The Argument of the Bread Lines Under Socialism

One of the biggest arguments against socialism and communism is the bread line argument. It's a useless argument, for it derives from manipulation of rhetoric by capitalists to make socialism appear evil and authoritarian. Lets put the argument through analysis. When we talk about socialist bread lines, we often see what is propagated in capitalist society as poor, desperate workers standing in lines to get bread (or other food) that they need. When we talk about capitalist society and its ability to consume food and material goods, it is portrayed differently. Like the subject of being able to buy products that sit upon the shelves in mass without needing to wait in line for them, is much more liberty and freedom. There is a similar characteristic between capitalism's ability to consume goods vs socialism's ability to consume goods. Capitalism argues that socialism will make you wait in lines for food and goods, but look at modern day capitalism; where, for a lot of heavy populated areas, you go to a store to buy food or other goods, which are overproduced and sit upon shelves to be bought, and then, you wait in line to pay for the ownership of goods or food.

It's not a subject of socialism vs capitalism. It is inherent with consumption that waiting in lines to obtain commodities is inevitable, especially in heavily populated areas. The difference is more about how each society goes about commodity distribution. Capitalism has utilized distribution in a manner where waiting in lines is less noticeable because socialism has been demonized. Advertising and propaganda play a big role in this. While giving the illusion of freedom because of the ability to buy products from stores that are slap full of overproduced goods. The problem which every Marxist Economist will tell you, is the overproduction of goods takes a toll on the economy of society, as half or more of those goods will go bad or be unsold due to lack of demand. Which means wages needed for workers will either be low due to lack of sold products, or non-existent due to no sold products. The communists’ call for regulation of production output under socialism to equal the demand of society, while keeping workers well paid.

Weaponized rhetoric:

The capitalists throughout all their anti-communism or anti-socialism propaganda, have weaponized the rhetoric in which they use to twist the beliefs of the workers. Such rhetoric of their arguments has been specifically weaponized to make capitalism give you this perspective of freedom and liberty, while using the most negative and hateful rhetoric to bash the impoverished and desperate. And in turn, weaponized the anti-communism and anti-socialism rhetoric to seem compassionate and caring of “abused” and “impoverished” workers under socialism. The capitalists have specifically weaponized their rhetoric to manipulate the beliefs of the workers to maintain control. To make workers hate the idea of their own liberation, and to turn on one another over their status as a worker.

The problem with weaponized capitalist rhetoric is, for some people, no matter how much you debunk it, they will continue as if completely brainwashed by the capitalist rhetoric, and fearful of being wrong. And for others, you can debunk for hours on in, before they finally start listening, and start understanding.

United States of Suffering

This was something I’ve wanted to write about for some time now. I noticed back a year ago that America has entered a regression of economic and social conditions similar to underdeveloped nations, only with a few contrary circumstances.

An article came out in the Independent on the 21st of April 2017. An MIT Economist made the claim in that article that the U.S. has regressed to developing nation status. I'd go further by claiming it has passed that status.

The USA is the leading country in child poverty, and leads in incarcerating the most prisoners per-capita. We have polluted the drinking water of many cities, the worse being Flint, Michigan. We are abusing Native Americans in the interest of oil corporations. We have ignored the pollution of water and land from dangerous oil extraction. We use the process of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) oil from the ground and ignore the risks of pollution of the water table. We gut the funding for schools, medical, and Social Security just so we have extra money to fund the military industrial complex, and give un-necessary tax breaks to the wealthy. We watch as our basic human rights are violated right in front of our eyes. We watch minorities get harassed, shot, or imprisoned without a second thought. We make excuses for women being raped. We don't have paid maternity leave. Working class anger and riots are met with abuse by the state apparatus, and rage by the bootlickers. The civilian population is divided, and at one another’s throats. We are using soldiers like pawns to kill and rob the natural resources of other nations. We lie to the workers to push fear and justify our war crimes and imperialism. Kids in high school join the military, told it will help their education and financial future. Foreclosed houses remain empty as homeless people struggle to survive in the streets. Ghettos are impoverished hell holes where crime is the only survival option. Racism is institutional. Our businesses are giant monopolies. We have trillions in debt and even our civilians have large sums of debt. Our infrastructure is crumbling and degraded to C, D, or below by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Public Works Association.

America is a third world nation with iPhones, a third world nation with fancy technology. Like the Tsar Nicolas II during the First World War in Russia. We are a large nation that has left its working class struggling to survive, while we branch our imperialist claws across the world, using the “Monroe doctrine” to justify manifest destiny. The difference is we have stolen so much that our reach is global, from one continent to the next. We have a bad addiction, stealing the resources around the world, while selling our image as luxurious, and likening it to heaven on earth, while our impoverished live in hell. We tell the world we have the most amazing cities, yet ignore the homeless who sleep in the streets or the bridges, highways, and neighborhoods that have cracks and erosion from years of neglect. We sell our image as a lie to make ourselves look good. This is a recipe of disaster.

The reformists speak as if this capitalist barbarity is a reversible situation. No, not even close! Capitalism can't be reformed. Capitalism places profit over life. It will expand its profits via exploitation. Capitalists care nothing for the workers who must feed their families, no matter how much it forces workers to work to the bone. And we do this while many capable workers are idle and many are homeless. Capitalism will expand its profits through its highest stage, imperialism. It will destroy any attempt to put workers’ lives over profit. Thus, reformism is a blatant lie because it gives workers false hope. A scientific socialist revolution is the only option for the working class, even more so today than ever.