{"id":31354,"date":"2018-02-21T10:50:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31354"},"modified":"2018-02-21T10:50:13","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T15:50:13","slug":"socialism-always-moves-to-tyranny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31354","title":{"rendered":"Socialism Always Moves to Tyranny"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pageTitle blogTitle\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/armstrongeconomics101\/economics\/socialism-always-moves-to-tyranny\/\">Socialism Always Moves to Tyranny<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mainContent\">\n<div class=\"contentWrap\">\n<div class=\"theContent\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capitalism-Socialism-Tyranny.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-75478 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capitalism-Socialism-Tyranny.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The economic message taught in most universities is very distorted. It universally teaches children to judge economic systems from the perspective of their victims. They will endlessly point out the impoverished people and the devastation of the climate as proof that capitalism is evil and that we need government to intervene. We have economist after economist talking always about income disparity as an evil implying that everyone should earn close to the same \u2013 one income fits all.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/armstrongeconomics-wp.s3.amazonaws.com\/2015\/10\/Socialism-is-a-Sin.jpg\" alt=\"Socialism is a Sin\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox image\" href=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Hillary-Cartoon.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-56092 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Hillary-Cartoon.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 92px) 100vw, 92px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Hillary-Cartoon.jpg 214w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Hillary-Cartoon-128x300.jpg 128w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Hillary-Cartoon-77x180.jpg 77w\" alt=\"\" width=\"92\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a>As they always point a finger at the rich and covet whatever they have in direct violation of the Ten Commandments, politicians are elevated to a pedestal and championed as our savior ignoring how they too leave office clothed in riches and the fool is always the person who buys into the whole political-economic-socialist agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Hillary Clinton saw nothing wrong with renting a house for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/tour-hillary-clintons-50000-per-week-hamptons-rental-2015-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>$50,000 a week<\/strong><\/a> in the Hamptons hamlet of Amagansett. I know a lot of wealthy people who would not spend that much to rent a house for a vacation for just one week. It was Hillary during the campaign who pointed to the fact that Trump was a billionaire and said: <strong>\u201cThink of what we could do with that!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox image\" href=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obama-Portrait.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-75411 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obama-Portrait-699x1024.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obama-Portrait-699x1024.jpg 699w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obama-Portrait-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obama-Portrait-768x1125.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obama-Portrait-123x180.jpg 123w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obama-Portrait-410x600.jpg 410w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obama-Portrait.jpg 1484w\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a>Then we have Obama \u2013 another champion of the poor. He bought a house in DC and paid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/news\/trends\/president-obama-buys-the-home-hes-renting-and-heres-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>$8.1 million<\/strong><\/a>. Of course, there was the scheming Obama who turned to real corruption to buy a house for $1.6 million <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Blotter\/rezko-connection-obamas-achilles-heel\/story?id=4111483\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BEFORE<\/strong><\/a> he was a Senator. He cut a deal with an indicted felon who bought a property for\u00a0$625,000 and then sold it to Obama for $104,500 as Obama said it was fair value \u2013 right!. Obama has magically\u00a0earned millions from public service.<a class=\"fancybox image\" href=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obamas-Rolex.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-75479 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obamas-Rolex.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 104px) 100vw, 104px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obamas-Rolex.jpg 778w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obamas-Rolex-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obamas-Rolex-768x848.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obamas-Rolex-163x180.jpg 163w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obamas-Rolex-543x600.jpg 543w\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"114\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then there is Obama\u2019s famous Rolex watch.\u00a0 His watch is a Rolex Cellini, the cheap version which tells time-only.\u00a0It is a white gold case and a classic alligator strap which goes for $15,200.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox image\" href=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obams-Watch-Close-up.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-75480 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obams-Watch-Close-up-1024x530.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obams-Watch-Close-up-1024x530.png 1024w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obams-Watch-Close-up-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obams-Watch-Close-up-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obams-Watch-Close-up-273x140.png 273w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obams-Watch-Close-up-180x93.png 180w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Obams-Watch-Close-up-600x311.png 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Socialism Always Moves to Tyranny &nbsp; The economic message taught in most universities is very distorted. It universally teaches children to judge economic systems from the perspective of their victims. They will endlessly point out the impoverished people and the devastation of the climate as proof that capitalism is evil and that we need government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[5496,111,5479,2799,1492],"class_list":["post-31354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-liberty","tag-armstrong-economics","tag-capitalism","tag-martin-armstrong","tag-socialism","tag-tyranny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31355,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31354\/revisions\/31355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}