"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." -- Norman Thomas, 1948 Socialist candidate for President
I chose the above quote because it appears that this above statement has nearly come to pass in my generation. I am 55 years old. I grew up during the hippy movement of the 60’s and 70’s, one of the biggest anti-government, toss-out-your-morals, burn-your-bras, disobey your parents, do drugs the more the merrier and give out sex as if it were candy, anti-war, anti-nukes, hang up those outdated values and forget responsibility. It was an era of total rebellion among the youth against the authorities of parents and the establishment. One mantra was,” if it feels good do it” another,” stick it to the man.” Protests were in vogue. We were taught be suspicious of everyone and everything. The public school system was in full swing "dumbing" down its pupils. Johnny was no longer in need of learning how to read and Mary had no need of learning how to write. Social grade promotions were normal. If you failed they still passed you. No one needed to earn grades. College entrance exams like the SAT test were shaved by as much as twenty points to allow certain minority students entrance. Education no longer focused on the needs of the individual but the group as a whole - thus socialism took a deep root. We were being taught socialism in the guise of education, in order to be accepted you acted, thought, and were taught to be a part of the group or you simply were not accepted.
The word ”sedition” comes to mind when I think back on my teenage and college years. We were a generation taught in our schools by teachers who were indoctrinated in college to teach socialism. The media did their part by glamorizing the idea that this was the right thing to do. Ya got to be hip or you are not coo. The communists had infiltrated our colleges disguised as professors and graduates took jobs as teachers in the public schools all around the country. The nightly news began to lean towards the more liberal views and made sure it was viewed from that perspective. Movie stars like Jane Fonda sided with the communists of North Viet Nam and were proud of kicking and spitting on soldiers coming home from war in airports. These events were paraded on the T.V. nightly and it was rare that anyone complained. The silent majority were applauded but they said nothing and they did nothing.I believe this was one of the biggest commencements of the principal push towards socialism ever to be enacted in America and its impact is the results we are witnessing today. The best example I can think of is Barak Hussein Obama seated in the Oval office of the White House.
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