Posted by
J.M. Powers on Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:22:31 PM
The former head of the KGB, Vladamir
Putin issued the United States a warning about adopting Socialism. You can’t
make this stuff up.
In his speech at the opening ceremony
of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Putin said,
“In the 20th century, the Soviet Union
made the state’s role absolute… in the long run, this made the Soviet economy
totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see
it repeated.”
Can you believe this came from the
former head of the KGB? But wait, it gets better. He later added,
“Nor should we turn a blind eye to the
fact that the spirit of free enterprise, including the principle of personal
responsibility of businesspeople, investors, and shareholders for their
decisions, is being eroded in the last few months. There is no reason to believe
that we can achieve better results by shifting responsibility onto the
state.”
He warned us not to make the same
mistakes the Soviet Union made by exercising “excessive intervention in economic
activity and blind faith in the state’s omnipotence”.
It seems to me that if anyone would
have a first hand understanding of what an abysmal failure Socialism actually
is, it would be someone like Putin. Let’s be real, Socialism brought one of the
world’s Super Powers to it’s knees…and then cut it’s head off.
Anyone who was over the age of about 5
in the 80’s remembers the constant threat of the Soviet Union. The Cold War was
raging and the threat of nuclear war was on everyone’s mind. They seemed
unbeatable, it was a lose-lose situation.
But that was really a battle between
Capitalism and Socialism. And as we all know Socialism fell flat on it’s face
and Capitalism not only won, but won big time. Apparently the Russians now get
it, Socialism doesn’t work. The government is not omnipotent. The government
cannot solve everyone’s problems. The government cannot conduct business better
then businesses can.
But will Obama listen? No, he won’t.
You see, this speech was given back in January and yet Obama and all the
Democrats in Washington, using traditional KGB tactics of fear and loathing,
pushed this monstrous Socialism Bill through.
I have now officially, seen it all. I
never thought, not in a million years, that the former leader of Russia and
former head of the KGB would be warning America to preserve Capitalism. Who are
the Capitalist Pigs now?