Socialism! Ahhhhhhh, you said the S word! Don’t say
such terrible words to us, we’re capitalists, we’re Americans, we don’t believe in socialism. And not the Stockholm syndrome either, whatever that is.
I’m not sure what it is about that word that makes people hid beneath the covers and pray to Jesus for absolution, but Americans, especially those neo-conservative ones, think socialism is akin to the devil. Maybe an exaggeration but according to our friends at Fox News, not really.
Bill O’Reilly: Do we really want to change America into Sweden?
My answer: No, because then we’d lose all those beautiful blond girls and tall Swedish boys.
The Road to Socialism
Did you hear that? Nazi Germany had National Socialism, ergo if we have socialism, the world will end!
And that’s why I love the pundits over at the Daily Show. They are a hodgepodge of completely insane people who have completely rational thoughts. Without further ado, and it’s a month late so you better see it now before it becomes so outdated, Sweden’s Socialist Nightmares.
The Daily Show’s Socialist Nightmare, Part I
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | M – Th 11p / 10c | |||
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The Daily Show’s Socialist Nightmare, Part II
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | M – Th 11p / 10c | |||
| The Stockholm Syndrome Pt. 2 | ||||
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* If you are wondering what is the Stockholm Syndrome, it is a real phrase. In 1974, bank robbers took control of the Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm for five days. The hostages, while victims of the ordeal, became enamored by their hostage takers. When released at the end of the standoff, many tried to protect the robbers. Psychologists call it the Stockholm Syndrome when a victim supports the victimizer because they empathize with their problems.
Truly, Swedes are crazy; hostages falling for hostage takers? Only in Sweden can you do that.
Wow, I knew Fox News was heavily biased but that was just ridiculous. I have a hard time believing that anyone takes that station seriously. I mean that is just misrepresentation and perversion of facts on a level you’d usually only see in UFO mags like Fortean Times. I mean – NAZISM!?!?! Nazism was extremely nationalist and anti-communist, not by any means socialist. Why not go one step further and think of the fact that Nazis were heavily into occultism? The natural conclusion would then be that the economic reforms will lead to giant tentacle monsters from another dimension eating the White House. We have to warn the Obamas that if they don’t stop this socialist nonsense they will be devoured by Dread Cthulhu!!! ;-)
That said, the Daily Show clips are hilarious. :-)
I know! Fox News can be horribly biased. They just love to make grandiose hyperbolic statements. It’s sad that so many Americans follow that point of view too and refuse to accept other people and views.
But yea, the Daily Show rocks!
Fox News is like the Cold War and Reagan all over again! AAaaah! Run for the hills! The US has gone too far in many, many instances to back whoever and whatever is against socialism. Sadly though, most Americans are “blissfully” ignorant of all the chaos we Americans have caused by pushing our idiotic views on the rest of the world (not just in Iraq and Afghanistan). Hence the popularity of Fox News.
What would happen if we just reflected on history a bit, our own very recent history, to draw a few lessons? The American government has supported many-a-genocidal and -fascist dictator, like Pinochet in Chile and Montt in Guatemala.
And what about the American problem of living in excess and our broken health care system? Sweden is not the devil b/c they are different. As a matter of fact, they have dealt with some societal problems much better than we have. And since we have very little world news, thank you to the Daily Show for being a rare source of worldly education for the American people!
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