How Did We Get Here?
I think, by now, it should be obvious to any intelligent observer that America has gone beyond dipping its toe in the socialist waters to test the temperature. Under Barack Obama and his administration, we’ve practically dived in head first.
But Obama, I think, is merely a symptom of the cancer. What caused this?
I see two causes.
First, ever since FDR weakened America with socialist policies and programs, Americans have slowly been conditioned to rely on government. Our nation has lost much of its edge in terms of accepting personal responsibility for our actions. Instead, we’ve become a society of whiners with a sense of entitlement. We’ve allowed and even encouraged government to implement socialist intrusions upon private business - such as minimum wage, affirmative action, etc. We are so mired in our own laziness that we feel compelled to strike out against the wealthy, thinking that it’s so unfair for one segment of society to have all the wealth.
Secondly, we have lost much of our morals. Stealing, greed and lust are all sins, yet these things are largely celebrated in our nation today. Many wealthy people aren’t satisfied with the blessings they have; instead, they are conditioned to want more and more, even at the expense of their own character.
When you combine the two reasons above, you get an environment that breeds and practically oozes socialism.
I’ve said it before: Democracy is reserved only for moral societies. The further our nation dips into the moral abyss, the less of a free nation we will be, and the closer we will embrace the evils of socialism.