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  • The pros and cons of Capitalism vs. Socialism

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    B. Lorenzo Buckinchere

    Mar 9, 2025

    In last weekā€™s article, I speculated on the next four years under Trump as well as outlined my expectations from his administration. But one of the topics I did not touch is the expected end of the welfare state, and how it would affect those who depend upon it.

    This will of course take place in stages as they gradually cut social services one by one. Its impact on the economy will be negative to say the least, as those who depend on those services will become displaced. However, hard as it is to accept, ending the welfare state is a clear step in the right direction.

    First of all, social services have for many decades served as a bridge to help get needy families out of poverty. The grassroots of the welfare state took place sometime circa 1968 during the Johnson administration. That was when planned parenthood programs initially took effect, and disproportionately targeted African-American communities in comparison to other ethnic groups at the time.

    The main requirement for planned parenthood was to be the head of household as a single mother. Many black women at the time felt pressured to kick their man out the house in favor of a welfare check, and as a result of that, many black boys grew up without a strong father figure in the house.

    This dependency mindset is particularly dangerous because it encourages dependency on a system that at any given moment can decide to starve them out. Not only that, but many rules were put in place that limits their sovereignty and autonomy under section 8 housing, similar to what one would expect in communist Cuba under Castro.

    Itā€™s one thing to temporarily use social services as a stepping stone to get ahead in life, and quite another to permanently rely on them. For some, finding their usual spot in the food stamp line every Monday morning is their chosen field, and it is revolting. They are making it bad for those who are actually making use of the opportunity, all while playing right into the hands of the racist, entitled, misandric, communist left who wants to keep them docile and dependent.

    The idea of socialism is that the citizen surrenders his sovereign rights and civil liberties in favor of government handouts. The pro is that he receives the very basics of food, clothes and shelter. But what if those basic needs are met at the expense of some higher purpose?

    Almost like how talk show hosts on commercial radio would rather waste precious airtime to distract you with useless banter when they could have been discussing existentialism and how it could impact your ultimate destiny. The con is that they control too much of your life. The likelihood of missing your destiny is much higher, and to add insult to injury they only provide you with a limited supply under the pretext that they have many mouths to feed.

    We see examples of this in Cuba where food is rationed to one loaf of bread per week, per household. In 1970ā€™s Jamaica where grocery items (often incompatible) were married to each other as bundle deals, and the government controlled the retail price. And finally in 1980ā€™s China where entire families got evicted from welfare camps if they had more than one child per household.

    Capitalism on the other hand allows for the individual to be more responsible in his pursuit of happiness. Though social services are available for those who need it, the onus is on the individual to decide how he would rather eke out a living. Preferably, he would do so by honing his passion, but not everyone is willing to commit to finding out what that even is, which is exactly the point. They donā€™t have to do any kind of soul searching if they donā€™t want to. They donā€™t have to do anything.

    The pro of capitalism is that you retain most of your civil liberties, but the con is that the free market is highly competitive. For that reason alone, you will likely fall through the cracks of society if you donā€™t figure it out, and do so quickly.

    Your landlord is practicing a form of capitalism when he raises the rent, and your employer is practicing the same form of capitalism when he cuts your hours so you can barely make rent this month. That specific form of capitalism is very vampirical by nature and requires you to bleed in order for others to eat. That is the kind of capitalism that everyone has a fucking problem with, but capitalism in and of itself is not inherently bad.

    It is the very system that this great republic was founded upon back in 1776, that allows for someone who was born in poverty to change their lot in life.

    The same capitalist free market that allows your employer and landlord to abuse you, also allows you to invent something truly life changing and register the patent for it. But you have got to stop doing a job and actually start working if you donā€™t want others to suck you dry. Socialism allows you to survive, and Capitalism allows you to thrive.

    Is it really worth sacrificing long term goals for short term gain?

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  • Two wings on the same damned bird

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    B. Lorenzo Buckinchere

    Nov 10, 2024

    On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, history was made when the American people went to the polls. Donald J. Trump made history as the first former president to be elected president for a second non-consecutive term in office, effectively making him the 45th and the 47th president of the United States.

    Not only that, but Trump also made history as the first impeached president to be elected to office, and one with pending felony charges at that. The U.S. presidency is no stranger to scandals. From the 1972 Watergate scandal under the Nixon administration, to the 1998 Monica Lewinsky scandal under the Clinton administration, scandals seem to be the White Houseā€™s middle name.

    But never has there been the scandal of an impeached former president who is elected to office with pending felony charges, yet it happened two days ago at the time of me penning the initial draft of this article. What does that say about the popularity of Trumpā€™s political opponent?

    It was a close race, as Harris wasnā€™t that far behind Trump. With her receiving 47% of the votes, it was almost a stalemate. Even then, it wasnā€™t enough. Trump won the popular vote as well as the electoral votes.

    Speaking of the electoral college, the GOP regained control of the senate, and they already had control of the House of Representatives from the 2022 midterm race, so Trump will have smooth sailing passing any bill he wants without opposition, all the odds are tipped in his favor.

    All this is good for Trump and other wealthy Americans, but what does that mean for the average working-class American? They still have to work and pay bills. They still have to keep food on the table and send their children to school.

    They voted for one presidential candidate or another, hoping for change, and they honestly believe that one of those candidates will actually improve their lot in life. Pity they fail to realize that they are two wings on the same damned bird.

    Itā€™s still the same system, but with two different faces. What would Harris have done differently that Trump wouldnā€™t have done, or vice versa? They are ultimately in it for themselves.

    One of the primary reasons why ā€œwokeā€ people still vote despite knowing all this to be true is because their preferred candidate supports their political ideology, while the other candidate opposes it.

    People who want to work a job indefinitely, or permanently live off free government handouts generally tend to vote democrat, while those who are more entrepreneurially inclined tend to vote republican, and rightfully so.

    Because historically, left-winged candidates tend to promise to create more jobs and fund more social services, while right-winged candidates tend to support businesses. Thatā€™s why under Trumpā€™s ā€œAmerica Firstā€ policy, he promises to bring all the manufacturing jobs back home from China. That is the selling point of his campaign, and one of the main reasons he was re-elected.

    People with small businesses would jump at the sound of that, while large corporations who actually profit from outsourcing American jobs would weep, hence why they say that Trump is anti-establishment.

    Thatā€™s why they came up with those trumped-up (pun intended) felony charges about him paying hush money to the porn star Stormy Daniels, to bar him from seeking re-election, and it didnā€™t work even though he was found guilty.

    Trump was undoubtedly saved by his connections and his billions, because we all know that if it was ā€œJack the plumber,ā€ they wouldā€™ve already buried him under the jailhouse. I think Trump will probably give himself a presidential pardon after he resumes office, but in the meantime, they will not rest until he is sentenced to serve time in prison, or at the very least, impeached for a third time.

    If you really think that Biden or Harris are the ones in charge, then you deserve to suffer the consequences of whatever you believe. She is nothing more than a stupid figurehead whom they installed as the face of the socialist left, and only because they know she is easy to control.

    Itā€™s the people behind her who are pulling all the strings. A small group of men who have managed to infiltrate the American system through various international connections, and will be referred to throughout this article as The Oligarchs. They are not interested in money, they already have enough of it.

    They are inherently authoritarian in their approach, all they want is power. They want to run the show, to be the movers and shakers of society, and above all else, they want to decide who becomes a success, and who remains a failure.

    The reason why they are oligarchs is precisely because they are of the rigid and draconian belief that only a select few people within society should become successful.

    They have double standards and they play favoritism. Only those who pander to their agenda will be rewarded for it, everybody else is expected to serve their lot in life, but that should never be within a democracy such as this.

    This is not Europe where you are either born a serf or a noble, and therefore doomed to your lot based on what family you are born into, or how much land they own. Nor is this badmind Jamaica where even down to your own relatives will shame and sabotage you just for being eccentric, and having the potential to improve your lot.

    This is the land of opportunity, a place where dreams become a reality, and everybody wants to come here so badly, some even going so far as to risk their lives by climbing over the Mexican border fence just to improve their lot in life.

    A place where despite all its troubles, it is still the best place on earth to live. Because only in America is it possible for you to have a couple thousands saved up in the bank today, be living under a damned bridge by tomorrow, yet become a billionaire by the end of next year (itā€™s not easy but itā€™s very possible).

    And so, no one has the right to decide what your lot should be, except you. If they donā€™t like you, tell them to go fuck themselves. Any bird brain who is pompous enough to think that itā€™s their choice to dictate how your life should turn out is an enemy of freedom, and by default an enemy of America.

    If you have natural talent, use it to pull yourself out of a rut, or do some soul searching to figure out what that talent could possibly be, because your dream of making it big in your chosen field is more likely to be possible in America than any place else on the planet.

    When you vote left, you vote, not for Biden, Harris, or any other figurehead they install to distract you, but rather, for the oligarchs, and their authoritarian socialist agenda that is rooted in senseless greed and envy. The more likely you are to vote republican, the more likely you are to be patriotic, and an ally of freedom and civil liberty.

    So yes, Make America Great Again. When you went to the polls on Tuesday, you chose to vote for the capitalist free market, and the great American press. You chose to vote for freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and the right to bear arms.

    You chose to vote for the idea that we the people, in order to form a more perfect union, can take our country back from the establishment, and give it back to the American people.

    But ultimately, you chose to vote for yourself and the right to practice your natural talents. Because there is the left wing and the right wing, but both wings are on the same oligarchal bird, and itā€™s ultimately up to you to save yourself.

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