Socialism or not

As the country watches the NY City election, many wonder how socialism gained such popularity. It started when many fair-minded compassionate people realized that Blacks were treated differently based on the countries big sin of slavery. This thinking was reinforced with the Jim Crow laws in mid-20th century and things like red lining. Minorities were seen as victims and the general society as victimizers. This led to a type of colonialism within the country in the form of oppressor and oppressed. Minorities became the victims and the oppressed and Whites became the victimizers and oppressors. Early steps to reconcile these differences, resulted in programs like affirmative action where job preferences were based on skin color. Across the nation statues were knocked down while streets and buildings were renamed. Free market capitalism added to this differentiation because it creates winners and losers and the Whites were the winners. Blacks and Hispanics convicted of felons were no longer seen as criminals but victims of an unfair society. Citizens were allowed to break into stores and steal goods with impunity. No cash bail and local district attorneys who refused to prosecute became the norm in big cities. Many now see the solution is to revamped the entire systems by replacing merit-based capitalism with equity, by replacing equal opportunity with equal results and the latest action is the election of a democratic socialist in NY City. In today’s United States there are people who do not like the country as it is and what to make major changes. Some even profess to hate America seeing only the country they live in but not comparing to other countries and you have signs like Queers for Palestine. One area that is immune from these pressures is sports where minorities have risen to the top. Even there, things are not all well and many see the rich in corporate boxes flashing thumbs up and down on the gladiators on the field who are busting their heads to entertain the elites. Another group that is gaining equality by merit (hard work) is women, who have taken advantage of education. Last year 120,000 women and 80,000 men received doctoral degrees. The best way to slow down the push toward socialism is to close the wealth and education gaps.