Thread: Does Barack Obama have any Socialist tendencies at all?

The definition of socialism is as follows: a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole. (in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.Socialism, according to Karl Marx, is the transition between capitalism and communism. To achieve communism, Marx says, there must be continuing revolution in which the fundamental principal is: The end justifies the means.For more than half a century, capitalism in the United States has taken a beating from the socialist revolution. Despite the best efforts of conservatives since the Roosevelt era, socialists have made great strides toward converting the nation to socialism. Apparently, the majority of Americans either fail to recognize the transition, or welcome it. The enthusiastic support for Barack Obama, especially among young people, is abundant evidence.Obama has declared that he believes every person has a "right" to health care. The Socialist Party USA believes every person has a "right" to health care.Obama believes that labor unions should be allowed to organize without a secret ballot. The Socialist Party USA calls for unions to be recognized without a secret ballot.The Socialist Party USA recognizes the "right" of adequate housing for everyone. Obama trained ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) workers to secure mortgages for unqualified people in sufficient numbers to collapse the housing and home-financing industries.The Socialist Party USA believes that "capitalism is fundamentally incompatible" with socialism. For years, Obama worked in Chicago through the Annenberg Challenge, along with Bill Ayers, to funnel more than $50 million to anti-capitalist education projects. In November 2006, Ayers traveled to Venezuela to speak at Hugo Chavez's Education Forum where he railed against "the failings of capitalist education," and praised the "Bolivarian Revolution and the profound reforms in education made by Hugo Chavez."The Socialist Party USA believes in open borders and six-months residency as the only requirement for U.S. citizenship. Obama marched with illegal aliens in Chicago in support of "comprehensive" immigration reform. Listen to Obama's promises to La Raza in 2007.The Socialist Party USA calls for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq. Obama says, "I will end this war," with never a reference to "winning" or "victory."The Socialist Party USA calls for the "unconditional disarmament" by the United States. Obama has promised to dramatically reduce defense spending. Listen to his words here.The Socialist Party USA calls for a "livable guaranteed annual income." Obama trained ACORN members to conduct "Living Wage" campaigns in cities around the country.The Socialist Party USA calls for a "steeply graduated" tax policy to redistribute wealth. Obama has promised to increase the tax burden on the rich to redistribute wealth to the poor. He revealed his philosophy when answering a question from Joe the plumber, who complained that he was being taxed for his success. Obama said:It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success too. My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody. I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody.This list of comparisons could be quite long. This is sufficient to reveal an unmistakable similarity between Obama's political beliefs and the beliefs of the Socialist Party USA. The tragedy is that Obama's supporters don't care. In fact, many of his supporters are delighted that he promises to usher in a new era of socialism, and push the memory of capitalism further into history.Socialists, who are in perpetual revolution, who believe that the end justifies the means, have worked through educational institutions, non-government organizations such as ACORN and by electing socialists to public office to silence teaching the virtues of free enterprise, capitalism, private property, individual responsibility and personal achievement. For nearly two generations, students have been fed a steady diet of socialism under a variety of disguises, including Outcome Based Education, No Child Left Behind, School-to-Work and a host of other "feel good" slogans.Students and young adults no longer know why capitalism is better than socialism. Like Obama, young people really believe that when government redistributes wealth, "it's good for everybody." They do not realize that wealth redistribution is no substitute for wealth creation. They are never taught that the only way to create wealth is for an individual to combine his energy and intel

yes cant you tell we are headed that way

yes 100%“From each according to his ability, to each according to his need� (or needs) is a slogan popularized by Karl Marx “we need to spread the wealth around� is a slogan popularized by Karl Barack ObaMarxObama Bombshell Redistribution of Wealth Audio Uncoveredhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck Redistributive changeAn now we find Obama wants to bankrupt the coal industryOBAMA TELLS SAN FRANCISCO HE WILL BANKRUPT THE COAL INDUSTRY: http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/11/shocking-new-audio-obama-promises-to.html

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He has dumb azz, loud mouth jigga boo tendencies. How's that?

America has socialist tendencies. Every time you call a 911, a firefighter puts out fire, your child goes to (public) school, you are utilizing a "socialist" service. Socialism is always a bad thing. I am sure if a firefighter demanded $2000 up front to save your burning house you would be outraged, but that would be 100% capitalism.

Yes

Yes He is a Democrat and the KINGso he can turn us Socialistic in a heartbeat

Wow, you must be exhausted from all that typing! Seriously though, I think socialism appeals to young people because it sounds so fair and they are easily swayed. When I was in my teens and early 20s, I too thought socialism was the way to go, but as I got older and more experienced in life, I saw that most of the time, the people who do achieve success have worked hard and sacrificed for it while a lot of the times the people who haven't are there because of their own laziness and/or stupidity. Socialism has never worked in any country that has adopted it. Why should we be any different? They say the true sign of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different outcome. That seems to be what Obama is doing. Believing in Socialism, to me, is akin to little children believing in Santa Claus. Once you get older and more experienced in how life works, you can see it makes no sense and is logistically impossible. This is not to demean the magic of Christmas, but you can't build a government and an economy on fantasy.

Is there not one among you that has watched Dr, Zhivago?Socialism is another word for dictator, hater of the people.