Jay on Nostr: Have you ever tried to nail Jell-O to the wall? It’s easier than getting a ...
Have you ever tried to nail Jell-O to the wall? It’s easier than getting a socialist to stand pat on what socialism is, which makes socialism an endlessly moving target.
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Socialists are so intellectually slippery that they could crawl through a barrel of pretzels without knocking the salt off. It’s socialism until it doesn’t work; then it was never socialism in the first place. It’s socialism until the wrong guys get in charge; then it’s everything but.
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Maybe the reason why socialists don’t like personal responsibility is that they don’t want to be held personally responsible.
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Even with a dictionary at hand to look up the word socialism, I still find myself scratching my head and asking, “What the hell is it, anyway?"
https://fee.org/resources/the-xyz-s-of-socialism/
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Socialists are so intellectually slippery that they could crawl through a barrel of pretzels without knocking the salt off. It’s socialism until it doesn’t work; then it was never socialism in the first place. It’s socialism until the wrong guys get in charge; then it’s everything but.
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Maybe the reason why socialists don’t like personal responsibility is that they don’t want to be held personally responsible.
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Even with a dictionary at hand to look up the word socialism, I still find myself scratching my head and asking, “What the hell is it, anyway?"
https://fee.org/resources/the-xyz-s-of-socialism/