“Socialism for dummies: ‘Everything is free…but we’re all out of it’”
"Socialism for dummies: 'Everything is free...but we're all out of it'" is a saying that has been printed on several images. Authorship is unknown. "Socialism for…
“Socialism for dummies: Everything is free, and we’re all out of it!”
"Socialism for dummies: 'Everything is free...but we're all out of it'" is a saying that has been printed on several images. Authorship is unknown. "Socialism for…
“Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor”
Michael Harrington's book The Other America: Poverty in the United States (1962) resulted in the "War on Poverty" programs later in the 1960s. Harrington popularized the phrase…
“Socialism is just diet communism”
"Socialism" has been called "diet communism." That is, the speaker believes that communism is bad, and that socialism is just a slightly slower way to get to communism. "RT…
“Socialism is like a mouse trap. The mouse doesn’t understand why the cheese is free”
"Mice die in mouse traps because they don’t understand why the cheese is free. The same thing happens with socialism" (or "Socialism is like a mouse trap. It works because the…
“Socialism is resentment disguised as compassion enforced by tyranny disguised as tolerance”
"Socialism is resentment disguised as compassion enforced by tyranny disguised as tolerance" is a political saying that has been printed on several images. "Socialism is resentment…
“Socialism is the flat earth of economics”
"Socialists are the flat earthers of economics" and "Socialists are the flat earthers of politics" are sayings that have been printed on many images. The reference to "flat…
“Socialism is the halfway house to communism”
"Socialism is the halfway house to communism" is a popular saying of disputed authorship. In the early 1930s, playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) said that fascism is the halfway…
“Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy”
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery" is a famous quotation credited to Winston…
“Socialism is workable only in heaven, where it isn’t needed, and in hell, where they’ve got it”
Canadian economist and humorist Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) wrote this in 1935: "But this socialism, this communism, would only work in Heaven where they don’t need it, or in Hell where they…
“Socialism takes, capitalism creates”
"Capitalism creates wealth; socialism takes wealth from one and gives to another!" was posted on Twitter by swh71 on August 27, 2009. "Capitalism creates wealth. Socialism takes…
“Socialism works so well that people build boats from trash to escape it”
"Socialism works so well that people build boats from trash to escape it" is a saying that has been printed on several images. The saying refers to the many images, for example, of Cuban…
“Socialism: Equal amounts of zero”
Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterJuxtin Spaceman@postpunkjustinA guest on Glenn Beck just called net neutrality "Socialism for the internet--everyone gets equal amounts of nothing."…
“Socialism: Guaranteeing everyone equal amounts of nothing”
One criticism of socialism is that it does not make everyone equally rich, but that it makes everyone equally poor. "A guest on Glenn Beck just called net neutrality 'Socialism for the…
“Socialism: Ideas so good they have to be mandatory”
"Authoritarianism/ Communism/ Government/ Liberalism/ Marxism/ Progressivism/ Socialism/ Statism: Ideas so good, they have to be mandatory" is a political saying that has been printed on…
“Socialist jokes aren’t funny unless everybody gets them”
"Socialist jokes aren't funny unless everybody gets them" is a jocular political one-liner. "Socialist jokes are only funny if everyone gets them y'all..." was cited…
“Socialist: A person too stupid to know they are a communist”
"Socialist: A person too stupid to know they are a communist" is a political saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is popular among conservatives, who often view…
“Socialists are the flat earthers of economics”
"Socialists are the flat earthers of economics" and "Socialists are the flat earthers of politics" are sayings that have been printed on many images. The reference to "flat…
“Socialists are the flat earthers of politics”
"Socialists are the flat earthers of economics" and "Socialists are the flat earthers of politics" are sayings that have been printed on many images. The reference to "flat…
“Socialists are the flat earthers of the economy”
"Socialists are the flat earthers of economics" and "Socialists are the flat earthers of politics" are sayings that have been printed on many images. The reference to "flat…