Throughout history there has always been the Square Wheel Proponents. They have been around ever since the Round Wheel was first invented. They keep trying to make the Square Wheel accepted in the unbelieving world that surrounds them. Their premise is simply...Past attempts to use the Square Wheel have been misguided efforts because the Square Wheels they tried to use were just Not Square Enough.
Just the other day one of the Most Vocal Proponents of Square Wheelism made a major policy address in which he presented his audience with this hard-to-refute argument, “Everyone knows that Square Breakfast Cereals tastes better than Round Breakfast Cereals”.
Who can argue with that?
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Clarifying Myself
This is the point where you, My Dear Readers, say to your collective selves, “Self, what the heck is Fella talking about?”
OK, I’ll back up a bit. Please allow me to explain...
My newspaper tells me that 37% of Americans (and the percent is growing) prefer Socialism, even Communism, over Capitalism.
They contend that past efforts to make Socialism or Communism work were simply not done right. If we had been stricter in our implementation of the basic fundamentals of either of these two ism’s, we would have found that all their rough edges could have been smoothed over and everyone would have loved Socialism or even Communism.
When skeptics ask, “What if we skeptics do not like the result? Could we change back to Capitalism?”, the answer they get back is always no. They are told everyone will just have to keep working on smoothing out those rough edges.
They further try and console us by saying, “You may find that you are living a miserable existence under Socialism or Communism but you need to remember your misery is shared by countless other of your fellow American miserable people.”
Did I just sense that you are thinking to yourself...37% (in favor of Socialism or Communism) is not a majority and you are not going to worry about any of this until the percentage in favor of changing to Socialism or Communism gets closer to 51% (besides the NBA Basketball Playoffs are upon us and it’s time to worry about the NBA Basketball Playoffs).
Fella has now given in to the History Unbelievers and I give you my approval to go ahead and give Socialism or Communism another chance right here in the Good Ole USofA. However, I’m telling you right here and now, when Socialism or Communism fail again, I am going to tell you from deep down in the depths of my miserable existence, “I told you so”.
The question is, will telling you “I told you so” that make me feel less miserable?
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
Lagniappe: The first inventor person who invented the Round Wheel gets all the credit. We ought to recognize the inventors of the Second, Third and Fourth Round Wheels. Without their inventive genius, we would never have had the covered wagon and we would all still be in New Jersey staring in the general direction of Oregon.
2 comments:
Talking about the square wheel reminds me of the time I had some technical business with a railroad. We had finished our discussions and I casually asked the chief engineer of the department that deals with the tracks why when I look down the tracks they always seem so wavy and uneven. He answered there was no use making them straight since the rolling stock guys had mostly square wheels. So I asked the chief engineer of locomotives and rail cars why they didn't make sure their wheels were smooth and round. Well, you already guessed his answer. There's no use having smooth round wheels when you have to run over all those wavy tracks ...
And so it is with our political system. So long as you can denigrate the other side with derogatory labels, you don't need to talk about solving problems ...
You are so right!!!! The younger generation has NO understanding of Socialism or Communism. They fail to realize that in the 100 years that Communism has been in existence, 100 million people have been killed, murdered, destroyed at the hands of Communist dictators. Also, so many immigrants coming into the U.S. come from Mexico, Central and South America where Socialism is taught and practiced. I guess these new immigrants want to make the U.S. just like the place they came from.... makes no sense!!!
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