{"id":3888,"date":"2020-02-24T18:47:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T18:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2020-02-24T18:47:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T18:47:54","slug":"full-on-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/full-on-red\/","title":{"rendered":"Full-On Red"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3889\" style=\"width: 1100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3889\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.5e5187f4fee23d7310046493.jpg?resize=525%2C263&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.5e5187f4fee23d7310046493.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.5e5187f4fee23d7310046493.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.5e5187f4fee23d7310046493.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.5e5187f4fee23d7310046493.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bernie Sanders raises as fist as he speaks at his caucus night rally Des Moines, Iowa February 1, 2016. (Rick Wilkin\/Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The vast majority of votes are counted in Nevada (88%).\u00a0 Bernie Sanders in a 8-person race got almost 50% (47%).\u00a0 Yeah, it&#8217;s a small state but it adds to the big &#8220;mo&#8221; for Bernie and his bros as he heads into Super Tuesday and its treasure trove of delegates.\u00a0 If Bernie was placed on a color swatch in the Home Depot paint department, he would be full-on red with the others still huddling around the darker end of the slip of paper.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3890\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.all-swatch-images-small2_b5cbf15f-ac7b-46e6-9731-637c0ccb6b29_800x.jpg?resize=525%2C643&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.all-swatch-images-small2_b5cbf15f-ac7b-46e6-9731-637c0ccb6b29_800x.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.all-swatch-images-small2_b5cbf15f-ac7b-46e6-9731-637c0ccb6b29_800x.jpg?resize=245%2C300&amp;ssl=1 245w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.all-swatch-images-small2_b5cbf15f-ac7b-46e6-9731-637c0ccb6b29_800x.jpg?resize=768%2C941&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now begins &#8211; if the Dem hierarchy succumbs to what appears to be inevitable &#8211; the effort to mainstream his socialism.\u00a0 Bernie, his bros, and the Squad try to emphasize the &#8220;democratic&#8221; in front of &#8220;socialism&#8221;.\u00a0 Poison, whether administered through so-called &#8220;democratic&#8221; or totalitarian means, is frankly irrelevant.\u00a0 It sells, though, to a small slice of our over-credentialed but grossly ill-educated population.<\/p>\n<p>Socialism is toxic no matter its modifier.\u00a0 Government with its army of employees, lawyers, regulators, enforcers, laws, programs, and regulations will make the word &#8220;private&#8221; in front of &#8220;citizen&#8221; a dead letter.\u00a0 Government and its politics will overhang and penetrate nearly all aspects of life like a Beijing smog.\u00a0 Albania as the Socialist People&#8217;s Republic of Albania wasn&#8217;t a basket case because a dictator &#8211; Enver Hoxha &#8211; ruled over it.\u00a0 It was ruined by socialism.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3891\" style=\"width: 968px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3891\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.pg-10-hoxha-rex.jpg?resize=525%2C369&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.pg-10-hoxha-rex.jpg?w=968&amp;ssl=1 968w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.pg-10-hoxha-rex.jpg?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.pg-10-hoxha-rex.jpg?resize=768%2C540&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enver Hoxha as communist dictator of Albania.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3892\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3892\" style=\"width: 852px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3892\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.1.jpg?resize=525%2C296&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.1.jpg?w=852&amp;ssl=1 852w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.1.jpg?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shkoder, Albania, 2017. The consequences of Hoxha&#8217;s socialism.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now, Bernie, his bros, the Squad, and many in the activist base of today&#8217;s Dem Party want to recapitulate Albania right here in America.\u00a0 Of course, they try to dodge that reality by hiding behind the word &#8220;Scandinavian&#8221; like they do &#8220;democratic&#8221;.\u00a0 Scandinavia shed its 1960&#8217;s-70&#8217;s socialism by the 1990&#8217;s because it was making them into Albania.\u00a0 Rather than learn that lesson, Bernie and company want to relive the disaster.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3893\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.12052137_web1_web_rmz-april13.jpg?resize=525%2C382&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.12052137_web1_web_rmz-april13.jpg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.12052137_web1_web_rmz-april13.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.12052137_web1_web_rmz-april13.jpg?resize=768%2C558&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.12052137_web1_web_rmz-april13.jpg?resize=1024%2C744&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rest of this year&#8217;s Dem offerings are just slightly lighter shades of red on the swatch &#8211; still, though, on the darker end. They differ only in the size of the dose of poison.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3894\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.download.jpg?resize=525%2C382&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.download.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.download.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.download.jpg?resize=768%2C558&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Red.download.jpg?resize=1024%2C744&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>RogerG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vast majority of votes are counted in Nevada (88%).\u00a0 Bernie Sanders in a 8-person race got almost 50% (47%).\u00a0 Yeah, it&#8217;s a small state but it adds to the big &#8220;mo&#8221; for Bernie and his bros as he heads into Super Tuesday and its treasure trove of delegates.\u00a0 If Bernie was placed on a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/full-on-red\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Full-On Red&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[43,22,24,41,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8hOz7-10I","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3895,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions\/3895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertatevirtute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}