Democratic Socialism https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Mon, 29 Jul 2019 18:54:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Democratic Socialism https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Dr. Paul Kengor Takes on Democratic Socialism at the Reagan Ranch https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/07/dr-paul-kengor-takes-on-democratic-socialism-at-the-reagan-ranch/ Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:00:09 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=12039 Written by David E. Smith

Communism, socialism, democratic socialism – if asked, could you accurately define these terms? For many of us, Political Science 101 was a long time ago, so our answer would likely be “no.” However, definitions and distinctions are important, especially when we are engaging with fellow citizens who are enthusiastically, and often blindly, embracing a political philosophy they don’t fully understand and, if adopted, would be disastrous for our nation.

In his presentation at the 2019 Reagan Ranch June Conference, Dr.… Continue Reading

]]> 12039 Democrats: The “Post-Truth” Party https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/06/democrats-the-post-truth-party/ Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:00:02 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=11740 Written by Trevor Thomas

In September of 2008, U.S. Senator, vice-presidential candidate, and democrat Joe Biden was asked his thoughts—“as a Roman Catholic”—on when life begins. Demonstrating a vast ignorance of science, along with an unflattering display of faith, he told NBC’s Tom Brokaw, “Look, I know when it begins for me.” A decade later, using the same “post-truth” relativism, New York Mayor, presidential candidate, and democrat Bill de Blasio, after signing a law that allows New Yorkers to declare their chosen gender on their birth certificate, told a cheering crowd, “You be you.… Continue Reading

]]> 11740 The Green New Deal: Myths and Migraines https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/03/the-green-new-deal-myths-and-migraines/ Sat, 09 Mar 2019 10:00:36 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=11112 Written by Dr. Daniel Boland

The Green New Deal (GND) is the Democrat Party’s latest version of the American Dream. The GND is a lengthy list of radical proposals for total transformation of our culture, our economy, our health care and educational systems, our environmental conditions, and on and on.

The GND expands government incomprehensively. No more carbon-spewing airplanes. High-speed rail will take us everywhere. Government-administered universal health care for all but no private insurance (so wait your turn).… Continue Reading

]]> 11112 The Left’s Growing Record of Insanity https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/02/the-lefts-growing-record-of-insanity/ Thu, 07 Feb 2019 17:00:16 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=10952 Written by Robert Knight

To say the Left in America has gone off the rails is like saying the Super Bowl is a fairly popular football game.

It’s hard to keep up with the tsunami of cultural and economic insanity thundering through a thousand outlets every day, but here’s a try.  You thought Vermont’s Democratic Socialist U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders was radical?  Current Democratic leaders start with his views and go further left.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi mocks the idea of securing America’s southern border as something only a bigot like President Trump would want.  … Continue Reading

]]> 10952 Pseudo-Green Leftism https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/12/pseudo-green-leftism/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:00:53 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=10543 Written by Bruce Walker

The left pretends to care about the environment.  It sounds as though Bernie Sanders is going to make this faux interest in protecting the environment a salient point of any 2020 presidential run.  In fact, leftism – both economic leftism and social leftism – is the primary cause of environmental problems.

Sanders, who honeymooned in the Soviet Union, apparently missed the horrific destruction of nature under the Soviets, who were dramatically worse for the environment than the tsars.  

… Continue Reading ]]> 10543 The Unexpected Contest of 2016: Free Market Capitalism v. Democratic Socialism https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/12/the-unexpected-contest-of-2016-free-market-capitalism-v-democratic-socialism/ Mon, 12 Dec 2016 14:08:11 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=6990 berniesanders

Written by John Biver

Democratic Party presidential candidate Bernie Sanders brought back to life a debate many thought had died with the old Soviet Union of Socialist Republics, the German Democratic Republic (the former East Germany), and many other current and past failed states throughout history. The question of whether socialism can be made to work returned zombie-like from the dead in 2016.

Supporters of free market capitalism were asking how this could be in light of the fact that no matter where socialism has been tried in the world it has failed.… Continue Reading

]]> 6990 What’s Wrong with ‘Democratic Socialism?’ https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/03/whats-wrong-with-democratic-socialism/ Fri, 18 Mar 2016 13:03:53 +0000 http://ifaction.wpengine.com/?p=5940 Democratic Socialism

Written by Robert Knight

Ever wonder how Bernie Sanders’ brand of “democratic socialism” differs from socialism in general, which has wreaked havoc all over the world?

The short answer is: only by degree.  Progressives of all stripes work to establish “equality” by empowering governments. The difference is their place on the axis of forced egalitarianism.

Like other democratic socialists, the Vermont Democrat rejects communism, National Socialism (Nazis), fascism and other variants as anti-democratic.  The democratic socialists insist that they can preserve human liberties while forcing everyone into communal economic arrangements. … Continue Reading

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