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#2 (continued) Leftists--they are NOT liberal--do not care that monopolies tend to provide poor goods and services at high prices so long as the monopolist is the government and it is indoctrinating our children.
Liberalism is like a restaurant with ugly decor, terrible food, overflowing toilets and roaches scurrying across the floor -- that stays packed every night. Sure, liberals may be sanctimonious, mean spirited and advocate policies that don't work, but you can't help but admire the excellence of their public relations network. They can laud themselves for courage because they take a stand everyone they know agrees with, pat themselves on the back for their compassion as they maliciously insult someone that disagrees with them and congratulate themselves for their charitable behavior as they give other people's money away. Liberal mythology is one...
Kruschev came to a Texas supermarket, having seen the slop his citizens have to tolerate (not him, as he was special) in gray shops with empty shelves. He realized, after a life time, that his system cannot compete, and he said so. That is reality, not what our students are hearing at all.