I am a proud American, a Soviet Jew, a patriot, and an IT professional. “Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.”
“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” — Winston Churchill
Songwriter Commentator
"The pioneers get all the arrows"
My first calling was as a musician and songwriter...I was fortunate enough to have a good run...Some songs from a friend of mine you never heard but might like...
https://open.spotify.com/album/0HVKSyCJgDvdt3HwhocXen#login
Friend of mine once told me this lyric should be stitched on a pillow:
"I believe that life is for living and love is the axis on which we turn
We bare our souls till all is forgiven
and clothe ourselves with the lessons learned"
---KH
A favorite quote from a favorite author:
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
― Robert A. Heinlein
...and one I saw on a studio wall in Nashville:
“Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.”
― Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
OK...one more...
“A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Friday
Here's To Civility...Cheers and Thanks to @arkos, @starhammer, @Hemlocko, @delastman, @Willieleev1971, @Milica42, @Secftblgirland, @AmericanEric, @Amberflamezzz, @pineandpalmand, @TheGypsyThread, @KenClark, and @TheStrike for the wires...much appreciated!
The family has existed at least a 10,000 years. An ideology isn't going to destroy it. - mhtbm
The left chose the comfort and liberty of lies while the right still run for the truth. - mhtbm
In capitalism, workers can prosper. In socialism, only the state and your regulators prosper. History have been proved. - mhtbm
Big state is fascist mentality. Dad's state too. - mhtbm
Socialism is not paradise on Earth. It is a utopia that never needs to actually work. It only requires some kind of people to believe that it can work. - mhtbm
Socialism is not the cure; it is the disease. - mhtbm
Fascism, Nazism, Communism and Socialism are only superficial variations of the same monstrous theme: collectivism. - Ayn Rand
Every socialist is a dictator in disguise - Mises
If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, (or yourself) then be prepared to accept barbarism. - Thomas Sowell
For evil to triumph, it is only necessary for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke
Habits reveal the man - Hamlet
Those who kill for an idea, sooner or later die for it.
The smallest minority is the individual.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. Marcus Aurelius
Enlight yourself, or you will be enlightened by the system. - mhtbm