Here’s the thing I don’t understand about you, Pilt. You’re a socialist, a well-intentioned true believer who honestly believes in its superiority over any other structure of society, someone who will quickly dismiss criticism and whisk away any negative historical connection as not *real* socialism. I picture you as the socialist representation of the “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” of your hallowed ideology. And I respect you immensely for sticking to your principles no matter how battered they become.
What I don’t understand is why you feel it is so important to use the power of the state to force your socialism on everybody else, especially on someone like me, someone who finds the concept to be antithetical to human nature. The thing is there are millions of Americans - tens, maybe hundreds of millions - who think like you. Why can’t you band together and form a socialist cooperative of willing volunteers, pool all your resources, purchase land, have legally valid signed contracts adhering to your socialist ideals, organize it any way you want, and prove to guys like me that I’ve been wrong all this time, that socialism is a successful and dynamic way of life? Bring me into the fold voluntarily, indeed eager to participate in the society you envisioned and created. Don’t you think that is a superior way to attain your goals over mandated participation by an authoritarian mechanism? Hell, I will fight, literally take up arms and fight before I’ll be forced into such a scheme. But that’s not necessary. Form a volunteer socialist cooperative and prove to me you are right and I am wrong. I’m not trying to force my preferred method on you. So why don’t you quit trying to force your favored method on me. That way we can have our difference of opinions and still be friends.
