This Fall, Florida Students Will Be Forced to Take "Anti-Communist" Classes

[Ranting Randy]

38. Many years ago I took an economics class in Poland, before they broke free

Many years ago I took an economics class in Poland, before they broke free, before the fall of the Berlin wall. The teacher (also an instructor at one of the Ivy schools) who went on to become the principle architect of Poland's economic system that allowed them to claim their independence from the eastern block(heads). For the whole semester he argued that socialism was on top, capitalism next, then communism. We had long discussions that sometimes continued for awhile after class. We both seemed to enjoy our discussions about various issues with these 3 main economic theories. I used logic and facts to argue (quite convincingly I thought) that well-regulated capitalism was probably the economic system that had the most potential for intelligent growth, and to be fair for the largest number of it's citizens.

Even though I thought I had won the argument long ago, he never agreed! On the last day of class I asked him why if we agreed on the vast majority of the points I'd made he was still insisting that Socialism was still the superior system. He replied, I know on which side of my bread is the butter.

The HUGE problem with capitalism today is that it is NOT well-regulated. Money pollutes our elections masquerading as "free speech" (free speech that costs over a $ Billion each election cycle). Because of rulings from the Supremes like Shittythings Citizens United we have a bastardization of the golden rule to "those with the gold make the rules."

If enough people turn out to vote for good candidates, we can turn things around. If you can make calls, then make calls to support your the candidate of your choice. If you can distribute fliers, host election parties, do mailings, write checks, etc. please do something to elect those who will help create a better society.

If enough people do nothing, things will continue on without change.