re: Kennedy: ‘When the Berlin Wall Fell, Who Ran to Which Side? Socialism Is for Morons’

This is ultimately about freedom versus dependency.

I genuinely feel sad for generations of Americans who have spent much of their lives inside a welfare system that was supposed to be a bridge to independence but has instead become a permanent way of life. When a government program intended to help people get back on their feet becomes something people cannot, or are not encouraged to, leave, the system has failed the very people it was created to help.

All because the evil democrats uses the welfare system as an arm to exploit the needy for votes and the evil Republicans having no spine to stand up against it, instead their non-action allows it. Which is worse the criminal actions or those who allow their criminal actions. "We the People" share in that as well by not getting rid of the RINO's.

That isn’t compassion. Compassion should mean helping people build a life in which they no longer need the government to survive. Dependence should never become the destination.

And I think we need to be honest about the human cost. Living for years with little control over your circumstances and constantly depending on government assistance can create frustration, resentment, and a sense that there is no way out. I don't see those people as the enemy. I see them as people who have been drawn in by the glitter of socialism's promises, only to find that those promises are never delivered. Yes, people make their own choices, but when a system is structured to dismantle families and remove accountability, it contains an evil component that allows countless souls to be lost.

There is also an important perspective missing from many American discussions about poverty. By global standards, the material conditions of low-income Americans are substantially different from the extreme poverty experienced in parts of Central and South America, South Asia, and other developing regions. The World Bank's current international poverty measures illustrate just how dramatically living conditions differ in the USA

That doesn't mean American poverty isn't real. It is. The Census Bureau reports that 34.5 million Americans were officially living in poverty in 2025, or 10.2% of the population. But poverty in America and extreme material deprivation elsewhere are not necessarily the same experience.

So my concern isn't simply about how much government spends. It's about what kind of society we have created and continue to perpetuate.

A government safety net should catch someone when they fall, not become the floor they are expected to live on forever.

The ultimate measure of a successful system shouldn't be how many people remain dependent on it. It should be how many people it helps become independent. It's all about freedom!

Where is the corruption coming from mostly? That’s right, from your beloved democrats. You might want to reread your post as that is exactly what you said. You keep saying millions are upset with our way of government? What is really going on is the fact that so much grifting is being brought to light, and guess who it exposes the most. That’s right, your team.

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Free market capitalism with workers organization rights as well. We should all be able to benefit from a strong capitalist system.

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All should be able to benefit from a strong capitalist system if you remove government and unions from such systems.

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So it was a strong argument for the Russians that their system was superior.

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SUPERIOR? LOL! WHAT DENIAL! WTF are you here for then? Go back to your broken system! LoL! That's right, you can go back to waiting in blocks long lines for toilet paper! What a false claim!

That's the real problem why a lot of Russians drink so much to push away their given miserable lives! Look you want to advocate with lies go back to the country that invented lying!

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Typical man.

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How misandry of you.

Pot meet kettle.

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How misandry of you.

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Hey, Joe Trans its philandry of me!

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Where is the corruption coming from mostly? That’s right, from your beloved democrats.

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Ok democrats caused every single problem anyone has ever had. Now what? What do you have other than saying democrats bad over and over and over? What does that actually accomplish? Just good feels for yourself?

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She knows if you aint first then your last

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does she know the difference between your and you’re?

Teaching her to be a crab in a bucket of crabs isn’t the flex you think it is. I teach my kids their only competition is themselves. They need to be better than they were yesterday, not better than every single person they encounter. Your daughter must have no self-esteem after being taught that if she isn’t number one, she’s garbage by her own father.

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How would you raising liberal weak children and teaching them that participation trophies are good be my fault?

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You’re the only person talking about participation trophies in this thread.

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Why aren’t you considering why so many Americans are enamored with an ideology like this? Such a colossal failure of our government and society to drive regular Americans to beg for any alternative to the broken system imposed on us now.

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It has been building building for a very long time. You say so many but the percentage is quite low. However, the MSM will say nothing because whatever or whomever can get elected as a democrat is all that matters to the. But the indoctrination began long ago and took hold in the public schools and media.

But it does boil down to a very simple question:

Is the fact communism has failed wherever it has been attempted the reason people are coming to America?