The Dialectical Contradictions Of A Leftie-Run Society

Here's an interesting essay, modeled after a famous Soviet-era joke which listed the six paradoxes (or "dialectical contradictions") of the Soviet socialism. Here's how it was back then:

• There is full employment - yet no one is working.
• No one is working - yet the factory quotas are fulfilled.
• The factory quotas are fulfilled - yet the stores have nothing to sell.
• The stores have nothing to sell - yet people got all the stuff at home.
• People got all the stuff at home - yet everyone is complaining.
• Everyone is complaining - yet the voting is always unanimous.

And here's how it goes nowadays:

Economic justice:

• America is capitalist and greedy - yet half of the population is subsidized.
• Half of the population is subsidized - yet they think they are victims.
• They think they are victims - yet their representatives run the government.
• Their representatives run the government - yet the poor keep getting poorer.
• The poor keep getting poorer - yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about.
• They have things that people in other countries only dream about - yet they want America to be more like those other countries.

Hollywood cliches:

• Without capitalism there'd be no Hollywood - yet filmmakers hate capitalism.
• Filmmakers hate capitalism - yet they sue for unauthorized copying of their movies.
• They sue for unauthorized copying - yet on screen they teach us to share.
• On screen they teach us to share - yet they keep their millions to themselves.
• They keep their millions to themselves - yet they revel in stories of American misery and depravity.
• They revel in stories of American misery and depravity - yet they blame the resulting anti-American sentiment on conservatism.
• They blame the anti-American sentiment on conservatism - yet conservatism ensures the continuation of a system that makes Hollywood possible.

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In fact, there's a lot more. Check out the essay to see how those dialectical contradictions affect other aspects of our lives. Here's just one more out of many:

Public education:

• Liberals have been in charge of education for 50 years - yet education is out of control.
• Education is out of control - yet liberal teaching methods prevail.
• Liberal teaching methods prevail - yet public schools are failing.
• Public schools are failing - yet their funding keeps growing.
• Their funding keeps growing - yet public schools are always underfunded.
• Public schools are always underfunded - yet private schools yield better results for less.
• Private schools yield better results for less - yet public education is the only way out of the crisis.