MRI.

   A Venezuelan wonders why young Americans see socialism as the "most compassionate system. Socialism...crushes ambition in pursuit of a uniform, unfulfilling and arbitrary definition of 'equality.' And it does this in the name of 'the greater good.'"

  

   Olasky writes, "Maybe socialist faith in government has gained - as faith in God and confidence in current leaders has declined." (Maybe socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders has been hugely believable.)   

   We do not doubt there are legions of egotistic American busybodies who foolishly think they will succeed where all others have failed miserably. During the lockdown, some leaders already reveal their dictatorial tendencies.   

       Jimmy