Words at War

[Mythsaje]

When they scream "No Socialism!" it's not as though they have the faintest idea what it means, or how a government medical program would be in any way related to socialism. All they know is that they've been told "socialism bad" and they'll parrot that ejaculation until the sun boils away the sky.

Okay, assholes... DEFINE Socialism. Yourself. No, stay away from Wikipedia and that hideous parody "conservafuckingstupidpedia" or whatever the hell it is. Define it in your own words.

Can't do it, can you? You haven't the FAINTEST FUCKING IDEA what it means.

One thing we do in this country that's stupid as hell is our attempt to wage wars on ideas, on abstractions. The War on Drugs was bad enough (a war on drugs is a war on people, usually brown people, and don't you forget it), but then we got the War on Terrorism. Or (rather) the "War on Middle Eastern brown people."

As stupid as it is to fight a war against an idea--like the Right Wing assholes deciding to have a war on socialism (apparently to counter our so-called "War on Christmas) :eyes:--that's really not what's going on here. The Generals might have declared a war on Socialism, but it's being fought by people who don't have a fucking clue. They're not at war with an idea, they're at war with a WORD.

The reason the "generals" want to fight "socialism" is because they think it'll cost them money. That's the only reason. They think that they'll somehow stop being ultra-fucking rich and just end up plain ol' filthy rich. They might have to forgo that gold plumbing and opt instead for the gold-plated plumbing. A fate worse than death.

But the rest of you? Seriously? A little "socialism" would make your lives a hundred times easier. A little sharing and caring, you know? You're already shoveling money into the system as fast as it can take it, and what are you getting out of it? Not much. Your house catches on fire, you get fireman. Your drunken brother in law starts a fight, you can get a cop. But if you fall down and break your leg, you'd better hope you have a good job, because all that money you pay the government to help take care of you doesn't mean a goddamn thing. And the money you and your employer has been feeding to the insurance company parasite? It might help some, but you'll still have to pay some of the bill yourself. That's despite having paid more in a single year to the company than the whole thing's going to end up costing.

I know, I know. "Socialism." Bad word. Scary.

I'd rather pay a little more in taxes and know that if I break my leg I'll just have to go to the hospital (or my doctor) and say "fix me up" knowing that once it heals I'll never have to think about it again. It'll be over. There won't be any doctor bills, no hospital testing fees, no x-ray costs, no extra bullshit my insurance company "forgot" to pay.

You're at war with the word "socialism."

Socialism surrenders, agrees to be called "Paying it Forward."

Any objections?

Shut up, Rush. Have an oxy, a coke, and a smile, and shut the fuck up. You're a rich motherfucker who will never have to worry about paying your health care bill. You have accountants to pay accountants to pay your health care expenses. Hell, you have doctors who'll falsify prescriptions for your fat, happy ass. You don't deserve an opinion.

Asshole.


edited to fix a punctuation error

[BlancheSplanchnik]

1. Kickworthy!

Great writing!

Don't worry about adding a PS to explain an edit! Especially when the end results are so good. (Personally, I always find the edit explanations detract from the post.)

PS :P
I'd kind of like it if you started a journal here, so it would be easy to find your essays......

[Mythsaje]

3. I do have a journal.

I'm adding this to it, in fact.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

4. Oh! duhhhh

the easily visible red journal thingy wasn't showing on the post!

nowww I see it.

[Mythsaje]

5. I hadn't added the post to it yet, so its easy to miss it.

Hope you enjoy your excursion down memory lane. :)

[Qutzupalotl]

2. K&R