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The New WHO ‘Pandemic Treaty’ Will Enforce ESG and Sustainability Compliance
This article has been lightly edited from the original, authored by Simon Elmer at Off-Guardian.com The World Health Organization is the One Ring to Rule them All, and its written goal, inscribed in fiery letters along both sides of its band, is the Pandemic Prevention, [...]
Jack McPherrin: No—ESG Doesn’t Offer Investors More Choices, Nor Is It Part of the Free Market
On Feb. 28, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wrote an impassioned appeal in The Wall Street Journal for Republicans to support environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores because ESG ostensibly represents the free market at work, by offering investors more “choices.” Schumer appears to be deeply confused about [...]
Stephen Moore: Honey, Joe Biden Just Shrunk Our Pension
President Joe Biden recently issued his first veto since taking office on Jan. 20, 2021. Biden rejected a bipartisan bill that would have required investment fund managers to take politics out of their investment decisions and to stay focused on providing the best return to [...]
Josh Hammer: Recent Lowlights in the Woke Capture of Our Once-Venerable Institutions
Lamenting the astonishing success of the activist Left's century-long Gramscian march through America's major institutions is, at this juncture, old hat. Still, there have been a few recent powerful examples, coming in quick succession, illustrating the extent to which leading liberal institutions of civil society [...]
Yet Again, California Is at the Front of the Stupid Line
On January 1, 2023 it is likely most Americans woke up with a hangover. On January 1, 2023, it is a almost a certainty that no American woke up worried that the gas stove in their kitchen was secretly killing them. Within a week, the [...]
Zeno’s Government: The Government of Diminishing Returns
In 1967, then-Governor Ronald Reagan signed the legislation that created the California Air Resources Board (CARB.) One of CARB’s primary tasks, as the name implies, was to assist in reducing the terrible smog that plagued Los Angeles and, buoyed by the singing of the Clean [...]
A Central Bank Digital Currency Is the Endgame for Global Totalitarian Rule
First published by Iain Davis at off-guardian.org and Iaindavis.substack.com This article has been very lightly edited from the original for formatting and cohesion. Central bank digital currency (CBDC) will end human freedom. Don’t fall for the assurances of safeguards, the promises of anonymity and [...]
Freedom Absolutism and Weaponizing Government
National conservatives believe that the progressive left is attacking America’s traditions and institutions. Defending American freedom requires, controversially, weaponizing the federal government to do to liberals and liberal organizations what is being done to conservatives. For instance, Rachel Bovard argues, “Wokeism is not a fever [...]
Michael Barone: Lab Leak Story: How Elite Scientists Lied and Concealed the Truth
When the Wall Street Journal reported in a front-page lead story that the Department of Energy had concluded the COVID-19 pandemic resulted from a leak from China's Wuhan laboratory, you might have argued it was old news. The FBI had already, it turns out, come [...]
Star Parker: Vivek Ramaswamy: Bring Down ‘Woke,’ Bring Back America
The 2024 presidential race gets more exciting each day. Now 37-year-old entrepreneur businessman Vivek Ramaswamy has entered the race as the newest Republican candidate. Whether this political novice has a chance at winning the highest elective office in the land remains to be seen. But [...]
Betsy McCaughey: Biden’s ‘America Last’ Health Treaty
President Joe Biden's diplomats are negotiating a treaty with the World Health Organization to promote so-called global health equity. The premise is that in a pandemic or other worldwide disease emergency, Americans should not get better or faster health care than inhabitants of third-world countries. [...]
Trust Fund Babies of the World: Unite!
Not too many years ago, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) was a political afterthought, a movement that was born of the near-constant internal doctrinal struggle that hard-left ideologies encourage and endure. Now, the DSA has about 100,000 members across the country and more than [...]
The Classics, Edited for the Sensitive Reader
With the revelation that Roald Dahl’s classic children’s works like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory have undergone posthumous sensitivity butchering, one can only wonder exactly how the scriptorial sodomites will handle other prominent works of art from history. First, as to Dahl, it is true [...]
The Censored Generation
Incredulity. Astonishment. Disgust. Anger. It is these feelings – amongst others – that describe the general reaction to the revelations of the Twitter Files and other egregious episodes of Big Tech censorship of the electronic public square. The implicit deal with companies like Twitter, Facebook, [...]
Ben Shapiro: Joe Biden Turns the American Government Into Wokeness, Inc.
Last week, as Presidents Day weekend loomed, the Biden administration dropped a little-noticed executive order. That executive order happened to be one of the broadest, most transformative executive orders in modern American history; it turned the federal government into one giant machine designed for the [...]
Bernie’s Book Tour Raises Questions About His Fidelity to Socialism
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is a prolific author who has made millions of dollars selling books that promote socialism and trash capitalism. In fact, for his latest screed, It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism, Sanders was paid a cool $170,000 by publishing giant Penguin [...]
Michael Barone: Disinformation Inc vs. the Founding Fathers
How many people believe, really believe, in freedom of speech? Or, as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote, not just "free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate"? The answer is not as many as I supposed before [...]
Jack McPherrin: A WEF-Sponsored, Unified, and Global ESG System Arrives in June. Time Is Almost Up to Fight It.
The 2023 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos has been heavily covered, for good reason. Beyond providing a physical meeting location for the world’s political, economic, and technocratic elite to execute their Great Reset of the entire planet’s social and economic infrastructure, the [...]
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 [...]