The issue of reparations to Black Americans as payment for damage done as a result of years of legal slavery and subsequent discrimination is back on the table. The House Judiciary Committee just held hearings on H.R. 40, which would establish a commission to look into ways in which African […]
“What is America’s mission?” is a question that has been debated since George Washington’s Farewell Address in 1797. At last week’s Munich Security Conference, President Joe Biden laid out his vision as to what is America’s mission. And the contrast with the mission enunciated by George W. Bush in his […]
For those who read The Big Short, or watched the movie, the name Michael Burry should ring a bell. Burry was one of the few on Wall Street who foresaw the collapse of the U.S. housing market in 2007 and 2008. Although he was derided for his prediction, Burry put […]
Nations like Sweden and Denmark are not shining examples of socialism, and they are not utopias either. The success of “Nordic socialism” is nothing more than a big fat myth.
Last week, I visited South Florida for four days, and what a shock: Everything was open. The beaches, the hotels, the restaurants (with some sensible safety and social distancing restrictions). The classrooms are full. The other strange thing about being in Florida was that people were happy. They were playing […]
Below is StoppingSocialism.com’s official list of the top conservative news sites and conservative websites for February 2021. The “Top 100” conservative news and opinion sites rankings were calculated by examining Alexa traffic rankings for roughly 150 conservative websites. CLICK HERE FOR OUR OTHER RANKINGS. It’s important to note our conservative […]
A seemingly effective way for politicians to justify our need for their services is to fabricate or exaggerate a problem, promise to fix said problem with a new program or lots of spending and then claim victory in the form of public acclaim and reelection. A good example of this […]
The Constitution is the supreme law of the land, thus, all government behavior must conform to it. It is, of course, notwithstanding its supremacy, an imperfect document. Its original iteration in 1789 — and even after the addition of the Bill of Rights in 1791 — implicitly recognized slavery, permitted […]
From Pennsylvania to California, Americans are relearning what Lord Acton warned about over two centuries ago: power corrupts. Giving governors “emergency powers” to fight COVID-19 is destroying our civil liberties and endangering our lives. The stench from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s nursing home carnage and months-long cover up is […]
This week, actress Gina Carano made headlines when Disney+ and Lucasfilm decided to cancel her from their hit series “The Mandalorian” over controversial social media posts. It is perfectly obvious that the corporations had been looking for an excuse to get rid of Carano thanks to her conservative politics — […]
Former President Donald Trump captured the core of the problem in his official statement following his acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial: “It is a sad commentary on our times that one political party in America is given a free pass to denigrate the rule of law, defame law enforcement, […]
I love my digital devices, but people keep telling me to worry more about my privacy. “Encrypt your emails!” “Drop Google and use search engines like DuckDuckGo that don’t track us!” I probably should. But I don’t. I’m lazy, and I like that web companies know me and show me […]
Remember the classic Wendy’s “Where’s the Beef?” ad campaign from of all years, 1984? Bill Gates does. Only, his answer to the question might make you lose your appetite for red meat. In a recent interview with MIT Technology Review, Gates laid out his latest plan to address the non-existent […]
“Our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to Make America Great Again has only just begun.” So said Citizen Trump Saturday on his acquittal by the Senate of the impeachment article of “incitement of insurrection” in the Jan 6 invasion of the Capitol. “I look forward to continuing our incredible journey […]
Given how flawed human nature is, America has been a remarkable moral achievement. This is the truism that separates the wise man from the fool. This is the truism that separates the left from the anti-left. Those who acknowledge how flawed human nature is compare America to reality. Those who […]
President Joe Biden recently announced the creation of a brand-new agency. And although on the surface it might not seem concerning, the devil is in the details. Stopping Socialism’s Justin Haskins and Donald Kendal explain in this episode of “Stopping Socialism TV.” For more great videos, visit the Stopping Socialism […]
In Naperville, Illinois, the school board announced it would distribute $10 million back to taxpayers this year. Yes, a tax refund. In a news release, Superintendent Dan Bridges told residents that he “understands the great burden many of our families have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and hopes that this […]
It has been a dreadful three months for the Grand Old Party. On Nov. 3, President Donald Trump seemed to have lost the White House by narrowly losing three crucial blue states he had won in 2016 — Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania — and Georgia and Arizona as well. Trump […]
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, recently introduced a universal child allowance in an effort to reform federal welfare programs. That goal is worthy, but his means would be counterproductive. For all intents and purposes, he’s proposing a kid-centric version of entrepreneur and aspiring politician Andrew Yang’s “basic income.” According to Romney’s […]
Small-business owners are struggling to survive the pandemic and government-imposed lockdowns. But white male business owners have an added problem. While politicians are offering loans and grants to minority-owned and women-owned businesses, they could care less about helping white men. What’s next? Tax breaks for women and minorities, and higher […]
What a sick joke. Congresswoman Maxine Waters, one of the loudest mouths leading the impeachment circus against former President Donald Trump over the events at the Capitol on Jan. 6, is a brazen racial insurrectionist. The sixteen-term Democrat from South Central Los Angeles has been pouring verbal gasoline and tossing […]
For decades, most public school teachers have been teaching a sugarcoated version of socialism to America’s youth. Instead of teaching the unvarnished truth about socialism, including the mass murder, abject poverty, and lack of freedom that has been central to socialist regimes around the world, most American public school teachers […]
Have you ever wondered what a national minimum wage of $15 would do to the U.S. economy? Well, if so, you are in luck because the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released a report on this very topic. According to CBO’s report, The Budgetary Effects of the Raise the Wage […]
Leave it to The New York Times, one of America’s foremost conveyers of fake news, to suggest that President Biden appoint a “Reality Czar” to stifle the dissemination of so-called “disinformation.” The article, titled “How the Biden Administration Can Help Solve Our Reality Crisis” suggests “the Biden administration put together […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) just tweeted what her first order of business on the Senate Finance Committee will be and it should not be all that surprising. According to Warren, “My first order of business on the @SenateFinance Committee – the committee that leads tax and revenue policy in the […]
Joe Biden won the 2020 election by consistently and falsely presenting himself as a political moderate who desperately wants to unify America. In reality, Biden’s ideology is much further to the left than his campaign was ever willing to admit. Additionally, his policies are designed to impose the ideas of […]
Petter Eide, a member of Norway’s Socialist Left Party who sits in the Norwegian Parliament, has nominated Black Lives Matter (BLM) for the Nobel Peace Prize. According to Eide, “To carry forward a movement of racial justice and to spread that to other countries is very, very important. Black Lives […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has declared that doubling the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour is “morally imperative.” In an interview with The Guardian, Sanders said, “This country faces an enormous economic crisis that is aggravated by the pandemic. We’re looking at terrible levels of unemployment. We’re looking at […]
Like most totalitarian states, the Soviet Union relied on terror and coercion to maintain its iron grip on power. Below are just a handful of the many ways Soviet leaders preyed on their population and ruthlessly preserved their power.
While unveiling his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, President Biden said, “Our recovery plan also calls for an increase in the minimum wage, at 15 — at least $15.00 an hour. No one in America should work 40 hours a week making below the poverty line. Fifteen dollars gets people […]
Just over a year ago, the World Economic Forum (WEF) unveiled its grand globalist plan called the Great Reset. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in particular, the WEF’s plan to implement a new world order gained traction and resonance in nations around the world, including the United States, […]
Hours after Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president, Antifa thugs returned to their riotous ways in Portland and Seattle. In Portland, the most-recent violent protest perpetuated by Antifa members dressed in all black was aimed at the city’s Democratic offices. During the night of destruction, Antifa anarchists spray-painted […]
For decades, academics, elites, and many in the mainstream media have mocked conservatives for their traditional views and political beliefs. However, after the events of January 6 at the U.S. Capitol, some are taking their anti-conservative views to a whole new level, calling for conservatives to be “deprogrammed or even […]
On January 14, then-President-elect Joe Biden unveiled his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, titled the “American Rescue Plan.” Unsurprisingly, within minutes, members of the so-called “Squad” criticized Biden’s plan as being too small. As proposed, Biden’s plan includes $1,400 stimulus checks, increased unemployment benefits, subsidies for health care insurance premiums, […]
Given Germany’s somewhat recent history with totalitarian regimes that stifled freedom of speech, we should pay heed when German leaders raise concerns over Twitter’s recent banning of President Donald Trump’s account. German Chancellor Angela Merkel describes Twitter’s ban of Trump as “problematic.” According to Merkel’s spokesman, “The right to freedom […]
Soon after she was inaugurated to her second term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) flexed her socialist political muscles. “I’m not playing coy or anything like that. I’m still very much in a place where I’m trying to decide what is the most effective thing […]
The U.S. Congress recently passed a last-minute $1.4 trillion spending bill to keep the government running through the fall of 2021. The omnibus spending bill, which includes a bevy of pork-barrel spending items, was coupled with a new $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill. Together, they serve as the most recent […]
The U.S. Congress recently passed a nearly 6,000-page bill that they claim will provide relief for the millions of Americans who are suffering from the economic aftermath of ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns. The bill, which is headed to the White House, would provide $600 stimulus checks to all Americans who earned […]
While campaigning for Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), Nikki Haley, a former governor of South Carolina and ambassador to the United Nations (and a woman many believe could someday run for president), issued a stark warning about socialism in the United States. “Not enough people are talking about what happens whether […]
According to a new poll by The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports, media darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is not very popular among likely voters, including Democrats and those who favor socialism. The poll of 1,000 likely voters, conducted December 6-7, 2020, shows that most Americans are not fond of […]
By now, you might have heard of the Great Reset, a plan by global elites to upend capitalism, redistribute wealth on an international level, fight climate change by ridding the world of fossil fuels, and allow elites to wield more power and control than ever before. Unfortunately, given the results […]
A new poll by The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports finds that most likely voters believe freedom of speech should remain robust in the United States. When asked, “Should federal or state governments ban speech by individuals that a majority of Americans believes to be offensive, including speech on social […]
It seems that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not a fan of the Democratic Party’s leadership, agenda, nor the incoming Biden administration. In a recent interview with The Intercept, AOC bluntly said, “I do think that we need new leadership in the Democratic Party.” She added, “A lot of this is not […]
A new poll by The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports of 1,000 likely voters, conducted December 6-7, 2020, finds that a vast majority of likely voters prefer a free-market economic system as opposed to a socialist economic system. The poll comes after a November election in which socialist candidates made […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) would like to fill some Americans’ stockings with a big, fat check from Uncle Sam this Christmas. According to Sanders, who is a self-described socialist, “Congress cannot go home for the holidays unless we pass a $1,200 direct payment to working-class adults and $500 in payments […]
The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports conducted a poll of 1,000 likely voters on December 6 – 7, 2020, that shows the vast majority of Americans do not support the radical, globalist Great Reset movement, which aims to upend market economies around the world, including in the United States, replacing […]
Population control and other, similar policies and ideas meant to limit the size of families have long been tied closely to socialist movements.
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the December 2020 issue of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. It is reprinted here with permission. The opinions contained within the article below belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of StoppingSocialism.com or the rest of its […]