Since Biden and his gang are running for President, and are touting socialism, whether they admit it or not, I am going to quote, word for word, chapter 11 from a book I wrote 35 years ago when I got my first computer. It was crude, but I realized that I could write, and store it for future use without printing. Wow! I have several huge, three ring loose leaf notebooks crammed with stuff I have written over the years, but in 1985, I could put thoughts and opinions together in a book. The book is titled “I Hold These Truths,” and is my opinion on about 90 subjects. It has been re-printed four times, and I’m not going to do it again. Even though today, it seems appropriate.
“While Robin Hood and his knights of Sherwood Forest are held in the highest esteem by today’s academia and other assorted bubble heads, I think they certainly are not the apotheosis of civilization. They were common crooks, who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. Admittedly, King Richard was away, and he supposedly left the store in the wrong hands, but that is the trouble with kings. They are human, like everyone else, and are not of a higher I.Q., better judgment, or more humanity. They have inherited their position, and for some strange reason are held in high esteem by their mistaken subjects. If a king goes bad, that is tragic, and his people will suffer. But we don’t have a monarchy here, so Robin Hood should be no hero in America, in spite of the glorious adulation he gets.
“The beauty of America is that we don’t have a king, so they can’t go bad. That’s why we broke away from Mother England: The king had gone nuts, and thought the colonies were supposed to show a huge profit for the royal exchequer. He couldn’t even speak good English. We disagreed, went to war over it, and won. So forget Robin Hood’s reasons, they don’t apply here.
“What passes for ‘Robin Hoodism’ today, is just as evil, and has no king to blame. Socialism is a nasty word to most (except Democrats in 2020), while Robin Hood is wonderful. Both are the same. Rob from the rich to give to the poor. Robin Hood had a king to blame, and we have government. Socialism is leveling everyone’s incomes. Socialism is taking from the haves and giving to the have nots. Socialism is government stealing from you, and giving a pittance back in the form of some food, medicine, or other trinkets. Socialism is eventually taking everyone to the poverty level. Socialism is taking away choice, freedom, happiness, productivity, wealth, health, and prosperity. Robin Hood is no example to follow.
“America was made great by having all things socialism takes away, as explained in the previous paragraph. America is a semi-socialistic country, and becomes more so each year, month, and even day. Socialism employs threats from government to accomplish its will. Socialism hates achievement. Socialism loves failures, because they are so compliant and willing to follow the current government dictates. Socialism is government of the failures, by the failures, and for the failures.
“The achievers that socialists hate so much, achieve not because it is their duty, but a mere outlet for their brain power and creativity. They simply love to do it. The prosperity they provide is a by product of their aptitude, energy, drive, and intelligence. Socialists hate achievers so much, that they tax them into submission. Taxation is the most common device socialists use to show their resentment. Regulation is the second. Only achievement can be taxed. Only achievement can be regulated. Nothing else. When something is taxed, you get less of it, namely achievement and prosperity. When something is subsidized, you get more of it, such as poverty and government. We have devolved from a competitive, prosperous, achievement-oriented society, into a resentful, guilt ridden, poor, uneducated society.
“Socialism’s stated goal of raising social; classes, has the opposite effect. Trying to raise social classes is like trying to raise the water level in a cracked swimming pool. The minute you turn the hose off, the water will begin to go down to its former level. Socialism plunders private property, and the right to property was the cornerstone of America from its humble beginnings.
“Socialism places power in the hands of the inept, undeserving, and non-achieving. Socialism creates poverty and spends billions trying to eliminate it. The more spent, the more poverty is created. Socialism makes “Social Work” a career, and issues degrees in that subject. That subject shouldn’t exist in the English lexicon. I hope this has been succinct enough for you. I never liked Robin Hood.”
Democrats began socialism with FDR in 1933, when the first public housing was created, as well as Social Security, just as a beginning. No one need worry about a place to live and no one need worry about the future. In 1972, food stamps began, so no one would have to worry about having something to eat. Then rent subsidies, health and medical subsidies, utility subsidies, free cell phones and computers, and lower and lower achievement in socialistic government schools. All the while, welfare increased, as well as single parent ‘families’. The more welfare legislated, the more crime and poverty were created. The chain from 1933 was a continuous process, with socialism being replaced by communism, as has happened throughout earth’s past 200 year history. “Black Lives Matter,” is classic, and the 100th day of violence in Portland continues, as well as in most major cities, such as Minneapolis and even Washington D.C., home of the Swamp.
I shudder to imagine America if Hillary had won, and the threat of Sleepy Joe Biden not fulfilling office if he got elected, and communist Harris becoming president would be a catastrophe which the English language cannot describe.
-Don Stott
don@coloradogold.com.