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Betsy McCaughey: Democrats’ Spending Threatens Americans’ High Standard of Living
The average American home is almost 2,200 square feet. An average home in the United Kingdom is a minuscule 818 square feet, in Finland 880 square feet and in Germany under 1,200 square feet. Cramped. Americans have bigger houses and a higher material standard of [...]
Larry Elder: Obama Warns About the ‘Raw Sewage’ of Disinformation — Ignores Democrats’ Own Garbage
In the wake of the "Twitter Files," let's revisit former President Barack Obama's warning last April about the spread of misinformation: "You just have to flood a country's public square with enough raw sewage. You just have to raise enough questions, spread enough dirt, plant [...]
Neither Left nor Right: How Political Power Is Best Represented as a Circle
Power is a zero-sum game. Base power doesn’t grow or diminish depending upon current conditions or the vagaries of transient situations – it remains a set singularity that can never be multiplied, only divided, meaning that gaining power by definition comes only from the loss [...]
The UK’s NHS Meltdown Is a Perfect Illustration of Why Socialism Doesn’t Work
The United Kingdom's National Health Service is a public, single-payer health care system that is often referred to as a socialist institution. The NHS's historical failures and the current mayhem afflicting the UK's public health system should serve as a stark warning to progressives and [...]
New Poll: Most Americans Believe United States ‘Is Evolving Into a Big Government Socialist State’
Over the past few years, numerous polls have asked Americans their opinions on socialism with several showing that hypothetically, young Americans increasingly prefer socialism over capitalism. However, rarely has there been a poll that has asked Americans the simple question: Is the United States actually [...]
Infective Maltruism: From SBF to ZuckBucks, California Is at the Forefront of Selfish Charity
Is charity still charity when it is performed for uncharitable reasons? Looking beyond the “aw, neat, what a great person” façade of “effective altruism,” (see here, with a grain of salt) one clearly finds a level of narcissistic cynicism and a will to the permanent [...]
Gina Lee: Frankenstein’s Shifting Shadows
“The different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of human nature. . . the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” In the book Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, the character Robert Walton is moved by [...]
Jack McPherrin: The Greatest Threat to Americans’ Freedom, Rights, and Security Comes from Within
The cascading release of the “Twitter Files” by Elon Musk and his cohort of independent journalists clearly illustrates the need to drain the Washington swamp once and for all. Nowhere is this more necessary than in the U.S. intelligence and security apparatus, which—despite ostensibly existing [...]
Davos Elites Are Making Prostitutes Rich
The World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting in Davos has long been derided as an excuse for global elites to party, hobnob, and plan their various schemes for social engineering and societal restructuring. The meeting also represents the height of hypocrisy, with thousands of attendees [...]
Twitter Poll Reveals What People Really Think About the World Economic Forum
As thousands of dignitaries, business tycoons, pseudo-celebrities, politicians, and so-called elites gather in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Annual Meeting so they can finally "master the future," millions of Americans have much more pressing issues on their minds. For instance, while the [...]
The Twitter Files Parts 1-15: A Comprehensive Summary, Analysis, and Discussion of Ramifications for American Institutions (updated 1.19.23)
Discussion and summarization includes all files released to date, Parts 1-12 (as of 1/10/23). All original information was taken from journalists' Twitter feeds, as provided by hyperlinks in the main body of text. Introduction Elon Musk, after taking control of Twitter and firing most of [...]
Klaus Schwab’s Time May Be Almost Up
World Economic Forum (WEF) Chairman Klaus Schwab, who has run the organization since its foundation in the early 1970s, may be the target of a mutiny. According to The Guardian, a group of current and former WEF members contacted them, saying "Schwab was a law unto himself [...]
Stephen Moore: Biden’s ESG Investment Rules Threaten Your Retirement Savings
President Joe Biden's Labor Department recently announced a new rule that will permit money managers to play politics with trillions of dollars of people's retirement savings. The administration is pushing environmental, social and governance investing, which allows retirement fund managers to select stocks of companies [...]
How Many Private Jets Will Arrive in Davos for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting?
This week, the World Economic Forum (WEF) is hosting its 53rd Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland in which close to 3,000 elites, business titans, and government leaders will come together to solve all of the world's problems, especially the "existential threat of climate change," or [...]
Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum Champions Neo-Fascism at Annual Meeting in Davos
In mid-January, the World Economic Forum (WEF) will host its 53rd Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland wherein more than 2,700 leaders from 130 countries (including 52 heads of state) will gather to "address people’s immediate, critical needs while also laying the groundwork for a more [...]
Michael Barone: Let’s Base Policy on Real Facts, Not Misleading Statistics
From all those lists of best books of 2022, here's one with the potential to change public policy debate and discourse for the better. It's "The Myth of American Inequality," and the three authors are two Ph.D. economists, former Sen. Phil Gramm and his long-ago [...]
Kentucky Joins the Crusade Against ESG
In recent months, several states have taken legislative, administrative, and/or regulatory steps to oppose the proliferation of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment metrics. On January 3, Kentucky officially joined the anti-ESG fray, when its treasurer, Allison Ball, released a list of 11 financial firms [...]
Home Depot Co-founder Sounds Off on Socialism
Bernie Marcus, the 93-year-old co-founder of Home Depot has a big bone to pick with socialism. In Marcus' view, the rapid spread of socialist ideology within the United States in recent years is the principal reason the once-vaunted American work ethic has become a shell [...]
Socialism 101
The Twitter Files Parts 1-15: A Comprehensive Summary, Analysis, and Discussion of Ramifications for American Institutions (updated 1.19.23)
Discussion and summarization includes all files released to date, Parts 1-12 (as of 1/10/23). All original information was taken from journalists' Twitter feeds, as provided by hyperlinks in the main body of text. Introduction Elon Musk, after taking control of Twitter and firing most of [...]
Socialist Watch 2022: An Analysis of Socialist Candidates in the 2022 Midterm Election
The list included in this Policy Brief shows the election victories and losses for a selection of socialist and far-left progressive candidates running for office during the 2022 midterm election. The list was created by a team of researchers from the Socialism Research Center at [...]
Revealing Our Unstoppable Argument Against Socialism. (Seriously, It Drives Socialists Nuts!)
Socialism is the most radical, dangerous, destructive idea in the history of human civilization. I really do believe that, and it's the core reason Donald Kendal and I founded StoppingSocialism.com in 2018. But, unfortunately, not everyone agrees with us, and most are not willing to [...]
WATCH: Socialism vs. Capitalism: A Debate
Troy University’s Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy explores the rebirth of socialism in the United States with “Socialism vs. Capitalism: A Debate” Featuring George Mason University professor Bryan Caplan, author of “The Myth of the Rational Voter,” and Penn State University professor John [...]
Capitalism Creates Wealth. Socialism Destroys It. That’s Not an Opinion. It’s a Fact
Throughout the 20th century, socialism has caused mass poverty wherever and whenever it has been implemented. On the other hand, during the same period, capitalism has an untarnished track record of increasing prosperity and creating a better standard of living for everyone. There are several [...]
Why Marx’s Socialism Is Evil
Winston Churchill, one of the twentieth century’s most important and influential leaders, once said in a speech before the United Kingdom’s House of Commons, “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of [...]
What Is Socialism?
Perhaps the best argument socialists make about their political beliefs is that few people in the modern Western world understand what socialism is. Although the word is often thrown around in various political debates, both positively and negatively, many people in Europe and the United [...]
What Is Democratic Socialism?
Have you ever wondered what democratic socialism actually means? Well, if you listen to the talking heads in the mainstream media or a typical university professor, democratic socialism is commonly described as a utopian ideal world that currently exists in its ultimate form in places [...]
Watch: Glenn Beck Delivers Amazing Speech on Socialism and American Greatness
As politicians such as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spout socialistic rhetoric and promote disastrous policies, Glenn Beck provides a powerful message about America's past, present, and future. The following presentation was delivered at The Heartland Institute's 35th Anniversary Benefit Dinner [...]
WATCH: Socialism Is About Control, Not Charity
In this episode of Crossroads, Donald Kendal, host of Heartland Institute's "In the Tank" podcast, explains that even outside its economic failures, socialism is the top-down governance of a society that tramples minority rights, diversity in thought, and diversity in values.
WATCH: The Most Important, Comprehensive Socialism Presentation Ever Delivered
Earlier in May, Glenn Beck and the team at The Blaze asked me to travel to their studios in Dallas, Texas to participate in an absolutely remarkable socialism TV special. (See video below for free.) Although I played a very small role in the presentation [...]
John Stossel: The Socialist Fantasy
Venezuela is a disaster. Yet 20 years ago, it was the wealthiest country in Latin America. It still has the world's biggest oil reserves. It should be a happy and prosperous nation. But then Venezuela went socialist. Democratic socialist to be exact. They voted for [...]
WATCH: Socialism Isn’t Just Destructive, It’s Evil
Conservative commentator and think tank research fellow Justin Haskins explains some of the most significant moral problems with socialism. Haskins is the founder of StoppingSocialism.com and the author of Socialism Is Evil: The Moral Case Against Marx's Radical Dream. To read more about why socialism [...]
Why Socialism Will Never Work
In my article titled “What Is Socialism?” I explained what socialism entails—both the communist version advanced by Karl Marx and the modern European-style socialism of Sweden and other Western European countries. In this article, I’ll examine whether Marx’s popular view of socialism is practical—or even [...]
Justin Haskins of Stopping Socialism on the Radio
Justin Haskins explains how important it is that Millennials understand the truth about socialism and its history of deprevation, loss of liberty, violence, and death.
Read the Book for Free! Socialism Is Evil: The Moral Case Against Marx’s Radical Dream
The greatest threat facing the United States today doesn’t come from China, Iran, or even Russia; it’s the growing number of Americans who believe Karl Marx’s socialism provides the best strategy for making our communities safer, healthier, and more prosperous. But the most significant danger [...]
WATCH: The Ugly Truth About Socialism
Conservative commentator and think tank research fellow Justin Haskins explains what Karl Marx's socialism is and briefly outlines some of socialism's biggest flaws. Haskins is the founder of StoppingSocialism.com and the author of Socialism Is Evil: The Moral Case Against Marx's Radical Dream. To learn [...]
What Is Socialism? (Part Two)
The following is the second part of Stopping Socialism's "What Is Socialism?" article. The first part of the article is available by clicking here. World Government One of the most important and often overlooked aspects of socialism is that according to many of its proponents, [...]
What’s the Difference Between Communism and Marx’s Socialism?
One of the most significant signs displaying how little the public in the West knows about socialism is in its lack of understanding of how Marx's socialism and communism relate. Throughout this website, I’ve used much material from Marx’s The Communist Manifesto alongside official materials [...]
How to Define ‘Evil’ and ‘Immorality’ in the Post-Modern West
Before I can make the case that Marx's socialism is immoral, I must first explain what I mean by "immorality" and "evil." Over the course of human history, “evil” has been used in a variety of ways. In Western Civilization, evil has for nearly 2,000 [...]
Why Marx’s Socialism Is Evil (Part Two)
The following is the second part of Stopping Socialism's "Why Marx's Socialism Is Evil" article. The first part of the article is available by clicking here. Gambling According to a 2013 study of moral attitudes by the Pew Research Center, 24 percent of Americans say [...]
Why ‘Democratic,’ European-Style Socialism Is Also Extremely Immoral
Throughout many of the articles on this website, I have referred to mixed economic systems in which several large industries are socialized as “European-style socialism,” which is also commonly called “democratic socialism.” “European-style socialism” is a term regularly used in America to describe such schemes, [...]
Socialists’ Objections Answered
In previous articles, I went to great lengths to show why socialism is highly immoral, but it’s important to remember that the people who advocate for these policies are often well-intentioned individuals who believe socialism is the best and perhaps only way to fix many [...]