As a libertarian who focuses on public finance, the 21st century hasn’t been fun.
- Bush made government bigger.
- Obama made government bigger.
- Trump is making government bigger.
- And I fully expect that Biden will make government bigger.
To be sure, we still have a long way to go on the “socialism slide” before the United States becomes Greece, or some other nation that might be considered socialist (however defined).
That being said, I don’t like the current trend. Which is why, in addition to my serious columns about the failure of socialism, I also like mocking that evil ideology.
Here are three new additions to the satire collection.
Our first example is partly based on the “not-real-socialism” excuse.
Next we have some satire about the left doesn’t learn any lessons from grocery stores in capitalist societies (to be fair, an American supermarket did change at least one mind).
As usual, I’ve saved my favorite item for last.
Venezuela is a tragic case study of what happens when economic liberty is smothered, But at least we get some clever humor.
I am surprised, for what it’s worth, that I haven’t seen more Venezuela-themed humor (here’s my only other example).
And I’ll close with the serious observation that I’m genuinely mystified that so many (especially young people) are attracted to an ideology with a wretched track record. Makes me genuinely worried that statism is on the winning side of history.
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