Socialism isn't for everyone

Alex Berezow is a PhD microbiologist and member of USA TODAY’s Board of Contributors.  He made a post this week talking about CNN's remarks about MLK, who suggested he was a 'socialist before it was cool'.


The guy really took this to heart.  He talks about how his grandparents grew up in the USSR during the times of Stalin, and the misinterpretation of how socialism and communism are two different ideas.  Suggesting that ' It is impossible to separate socialism from communism because the former (an economic system) inevitably leads to the latter (a sociopolitical system) '

What I found most interesting was the part where he talked about how people are well informed on Hitler's Fascist Nazi movement, but unaware of the atrocities caused by Stalin of Russia, and Mao of China.  Who combined killed hundreds of millions of people after falling off the path of ethical socialism, turning into an overall dictatorship.   None of which is taught in our school systems.  He emphasizes that human nature is the main reason why socialism will never work.  One example would be what is currently going on in Venezuala, which was once a 'socialist utopia' and is now facing implemented tyranny, causing many civilians to flee to other countries.  In Alex' words the reason for this is 'That is how socialism works.  Thats how it always works.'

It's easy to see that Alex is targeting right-wing conservatives who are uncomfortable with change, and afraid of current socialist ideas. Suggesting to them that the repercussion of them will be mass genocide.  However, this isn't entirely true.  Alex fails to mention the prosperous countries that have benefited of socialism like Finland, the Netherlands, and Sweden.  But it should be noted that these countries are far different than the United States, and a road to socialism here would most likely go astray even on good intentions.  Due to the contribution of the United States to the rest of the world, there is much more room for greed, corruption, and power.

 Here's the link to the Article.  I should also mention that to comment section for this article is extremely toxic.
cnn thinks socialism cool my grandparents ussr would disagree