{"id":18750,"date":"2025-10-25T13:22:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=18750"},"modified":"2025-10-25T13:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:22:35","slug":"be-not-afraid-socialism-is-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2025\/10\/be-not-afraid-socialism-is-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Not Afraid. Socialism is Everywhere."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ALL GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS SOCIALISM. Every penny.
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They just use that word “socialist” (often erroneously paired with “Communist” or “Marxist”) to convince you (using FEAR) that it’s better if they spend YOUR TAX DOLLARS on tax breaks for the few, the wealthy and privileged. And maybe a few for-profit prisons to lock the rest of us up in (if we get high to try and forget the atrocities done by these miserable sons of bitches who are running this country).

Most people in prison are there for non-violent DRUG POSSESSION. In for-profit prisons, many of which hire them out for a fraction of minimum wage.<\/em> Modern slavery<\/em>.
Why? Profit. Exploit ordinary citizens for their own gains. People go to jail, or die, but they make money. So it’s OK.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They don’t make as much money if the government decides feeding the poor, or housing the homeless is a better use of the money. Because it helps people, they call it “charity”. The only reason they give to charity at all is for the tax write-offs and PR.
They call people who need help LAZY.
They say refugees who need help are ILLEGAL.
They say children who need help are EXPENDABLE.
All excuses NOT TO HELP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Like walking past a disheveled person asking for help on the street. Don’t look at them. Ignore the problem. Make excuses not to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Folks, THEY blame the poor, but the RICH are the problem. The WEALTHY have set up this system to exploit us, from cradle to grave, and they keep turning the screws, hoping we die. Less LAZY ILLEGAL EXPENDABLE HUNGRY mouths to feed, equals more profits for THEM.
Pure Capitalism is CRUELTY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s $38 Trillion Now <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


Socialism recognizes the things people need to survive and thrive, and tries to guarantee those things to all through government ownership of those resources. Food. Medicine. Clothing. Housing. Education. Police. Fire Dept. EMTs. Energy. Military defense. Research. Good stuff for ALL. Democracy decides what’s important to us.
We all chip in to make sure everyone has what they NEED to survive and thrive. Importantly, innovators can still get rich selling people NEW creations and advances. For as much profit as they can. Things people WANT. Not what they NEED to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In either Socialism or Capitalism, those with more must give more. That’s the social contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Capitalism must be regulated to protect the social contract. Socialism IS that contract. Democracy decides. Capitalism doesn’t go away. It just gets deprioritized over survival, and human decency. Profits are NOT more important than the social contract to help each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting rich by exploiting what people NEED to survive is IMMORAL.
Getting rich by imprisoning people for profit is immoral.
Getting rich by controlling all of the food production and constantly raising prices to ensure “economic growth” (aka increased profits) instead of eliminating hunger, is immoral.
Getting rich by sending our children off to die, protecting “economic interests” (aka oil profits, weapons revenue) is IMMORAL.
Getting rich by controlling (for profit) all of the ENERGY society needs to exist and grow is Immoral.
Getting rich by deciding who deserves medicine by how much they can afford to pay is IMMORAL.

This is NOT a RED vs. BLUE situation. The two parties are BOTH working against US, The American People. This is a HUMAN DECENCY issue. Greed vs. Kindness and Decency.
This is a HAVE-TOO-MUCH vs HAVE-NOT-ENOUGH situation. Most of us fall into the SECOND group. We should start acting like it.
Towards THEM, and especially towards Each Other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ALL GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS SOCIALISM. Every penny. They just use that word “socialist” (often erroneously paired with “Communist” or “Marxist”) to convince you (using FEAR) that it’s better if they spend YOUR TAX DOLLARS on tax breaks for the few, the wealthy and privileged. 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