I don't think many people understand what a huge mammoth, spectacular FAIL the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was. Imagine in your mind's eye this happening in the USA. Texastan, Califoniastan, Floridastan. You get the picture. Each former state with it's own army, boarders, and messed up economies. Just like all the 'stans that resulted in the breakup of the USSR.

USSR is just another in a long line of total failures of the Socialist/Communist/Progressive system. It seems odd that in spite of this, people keep trying it over and over. Why? I've been mulling this over for quite a while and I have a couple of theories.

Theory one is what I call the "ponzy" theory. In a ponzi scheme, money is paid in with wild claims of profitability. As the system feeds upon itself, it eventually collapses. Who makes out in the ponzy scheme are those who know its a ponzy and not a legitimate investment opportunity. These people are skimming the cash and, if they are smart, hiding it from the inevitable investigations. These people wind up on yachts in the Caribbean.

Socialism is a similar situation. Eventually socialism must collapse because a socialistic economy always runs out of money sooner or later. It is a ponzy scheme that takes wealth away from those who have it and use it to perpetuate a mammoth bureaucracy. Eventually the people providing the cash run out. The ones who know it's doomed from the start, and are smart, make sure they have plenty of cash squirreled and a good escape plan in place when the whole house of cards inevitably collapses.

Theory two is that the Dem/Libs/Progs honestly think that the failures are due to the mismanagement of one fine point or other. They have such huge egos and trust in their elite educations and background that they think that *this time we will get it RIGHT*!

This does bring up the old saw of what is the definition of insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. And who suffers from this insanity. You and me, the people of the USA. When you are a Liberal Elite, we citizens are just a bunch of headcount to experiment on. They all have their foreign bank accounts and escape plans set up and ready to go. Just in case they *are* insane.