Much of Western Europe is heading in that direction, but hasn't quite fully achieved it yet.baldeagle wrote:In the interest of keeping this civil, I'll just ask you one question.cb1000rider wrote:If you wanted to say that we're moving toward socialism, I buy it... and agree... That's different than seeking a socialist agenda through triggering domestic blood letting within our federal government.
If you wanted to say that extreme groups call for extermination of the other side, I buy that too. I don't buy it within rational government leadership. It's the nature of "extreme". It happens on both sides of the issues if you look at the fringes. It's largely noise, until some lone wolf decides to act out.
Basically I have more realistic fears than short term mass re-education centers and a government that is actively seeking domestic blood shed. I'm much more concerned about legislation that would allow confiscation of weapons based on nothing more than heresay from an angry neighbor, for instance... Keep it at least semi-real, people...
Can you name one socialist country that hasn't slaughtered hundreds of thousands or millions of its own people?
All of Scandinavia, BENELUX, France (especially France), Greece... Not quite Socialist.
They really want to be, if it wasn't for that pesky "Can't figure out how to pay for it" thing.
Soviets, Cuba, DPRK... pretty ugly.
Czech, Hungary, Poland, the Baltic States are all recovering nicely, but Ceausescu and his ilk did make a lot of people disappear.
So.... No.. I can't
We're a looooooooong way from reeducation camps here in America.
How many military sons and daughters will have the gumption to force mom and dad into a reeducation camp?
Not in my lifetime.
But..... Through the miracle of Common Core, it could possibly be accomplished in 1-2 generations.
Semper vigilans.