{"id":2935,"date":"2016-03-22T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commonsensesociety.org\/?p=2935"},"modified":"2023-10-12T10:39:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T14:39:08","slug":"how-did-america-forget-what-socialist-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commonsensesociety.org\/nl\/2016\/03\/22\/how-did-america-forget-what-socialist-means\/","title":{"rendered":"How Did America Forget What \u2018Socialist\u2019 Means?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">With Obama cuddling up to Cuba, it\u2019s time to remind ourselves of the evils of socialism.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EXCERPT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, in America, for the first time in nearly a century, socialism is not a dirty word, or a shunned label, for many people. On the contrary. President Barack Obama, with a minimum of controversy, has reopened relations with the unabashedly socialist regime in Cuba, demanding almost no concessions in exchange for becoming the first U.S. president in 88 years to visit the island.&nbsp;(Indeed, on the eve of the president\u2019s arrival, Cuba\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared that Cuba\u2014together with China\u2014was committed to the \u201cirreversibility of socialism.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the overwhelming and seemingly improbable support among America\u2019s youth for the 74-year-old Bernie Sanders\u2014a self-described democratic socialist who once proudly defended communist dictatorships across the world\u2014is the latest example of a historical illiteracy that treats socialism as a benign economic system that is more equitable and fair than capitalism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, 20 percent of the world\u2019s population continues to live under communist regimes, in China, Vietnam, Cuba, Laos and North Korea. These countries are some of the worst violators of human rights in history. China operates its own \u201cgulag\u201d system of labor camps for political prisoners. The Castros in Cuba\u2014the Obama administration\u2019s newest friends\u2014routinely throw their opponents in prison, despite Ra\u00fal Castro\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/03\/how-obama-set-a-trap-for-raul-castro-221059#ixzz43Zy8esko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">misleading comments<\/a>&nbsp;at his news conference with Obama on Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>At the time of publishing, Marion Smith was executive director of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally published in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2016\/03\/obama-cuba-trip-socialism-213757\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Politico<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Socialism is not roads, welfare, and free education. 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