The seed to grow socialism in America

Politicians could never anticipate a situation like the devastating one caused by an invisible virus.  They just do not have that much imagination.  Nature, however, is full of surprises simply because of natural random processes that can create unique life forms, which can radically change the future of the entire world.  In a sense, it is nature’s way of creative destruction.  Changes like this can create unique circumstances for the politically minded to achieve goals that they could not accomplish under normal circumstances.

Looking for an opportunity, politicians are forever vigilant because seizing political power fulfills the needs of their narcissism and self-importance.   The extreme left of the Democratic party may have been provided with an extraordinary opportunity to change American society forever with minimal effort.  A virus, a thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair, has crippled our society in a way that is causing people to become desperate.  Desperation can be measured by the persistent absence of toilet paper, paper towels, and food items that are not perishable. It’s almost like people are anticipating the apocalypse. Given such circumstances and the emotional vulnerabilities that follow, there may be much less for left-leaning Democrats to do to achieve their expansion of taxpayer-funded social programs.  If there were ever a free political lunch, this gift from nature to the opportunists is more than they could have expected or anticipated in their lifetimes.

In their typical fashion, the liberal media is using what they call scientific truth (as if they understood what science means) to affect the minds of the public with doom and gloom scenarios and anecdotal evidence of the effects of the disease. The good news stories are rare, but this is business as usual.  The public is being given an ultimatum: either stay home until the virus no longer kills anyone or challenge authority by going back to work with the possibility of infection and even worse death to themselves and others. No one objectively understands the correct balance that will save lives and livelihoods.  Staying home creates the ideal circumstances for the general public to dig a deeper financial hole for themselves, which incentivizes the need for government subsistence programs.  However, the outcome of this strategy is unlikely to restore the nation to normalcy, given the rapidly growing financial obstacles that continue to mount daily. Many jobs and businesses are likely to be permanently lost. At one extreme, Governor Gretchen Wittmer has an executive order that is supposed to keep the residents of Michigan at home until labor-day, with no specific plan to address the potential economic damage to the State and its people.

In November, there is the possibility that the economic situation may be so dire that once again, the American people will want the government to fix this type of problem as they decided in 2008.  Expanding central government control of the short-term needs of people is the specialty of the Democrats.  Meanwhile, President Trump and Congress have responded to the current circumstances by an unprecedented aid package that is consistent with the political goals of the progressive left.  This aid package is enormous, more than 3 trillion dollars or 75% of the total annual federal budget, and of the type that Bernie Sanders and his followers have been anxious to implement for our nation.  These policies are part of the liberal progressive narrative and playbook. 

While the extreme left has been vocal about expanding government social programs, Nancy Pelosi has resisted their calls for a socialistic agenda for the Democratic party up until recently.  That is changing because the circumstances make larger government subsistence packages more acceptable to the general public. She now thinks guaranteed monthly income is worthy of consideration, and she, her staff, and a small group of loyal Democrats have at warped speed jammed another enormous spending bill through the U.S. House of Representatives.  This bill, dubiously called the Heroes Act, is filled with typical left-wing policies that, typically, would not be accepted by the public. They somehow expect people to believe that a small group of politicians who understand very little about how the world works could sensibly formulate the spending of $3 trillion in record time.  It violates common sense. With help from a virus, this bill will likely seed the growth of socialism in America if passed by Congress and the President.

Currently, Joe Biden is also moving further to the left with proposals such as an expansion of Medicare and the elimination of student debt to help meet the goals of the far left of his party.  They expect to provide voters with emotional comfort despite the deteriorating economic circumstances. Concurrently, the big blue States, especially New York, New Jersey, California, and Illinois, are contributing to this through their prolonged lockdowns.  In this way, these States are likely to become more desperate, and their economic conditions more irreversible as inaction in opening up their economies takes its devastating financial toll.  This evolving Democratic strategy may have a reasonable chance of succeeding in November. 

Of course, the Democratic socialists will claim that this is all about saving people. However, the cause of all of this has nothing to do with socialism.  It will just be another lie that is intended to hide a political agenda to change American society forever.  In support of this goal, Biden and his loyal followers will likely move further to the left to capture Bernie supporters. This political opportunity is about crafting a strategy to seize political power and to change our nation radically.  If this strategy succeeds, we can expect from many examples in history that we will go from a country with the potential to lead the world into a mediocre one.  We will join the club of average nations. It will not be because the politics of socialism succeeded but rather because of an invisible virus set up the conditions for political opportunists to seize power so that America will never be great again.