Not long ago, I was accosted online by someone claiming to be a socialist. Normally, I don't bother starting conversations with socialists, because I am a free-market capitalist, and I know my history. There's really nothing left to debate, and there's no sense in making an enemy, after all it's akin to arguing politics or religion with someone. It just doesn't make sense in mixed company if you know what I mean.
Unfortunately, I couldn't resist, especially when my socialist acquaintance continued to barrage me with examples of nation-states around the world which were socialist countries, and according to him, doing quite well. "Oh really," you ask, yes, that was exactly my thought as I was considering Bolivia, Venezuela, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Ireland, and a host of other European nations. Of course, in the back of my mind was Hitler's Third Reich, which didn't exactly end well in the end, right?
It was interesting that in this discourse with my acquaintance, he called me in egomaniac, and a narcissist. Indeed, that makes me laugh, but I would assume that anyone who has any ego at all, would have an ego which has gone too far in the eyes of the socialist from their political perspective. Socialist followers are to ditch their ego and give up self for the whole, eventually no one has any personal identity or get. Still, with socialism, the reality is that the elite socialists running things, generally have the biggest egos of all, and they are undoubtedly the epitome of narcissism.
In fact, Michael Bloomberg the mayor of New York recently met with President Obama, having a meeting of the minds on various issues. However, Bloomberg also had stated previously that President Obama was the biggest narcissist he'd ever met in his life. I find that almost impossible to believe considering some of the investment bankers who really believe they are God in New York City. Nevertheless, that's what Mayor Bloomberg said, and I highly doubt he would've said that if he didn't mean it.
Now then, someone that has an earned ego, or a strong ego is a lot more trustworthy than an egoless follower who is occupying a New York park or "streaking through the dark" as Katy Perry might have mentioned a time or two. In fact, we saw what the human mobs were capable of when they didn't get what they wanted, and mindless masses took to the streets in droves - not thinking for themselves, but as a giant blob of humanity like a "bacterial virus" out of control.
We saw this in North Africa and the Middle East during the Arab spring, but we also watched it occur in riots throughout lower Europe, Greece being the biggest example. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that I would much rather be in a room where everyone had a strong earned ego, then in a room of egoless socialists. Indeed, hope you will please consider all this and think on it.
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