I picked this up from HotAir, but as far as I can tell it's a snippet from the New York Times, which I won't link to. Still, if it is the NYT, someone's hearing something he'd rather not hear:
The “average white person,” Mr. Gonzalez added, may associate socialism with Nordic countries, but to Asian and Hispanic migrants it recalls despotic “left-wing regimes.”…
To make matters worse, that Nordic "socialism" took a hard U-turn on the socialism thing some time back, which is why they still have an economy.
I saw a video yesterday of a young Southern girl saying that when she thinks of socialism, she 'thinks of a potluck.' Well, yes, except there's no food.
ReplyDeleteRight. She'd be more on target if she said she thought of an unguarded Best Buy--but she'd do well do think through how likely it was to be re-stocked and unguarded the following week.
ReplyDeleteYes, the Scandinavian countries have a more extensive safety net, but about 1990 they started to go to market solutions on a lot of stuff. School choice, for example. And they are entirely free market when competing with other countries.
ReplyDeleteThey have no corruption, a longstanding work ethic, and everyone looks like second-cousins.
As for the girl who "thinks of a potluck," she should go organise a potluck in a high-crime neighborhood and see what happens.
As for the girl who "thinks of a potluck," she should go organise a potluck in a high-crime neighborhood and see what happens.
ReplyDeleteShe should organize a potluck in the better neighborhoods of a city, too, and observe carefully, how many salads are brought compared with substantive dishes which take actual work to prepare. Then count the number of misplaced serving dishes at the end of the dinner.
Eric Hines
A potluck in my neighborhood, in contrast, yields some fabulous food and a lot of effort to ensure that everyone gets her stuff back. Small neighborhood, pretty decent social cohesion, high levels of trust. I hope that translates to an effective militia some day.
ReplyDeleteWhen you’re ready for that militia, you should hire me as a consultant.
ReplyDeleteI'd be happier to have you as a member, should you ever decide to decamp to South Texas.
ReplyDeletePressure cooked chili.
ReplyDeleteA compromise between substantial time, clean up issues, and it not being a salad.
I did bring something to a potluck, but it was a frozen dinner potato cheese from Costco.
When I microwaved heated it, I needed a crystal to reduce the harmful energies in the water.