I’ll Make An Example Out of You

I can remember my mother informing me, on a number of occasions when I had misbehaved or conducted myself in a way which was not conducive to being a big brother to four younger brothers, that she was going to make an example out of me.  Naturally, the example my mother made out of me, on these occasions, was an example which would deter my younger brothers from imitating a behavior which SHOULD NOT be imitated.

I think of this this morning after reading a post of Mike Soja’s titled The Future.  Mike points to an article at The American Spectator titled Scarce Freedom, Scarce Fish which looks at Cuba after 50 years of socialism, commonly known as government control of all aspects of living.  And how is it going in Cuba after 50 years of governmental control?

Wrapping up their analysis of Cuba’s 50 years of communist economics, the generally not-overly-enthusiastic-about-capitalism National Public Radio reported on January 8 that Cuba is still short of basic foodstuffs after a half century of keeping a lid on individualism and private enterprise.

With examples like the failure of the Soviet Union, and the failure which still is Cuba, starring us right in the face, why aren’t American individuals learning that socialism is a behavior America should not imitating?

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