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February 15, 2014
The final stage of socialism isn’t Communism. It’s an empty shelf.
The end comes when even Maximum Socialist Efficiency can’t pay the salaries of the secret police or find enough newsprint on which to disseminate the latest edicts. Socialism ends when the janitor turns out the lights, even though the lights have worked in years. Belmont Club ｻ Gone With the Whine
Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 15, 2014 9:13 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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That happens when the soshies run out of other peoples' money. When they can't steal any more. When we start pushing back.
Didn't Machiavelli counsel to keep the troops fed?
Posted by: chasmatic at February 16, 2014 6:56 AM
A better example cannot be found of Thatcher's truism about socialism and running out of other people's money. And it's in real time. Happening now, before our very eyes. And the MSM reaction is - deathly silence.
Posted by: Jimmy J. at February 16, 2014 9:21 AM