activistpost--2020-02-27--Two Authors Warn Americans About Socialism — Ron Paul and Jennifer Zeng

Disclaimer : Activist Post does not endorse any specific candidate in the U.S. presidential election .
Our only goal is to present a diversity of opinions about the ideologies behind political systems .
Note : This article includes a report from a Chinese practitioner of Falun Gong .
The article is not an endorsement of Falun Gong , but simply supports the freedom to practice one ’ s beliefs .
Many Americans who are disillusioned with capitalism — which the Occupy Wall Street movement accused of serving just the 1 % — are increasingly being attracted to socialism now .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ran for the US presidency in 2016 and is running again now .
After his wins in the Iowa , New Hampshire , Nevada primaries , Sanders is considered the Democratic Party ’ s presidential front-runner .
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( AOC ) is the U.S. Representative for New York ’ s 14th congressional district .
AOC is among the first female members of the Democratic Socialists of America in Congress .
This article focuses on two authors who issue grave warnings against socialism .
The first is Ron Paul , a well-known American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jennifer Zeng , a Chinese author who fled China after five years of torture in a labor camp for her beliefs .
Dr. Paul is an American author , physician , and retired politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Texas ’ s 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1985 , and for Texas ’ s 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013 .
He ran for president three times — as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988 and as a candidate in the Republican primaries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the author of the 2009 book End The Fed .
When he ran for the presidency in 2012 , he presented his Plan To Restore America .
Wikipedia says : In the Republican primaries in 2012 , Dr. Paul was consistently rated as the winner of the debates by about 90 % of the viewers .
However , the Republican Party would not allow him to be the party ’ s nominee in the presidential election which it later lost to Barack Obama .
Destruction of The Middle Class Since 1971 In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ending The Fed — Interview With James Corbett , ” Paul points out that America may now be headed toward the kind of collapse that the Soviet Union went through in 1991 .
The US may have to call its troops home because there is no more money to pay for them .
Paul says that the ultimate limitation of restraint on the monetary system came in 1971 .
He is referring to Nixon ’ s decision to take the US off the gold standard to pay for the Vietnam War .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ backed by oil – with every country having to use the dollar to buy oil .
However , the BRICS nations ( Brazil , Russia , India , China , and South Africa ) now sometimes use other currencies to buy oil – forecasting the end of the “ petrodollar ” .
Paul explains that the 1971 shift led to the destruction of the middle class , more money for the wealthy , more wars , growing deficits , loss of liberty , and bigger government .
Paul warns that the loss of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He points out that socialism is popular now , but would never have happened 25 years ago .
While debt is growing exponentially , the GDP is almost flat .
He says that there has to be a new monetary system now – including cryptocurrencies and precious metals .
However , take heed of this warning : A Digital “ Fedcoin ” May Be Coming … And It Would Be Terrifying .
Corbett discusses his documentary Century of Enslavement : The History of the Federal Reserve and points out that the monetary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ founding of the country through the 19th century .
It was the issue around which entire political campaigns were waged .
However , after the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913 , monetary policy was no longer a political issue .
Both parties agreed to go along with the Federal Reserve system .
However , Corbett points out that when Paul ran for the presidency in 2008 , his message was reaching millions of Americans with rooms full of people chanting “ End the Fed , end the Fed !
” That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interview concludes with a discussion of The Ron Paul Liberty Report which began in 2008 and is now streamed every day to over 200,000 subscribers .
Jennifer Zeng is the author of the 2005 book Witnessing History : One Woman ’ s Fight for Freedom and Falun Gong .
Amazon says : In the video “ Camp Survivor Details Government Organ Harvesting ” , Jennifer warns Americans about falling for socialism .
She says socialists promise heaven on Earth , but always end up giving you a one-way ticket to hell !
Speaking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jennifer details how she and her family were captured and tortured by the Chinese Communist Party .
Jennifer was held in a Chinese prison and tortured for practicing Falun Gong — similar to Tai Chi — with thousands of others in public parks .
She was put in prison four times and assigned to a labor camp .
Jennifer explains that the Chinese government collects and maintains a database of blood samples and tissue types of prisoners for harvesting human organs and selling them worldwide in a very lucrative international organ transplant business @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prisoners may have been killed by now for their organs !
It ’ s an “ organ by demand ” scheme !
While there have long been reports about these horrors , Jennifer is able to provide insider confirmation .
The 2019 article China is harvesting organs from Falun Gong practitioners , expert panel finds also contains a videeo .
The article reports : Dr. Charles Els explains in the video that in Canada , it takes 3-5 years to find an eligible donor for a kidney transplant .
In China , you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ days .
So , the question is where the organs come from .
It points to the fact that China is the only country that has co-opted its prison system , legal system , and hospital system to harvest organs from non-consenting adults to fuel a very lucrative organ transplant tourism business .
Dr. Els says that Falun Gong practitioners are the primary targets of involuntary organ transplants .
He says one reason organs from these individuals are highly prized is that they don ’ t smoke , don ’ t consume alcohol @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be young .
The individuals are executed in such a way as to keep the body alive so surgeons can harvest the organs in the freshest state !
The video discusses the documentary Human Harvest which looks at forced organ harvesting in China and is designed to bring more international attention to this issue and to bring more pressure on China to stop these murders for profit .
It shows that what China is doing is comparable to what the Nazis did in World War II .
The group “ Doctors Against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ event where the documentary was shown .
When Jennifer Zeng spoke to the tribunal , she said , “ I hope more countries will pass laws to forbid their citizens from going to China to do organ transplants .
And I do hope the international world will figure out a way to stop the killing in China right now.
” No One in China Believes in Communism Now , According to Zeng In the video “ I Interview Jennifer Zeng who talks about her torture in a Chinese labor camp ” seen below @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Falun Gong practitioners exercised in the parks for two hours before work .
Later , because more people were practicing Falun Gong than were in the Communist Party , the government became afraid that it was a growing and powerful social movement that could overthrow it .
So , it began to crack down .
She explains that when the Falun Gong learned in 1999 that the government planned to crack down , 10,000 practitioners went to the government to petition but were arrested and detained in a sports stadium .
There was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Beijing .
Jennifer explains that Communism has a history of persecuting different types of people every 10 years .
When the Chinese Communist Party was founded in 1949 , it first killed at least hundreds of thousands of landlords .
The Party killed all the landlords in the country — saying they were “ bad people ” .
The Party took over their land and gave it to the poor people .
Then , several years later , the Party moved to the cities and killed many small business owners .
Next , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Party killed at least a half million so-called “ intellectuals ” or jailed them for 20 years .
During the Cultural Revolution , at least seven million people were killed !
In the Great Leap Forward , at least 30-40 million people starved to death .
More recently was the Tiananmen Massacre .
Jennifer points out that the Party has systematically destroyed the traditional religions , the traditional culture , and the traditional values which have been in China for thousands of years .
The Party killed people who refused to adopt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ She points out that the Communist Party gained power through violence and deceit and was never elected by the people .
So , the Party has a fundamental fear about its legitimacy .
For that reason , it periodically targets five percent of the population to maintain a level of fear .
She says that it was not strange that Falun Gong was targeted .
It was just its turn .
The difference is that this group has its own strong belief system and so is not willing to just transform or give @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in China believes in communism any more .
Now , the party wants people to focus on material interests and to focus on the acquisition of money .
People like that are easy for the Party to control .
People who value money can be more easily corrupted .
So , the Party was threatened by the fact that the Falun Gong were pursuing spiritual values rather than material ones .
The Party knew that since the Falun Gong practitioners don ’ t believe in money , they can ’ t be controlled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rid of them .
The Party launched a huge propaganda campaign against the Falun Gong in newspapers , TV , radio , etc .
The Party targeted whomever they thought were leaders inside Falun Gong .
Everyone understood that anyone who continued practicing Falun Gong could lose their job or end up in jail .
Initially , the Party thought that if it put Falun Gong practitioners in jail for 10-30 days that would scare them into giving up .
However , people who had practiced Falun Gong for many years believed in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Forbearance .
So , many practitioners were not willing to give up .
The Communist Party considered the Falun Gong an “ evil cult ” and fed the public many terrible lies about Falun Gong to make people think that practitioners are crazy .
Since all the media in China is controlled by the government , it ’ s easy for the Party to control the minds of most people .
The government has spent billions of dollars to set up a “ firewall ” to block free access to the internet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe whatever the government wants them to believe .
Jennifer explained that sometimes police wanted to identify members of the public who were Falun Gong practitioners .
So , for example , on a train , they would ask someone to curse , to say dirty words because that would not be a problem for most Chinese .
So , if the person refused , they would assume the person was a Falun Gong practitioner !
That was one of the many methods the police used to try to stop people from going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ practitioners .
So , the Party escalated the persecution by putting Falun Gong practitioners in labor camps .
Some people were sentenced for 10 years .
The Party even killed some practitioners to harvest their organs !
That has now become an industrialized practice in China which has made huge amount of money .
Millions of people may have been killed in the last 17 years .
Jennifer explained that before she began practicing Falun Gong , she suffered from Hepatitis C and was in very , very poor health .
Practicing Falun @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feels that Falun Gong saved her life and gave her a second chance , she would not give it up .
Jennifer said that the first time she was arrested , she heard a knock on her door at 2 o ’ clock in the morning and the police took her away without any explanation .
After a week , the police showed her a letter she had emailed her mother to explain why Falun Gong is good and she didn ’ t want to give it up .
Jennifer explained that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ letter !
There were no lawyers , no trial , no defense , and no sentence .
It was just a decision to put her in a labor camp which is worse than a jail because there are no regulations .
The police made it clear that they were sentenced to the labor camps for the purpose of “ reforming ” them , to get them to give up their beliefs .
If they didn ’ t , endless torture started .
If the police were not able to reform the Falun Gong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
So , they forced real criminals to torture Falun Gong practitioners .
If the criminals refused to participate in the torture , their sentences would be lengthened .
If they agreed to engage in the torture , they could be released early .
It was a form of brainwashing which was designed to convince the practitioners that Falun Gong is evil .
Practitioners were required to denounce Falun Gong publicly .
In addition , practitioners were required to help the police torture other Falun Gong practitioners !
People who refused to “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ To Believe Jennifer explained that , to her , the physical persecution was nothing because she still knew in her mind , heart , and spirit who she was .
However , the police wanted to destroy practitioners ’ moral values and spirit – the very essence of what makes a person human .
They want to turn a human being into a non-human being .
Jennifer says that people who are killed physically can die with dignity .
However , the goal of the police is to take away people ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the most evil part of the persecution .
However , the government realizes that people who have practiced Falun Gong know that it is good .
So , even if they are arrested , they will later continue practicing Falun Gong .
For that reason , there is a policy that if the police release a practitioner and that person goes back to Falun Gong within three years , those police would be fined up to half a year ’ s salary !
So , if the police release practitioners without really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ put themselves in danger !
For that reason , the police would prefer to torture practitioners to death !
If the police could not “ reform ” a practitioner through the use of violence , they resorted to sleep deprivation .
Until a practitioner “ reformed ” , no sleep would be allowed .
Jennifer said when she was in the labor camp , the longest period she was aware of was 15 days and nights without sleep .
That drove many people insane and broke many people down .
They became like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ physically alive , but mentally and spiritually , they knew nothing .
They were just crazy .
Later , the police used practitioners as “ organ banks ” and killed them to harvest their organs for sale internationally .
That way , the police did not have to worry about the people still believing in Falun Gone and they could also make huge amounts of money .
When Jennifer was transferred from the detention center to the labor camp , she was first taken to a clinic where she was given a medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the labor camp for a month , she and others were taken to a huge hospital where they were given a more thorough physical checkup , including an X-ray .
Also , everyone in the labor camps was given a blood test .
However , they were never told the results or the purpose of the tests .
Jennifer realized only years later after she was released that the tests were to allow for organ matches with potential recipients .
If anyone from anywhere needed an organ , the police could search that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then kill that person on demand to harvest his/her organs for sale .
That ’ s why the police can promise on their website that they can find a match for anyone within two weeks !
So , sometimes a heart transplant can be pre-scheduled .
Because Jennifer used to have Hepatitis C , she was an unsuitable donor .
That may have helped save her life .
Jennifer was shocked in the beginning .
However , after six months in the labor camp , she decided that she would write a book @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to record the events and to give the world a first-hand account of what ’ s happening in the labor camps .
For the next six months , the commitment to write the book caused a conflict that nearly killed her .
On one hand , Jennifer wanted to be released so she could write the book .
However , to get released , she would have to betray her conscience and give up her beliefs .
To do that was worse than the physical torture she experienced .
Jennifer has been reluctant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the camp .
She hopes that no other human being will ever have to suffer what she suffered .
To get out , Jennifer had to violate her conscience .
That left her feeling ashamed of herself to such an extent that she no longer wanted to write the book and she cried for at least 20 days .
Jennifer says that the abuse continues to affect many practitioners after they are released .
So , the police succeed in continuing to harm people .
Later , Jennifer realized that if she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the world would never know how evil this persecution really is .
When she was released in 2002 , Jennifer fled to Australia .
After witnessing so much inhumanity in the labor camp , she felt an obligation to write a book to tell the world what is going on .
She points out that after World War II , the world vowed never to let what happened to the Jews in the Nazi concentration camps occur again .
However , it is happening again in a disguised way on a very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When Jennifer escaped to Australia , she was able to publish her book in Chinese and English .
As far as Jennifer is aware , her book is the only one written by a Falun Gong practitioner who has been in a labor camp .
It is very important for humanity to understand what ’ s happening .
Her hope is that this kind of persecution will never happen to another human being .
Jennifer says she escaped communism in China , but now fears it has followed her to America in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
She Survived China ’ s Forced Labor Camp .
Now She ’ s Urging Americans to Reject Socialism contains an audio in which Jennifer urges Americans to reject socialism now .
Jennifer ’ s very moving and powerful documentary is called Free China : The Courage to Believe .
It is available as a DVD and on Amazon Prime Video .
The film is being released in China for free and can break through China ’ s Great Internet Firewall .
The documentary shows that if China does not become free , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The film explains that the government initially supported Falun Gong because practitioners are law-abiding and healthy .
It turned against the practice not just because Falun Gong began to outnumber members of the Communist Party , but because the military was also joining .
The documentary explains that since the Party runs on corruption , it can ’ t function if the military follows the spiritual practices of Falun Gong .
So , the Party had to reverse itself and suppress Falun Gong .
However , the Party could have just forbidden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So , perhaps another reason the Party has detained so many practitioners is for the gruesome “ Human Harvest ” .

Op-Ed by Neenah Payne
Disclaimer: Activist Post does not endorse any specific candidate in the U.S. presidential election. Our only goal is to present a diversity of opinions about the ideologies behind political systems.
Note: This article includes a report from a Chinese practitioner of Falun Gong. The article is not an endorsement of Falun Gong, but simply supports the freedom to practice one’s beliefs.
Many Americans who are disillusioned with capitalism — which the Occupy Wall Street movement accused of serving just the 1% — are increasingly being attracted to socialism now. Bernie Sanders, an avowed socialist, ran for the US presidency in 2016 and is running again now. After his wins in the Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada primaries, Sanders is considered the Democratic Party’s presidential front-runner. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is the U.S. Representative for New York’s 14th congressional district. AOC is among the first female members of the Democratic Socialists of America in Congress.
This article focuses on two authors who issue grave warnings against socialism. The first is Ron Paul, a well-known American politician; and the other is a Jennifer Zeng, a Chinese author who fled China after five years of torture in a labor camp for her beliefs.
Dr. Paul is an American author, physician, and retired politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Texas’s 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1985, and for Texas’s 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013. He ran for president three times — as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988 and as a candidate in the Republican primaries of 2008 and 2012.
Dr. Paul is the author of the 2009 book End The Fed. When he ran for the presidency in 2012, he presented his Plan To Restore America. Wikipedia says:
Paul is a critic of the federal government’s fiscal policies, especially the existence of the Federal Reserve and the tax policy, as well as the military–industrial complex, and the War on Drugs. He has also been a vocal critic of mass surveillance policies such as the USA PATRIOT Act and the NSA surveillance programs.
In the Republican primaries in 2012, Dr. Paul was consistently rated as the winner of the debates by about 90% of the viewers. However, the Republican Party would not allow him to be the party’s nominee in the presidential election which it later lost to Barack Obama.
Destruction of The Middle Class Since 1971
In the 2020 video “Ron Paul on Ending The Fed — Interview With James Corbett,” Paul points out that America may now be headed toward the kind of collapse that the Soviet Union went through in 1991. The US may have to call its troops home because there is no more money to pay for them.

Paul says that the ultimate limitation of restraint on the monetary system came in 1971. He is referring to Nixon’s decision to take the US off the gold standard to pay for the Vietnam War. It was decided that the dollar would be backed by oil – with every country having to use the dollar to buy oil. However, the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) now sometimes use other currencies to buy oil – forecasting the end of the “petrodollar”.
Paul explains that the 1971 shift led to the destruction of the middle class, more money for the wealthy, more wars, growing deficits, loss of liberty, and bigger government. Paul warns that the loss of the middle class provides fodder for socialists. He points out that socialism is popular now, but would never have happened 25 years ago. While debt is growing exponentially, the GDP is almost flat. He says that there has to be a new monetary system now – including cryptocurrencies and precious metals. However, take heed of this warning: A Digital “Fedcoin” May Be Coming … And It Would Be Terrifying.
Corbett discusses his documentary Century of Enslavement: The History of the Federal Reserve and points out that the monetary issue was the central one from the founding of the country through the 19th century. It was the issue around which entire political campaigns were waged. However, after the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913, monetary policy was no longer a political issue. Both parties agreed to go along with the Federal Reserve system.

However, Corbett points out that when Paul ran for the presidency in 2008, his message was reaching millions of Americans with rooms full of people chanting “End the Fed, end the Fed!” That was a philosophically revolutionary moment. The interview concludes with a discussion of The Ron Paul Liberty Report which began in 2008 and is now streamed every day to over 200,000 subscribers.
Chinese Labor Camp Survivor Warns Americans About Socialism
Jennifer Zeng is the author of the 2005 book Witnessing History: One Woman’s Fight for Freedom and Falun Gong. Amazon says:
On May 23, 2000, the Chinese government sentenced Jennifer Zeng to reeducation through forced labor. Her fellow inmates were drug addicts, prostitutes, and traffickers in pornography. Jennifer’s only crime was her belief in the three tenets of Falun Gong: Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. Struggling with a life-threatening illness and a need to understand her place in the world, Jennifer had immersed herself in many Western and Eastern philosophies before finally finding the answers she was seeking in Falun Gong. A few short years later, her newfound faith saw her blacklisted and imprisoned in a purpose-built labor camp. Jennifer was forced to squat for hours in the blistering sun, endure hours of physical and verbal abuse, and knit garments until her hands bled to feed the booming Chinese economy.
Amazon adds:
During this time, Jennifer saw many fellow Falun Gong practitioners tortured. Some died, many more remain in the camps today. This is the powerful and moving story of how a bright, successful young scientist and happily married mother survived detention and torture, only to be forced to flee her family and homeland to seek asylum in Australia. A raw and compelling memoir, one which provides a fascinating glimpse into everyday life in China, Witnessing History also exposes a bureaucracy still struggling to disentangle itself from the constraints of Mao’s Cultural Revolution.
In the video “Camp Survivor Details Government Organ Harvesting”, Jennifer warns Americans about falling for socialism. She says socialists promise heaven on Earth, but always end up giving you a one-way ticket to hell! Speaking in front of the U.S. Capitol, Jennifer details how she and her family were captured and tortured by the Chinese Communist Party. Jennifer was held in a Chinese prison and tortured for practicing Falun Gong — similar to Tai Chi — with thousands of others in public parks. She was put in prison four times and assigned to a labor camp.

Jennifer explains that the Chinese government collects and maintains a database of blood samples and tissue types of prisoners for harvesting human organs and selling them worldwide in a very lucrative international organ transplant business. She says that over a million prisoners may have been killed by now for their organs! It’s an “organ by demand” scheme! While there have long been reports about these horrors, Jennifer is able to provide insider confirmation.
Organ Harvesting In China
The 2019 article China is harvesting organs from Falun Gong practitioners, expert panel finds also contains a videeo. The article reports:
China is murdering members of the Falun Gong spiritual group and harvesting their organs for transplant, a panel of lawyers and experts said on Monday as they invited further investigations into a potential genocide. Members said they had heard clear evidence forced organ harvesting had taken place over at least 20 years in a final judgement from the China Tribunal, an independent panel set up by a campaign group to examine the issue.
Dr. Charles Els explains in the video that in Canada, it takes 3-5 years to find an eligible donor for a kidney transplant. In China, you can get a kidney in a few days. So, the question is where the organs come from. It points to the fact that China is the only country that has co-opted its prison system, legal system, and hospital system to harvest organs from non-consenting adults to fuel a very lucrative organ transplant tourism business.
Dr. Els says that Falun Gong practitioners are the primary targets of involuntary organ transplants. He says one reason organs from these individuals are highly prized is that they don’t smoke, don’t consume alcohol, are physically healthy, and tend to be young. The individuals are executed in such a way as to keep the body alive so surgeons can harvest the organs in the freshest state!
The video discusses the documentary Human Harvest which looks at forced organ harvesting in China and is designed to bring more international attention to this issue and to bring more pressure on China to stop these murders for profit. It shows that what China is doing is comparable to what the Nazis did in World War II. The group “Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting” put on an event where the documentary was shown. When Jennifer Zeng spoke to the tribunal, she said, “I hope more countries will pass laws to forbid their citizens from going to China to do organ transplants. And I do hope the international world will figure out a way to stop the killing in China right now.”
No One in China Believes in Communism Now, According to Zeng
In the video “I Interview Jennifer Zeng who talks about her torture in a Chinese labor camp” seen below, Jennifer explains that every day, Falun Gong practitioners exercised in the parks for two hours before work. Later, because more people were practicing Falun Gong than were in the Communist Party, the government became afraid that it was a growing and powerful social movement that could overthrow it. So, it began to crack down. She explains that when the Falun Gong learned in 1999 that the government planned to crack down, 10,000 practitioners went to the government to petition but were arrested and detained in a sports stadium. There was a large-scale mass arrest, especially in Beijing.
Jennifer explains that Communism has a history of persecuting different types of people every 10 years. When the Chinese Communist Party was founded in 1949, it first killed at least hundreds of thousands of landlords. The Party killed all the landlords in the country — saying they were “bad people”. The Party took over their land and gave it to the poor people. Then, several years later, the Party moved to the cities and killed many small business owners. Next, in the “Anti-Righteous Campaign”, the Party killed at least a half million so-called “intellectuals” or jailed them for 20 years. During the Cultural Revolution, at least seven million people were killed! In the Great Leap Forward, at least 30-40 million people starved to death. More recently was the Tiananmen Massacre.
Jennifer points out that the Party has systematically destroyed the traditional religions, the traditional culture, and the traditional values which have been in China for thousands of years. The Party killed people who refused to adopt the beliefs of the Communist Party. She points out that the Communist Party gained power through violence and deceit and was never elected by the people. So, the Party has a fundamental fear about its legitimacy. For that reason, it periodically targets five percent of the population to maintain a level of fear. She says that it was not strange that Falun Gong was targeted. It was just its turn. The difference is that this group has its own strong belief system and so is not willing to just transform or give up.
Jennifer explains that no one in China believes in communism any more. Now, the party wants people to focus on material interests and to focus on the acquisition of money. People like that are easy for the Party to control. People who value money can be more easily corrupted. So, the Party was threatened by the fact that the Falun Gong were pursuing spiritual values rather than material ones. The Party knew that since the Falun Gong practitioners don’t believe in money, they can’t be controlled — and the Party had to get rid of them.

Falun Gong Practitioners Put in Labor Camps
The Party launched a huge propaganda campaign against the Falun Gong in newspapers, TV, radio, etc. The Party targeted whomever they thought were leaders inside Falun Gong. Everyone understood that anyone who continued practicing Falun Gong could lose their job or end up in jail.
Initially, the Party thought that if it put Falun Gong practitioners in jail for 10-30 days that would scare them into giving up. However, people who had practiced Falun Gong for many years believed in its values of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. So, many practitioners were not willing to give up. The Communist Party considered the Falun Gong an “evil cult” and fed the public many terrible lies about Falun Gong to make people think that practitioners are crazy. Since all the media in China is controlled by the government, it’s easy for the Party to control the minds of most people. The government has spent billions of dollars to set up a “firewall” to block free access to the internet. So, most people in China believe whatever the government wants them to believe.
Jennifer explained that sometimes police wanted to identify members of the public who were Falun Gong practitioners. So, for example, on a train, they would ask someone to curse, to say dirty words because that would not be a problem for most Chinese. So, if the person refused, they would assume the person was a Falun Gong practitioner! That was one of the many methods the police used to try to stop people from going to Beijing to support the Falun Gong practitioners.
So, the Party escalated the persecution by putting Falun Gong practitioners in labor camps. Some people were sentenced for 10 years. The Party even killed some practitioners to harvest their organs! That has now become an industrialized practice in China which has made huge amount of money. Millions of people may have been killed in the last 17 years.
Jennifer explained that before she began practicing Falun Gong, she suffered from Hepatitis C and was in very, very poor health. Practicing Falun Gong cured her Hepatitis C. Because Jennifer feels that Falun Gong saved her life and gave her a second chance, she would not give it up.
Jennifer said that the first time she was arrested, she heard a knock on her door at 2 o’clock in the morning and the police took her away without any explanation. After a week, the police showed her a letter she had emailed her mother to explain why Falun Gong is good and she didn’t want to give it up. Jennifer explained that the “Internet Police” had intercepted that letter! There were no lawyers, no trial, no defense, and no sentence. It was just a decision to put her in a labor camp which is worse than a jail because there are no regulations.
The police made it clear that they were sentenced to the labor camps for the purpose of “reforming” them, to get them to give up their beliefs. If they didn’t, endless torture started. If the police were not able to reform the Falun Gong practitioners, they would lose their jobs. So, they forced real criminals to torture Falun Gong practitioners. If the criminals refused to participate in the torture, their sentences would be lengthened. If they agreed to engage in the torture, they could be released early.
It was a form of brainwashing which was designed to convince the practitioners that Falun Gong is evil. Practitioners were required to denounce Falun Gong publicly. In addition, practitioners were required to help the police torture other Falun Gong practitioners! People who refused to “reform” were killed.
The Courage To Believe
Jennifer explained that, to her, the physical persecution was nothing because she still knew in her mind, heart, and spirit who she was. However, the police wanted to destroy practitioners’ moral values and spirit – the very essence of what makes a person human. They want to turn a human being into a non-human being. Jennifer says that people who are killed physically can die with dignity. However, the goal of the police is to take away people’s dignity. In her opinion, that is the most evil part of the persecution.
However, the government realizes that people who have practiced Falun Gong know that it is good. So, even if they are arrested, they will later continue practicing Falun Gong. For that reason, there is a policy that if the police release a practitioner and that person goes back to Falun Gong within three years, those police would be fined up to half a year’s salary! So, if the police release practitioners without really “reforming” them, the police put themselves in danger! For that reason, the police would prefer to torture practitioners to death!
If the police could not “reform” a practitioner through the use of violence, they resorted to sleep deprivation. Until a practitioner “reformed”, no sleep would be allowed. Jennifer said when she was in the labor camp, the longest period she was aware of was 15 days and nights without sleep. That drove many people insane and broke many people down. They became like a walking corpse. They were still physically alive, but mentally and spiritually, they knew nothing. They were just crazy.
Later, the police used practitioners as “organ banks” and killed them to harvest their organs for sale internationally. That way, the police did not have to worry about the people still believing in Falun Gone and they could also make huge amounts of money. When Jennifer was transferred from the detention center to the labor camp, she was first taken to a clinic where she was given a medical checkup. After she had been in the labor camp for a month, she and others were taken to a huge hospital where they were given a more thorough physical checkup, including an X-ray. Also, everyone in the labor camps was given a blood test. However, they were never told the results or the purpose of the tests.
Jennifer realized only years later after she was released that the tests were to allow for organ matches with potential recipients. If anyone from anywhere needed an organ, the police could search that huge database and find a match and then kill that person on demand to harvest his/her organs for sale. That’s why the police can promise on their website that they can find a match for anyone within two weeks! So, sometimes a heart transplant can be pre-scheduled. Because Jennifer used to have Hepatitis C, she was an unsuitable donor. That may have helped save her life.
A Book To Warn The World
Jennifer was shocked in the beginning. However, after six months in the labor camp, she decided that she would write a book. She felt it was her responsibility to record the events and to give the world a first-hand account of what’s happening in the labor camps. For the next six months, the commitment to write the book caused a conflict that nearly killed her. On one hand, Jennifer wanted to be released so she could write the book. However, to get released, she would have to betray her conscience and give up her beliefs. To do that was worse than the physical torture she experienced.
Jennifer has been reluctant to talk about how she got out of the camp. She hopes that no other human being will ever have to suffer what she suffered. To get out, Jennifer had to violate her conscience. That left her feeling ashamed of herself to such an extent that she no longer wanted to write the book and she cried for at least 20 days. Jennifer says that the abuse continues to affect many practitioners after they are released. So, the police succeed in continuing to harm people.
Later, Jennifer realized that if she didn’t talk about the situation, the world would never know how evil this persecution really is. When she was released in 2002, Jennifer fled to Australia. After witnessing so much inhumanity in the labor camp, she felt an obligation to write a book to tell the world what is going on. She points out that after World War II, the world vowed never to let what happened to the Jews in the Nazi concentration camps occur again. However, it is happening again in a disguised way on a very, very large scale now in China.
When Jennifer escaped to Australia, she was able to publish her book in Chinese and English. As far as Jennifer is aware, her book is the only one written by a Falun Gong practitioner who has been in a labor camp. It is very important for humanity to understand what’s happening. Her hope is that this kind of persecution will never happen to another human being.
Zeng Urges Americans to Reject Socialism Now!
Jennifer says she escaped communism in China, but now fears it has followed her to America in the form of growing interest in socialism. She Survived China’s Forced Labor Camp. Now She’s Urging Americans to Reject Socialism contains an audio in which Jennifer urges Americans to reject socialism now.
The site says:
Jennifer Zeng grew up admiring the Communist Party of China and adhering to its stringent rules. But her life changed forever when she embraced religion and was swept up in a government crackdown on Falun Gong. Arrested four times as a young adult and held in as a prisoner in a labor camp, she quickly woke up to the horrors of living in a socialist state. After being subject to brutal torture, Zeng managed to escape China and now tells about the evils of socialism and communism.
The site explains:
Marx saw inevitable stages of history: feudalism, capitalism, socialism, and communism. Socialism is the stage before the final stage. Socialism is characterized by the common ownership of the means of production. Communism is when the state withers away because there’s no more dominant class, no more private property. You don’t need a state because there’s no more economic exploitation, and so that’s a great fantasy, but it’s never happened anywhere.
Jennifer’s very moving and powerful documentary is called Free China: The Courage to Believe. It is available as a DVD and on Amazon Prime Video. The film is being released in China for free and can break through China’s Great Internet Firewall. The documentary shows that if China does not become free, it will impact freedoms around the world.
The film explains that the government initially supported Falun Gong because practitioners are law-abiding and healthy. It turned against the practice not just because Falun Gong began to outnumber members of the Communist Party, but because the military was also joining. The documentary explains that since the Party runs on corruption, it can’t function if the military follows the spiritual practices of Falun Gong. So, the Party had to reverse itself and suppress Falun Gong.
However, the Party could have just forbidden the military to join Falun Gong. So, perhaps another reason the Party has detained so many practitioners is for the gruesome “Human Harvest”.
Jennifer’s blog is at: https://www.jenniferzengblog.com/


Socialism vs. Freedom

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Bernie Sanders seems to be getting a lot of support from people who think they want “ socialism ” in America , especially the young people , many of whom know nothing about what socialism really is .
There is a lot of misinformation out there , including the assertion that Sweden and other Nordic countries are “ socialist , ” which they aren ’ t because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the private ownership of the means of production .
So , those countries are capitalist countries but with a large welfare state , just like the U.S .
But the truth is , actual socialism has a history of economic stagnation and impoverishment , tyranny , and political oppression .
The “ equality ” that Bernie supporters are looking for does not exist in socialist societies .
In such socialist societies the political class are the elites who climb the ladder of success based on political favoritism and corruption , not based on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The political class are the rulers and the rest of the people are their servants , quite frankly .
So Bernie is running on a platform to “ tax the billionaires ” to pay for all the socialist programs he wants to impose .
But Bernie has also said he wants to eliminate the billionaires ( until there are no more billionaires to tax , and thus no more wealth to fund his schemes ! )
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The truth is , these politicians , demagogues , and propagandists such as Bernie are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and they oppose freedom , even though it was freedom that most contributed to the biggest expansion in growth and progress in human history and the biggest rise in the standard of living of all ( and not just the “ 1 % ” or the “ rich ” or billionaires , but everyone ) .
More than guided by motivations of charity , giving and compassion , the Bernie socialists seem guided by envy and covetousness in their expressed desire to take other people ’ s money and stuff away from them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the process for them by imposing the income tax and empowering the IRS .
And the truth is , socialism is anything but “ social.
” It is in fact anti-social .
Socialism is antithetical to peace , and has no place for the peacefulness of voluntary exchange .
Socialists impose policies of coercion , compulsion , and government theft of private wealth , government exploitation of your labor .
Many people agree with the policies of aggression against peaceful people , from the antifa demonstrators who beat up MAGA hat-wearing Trump supporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drug laws .
And Project Veritas showed that some Bernie supporters are threatening to burn down Milwaukee and other cities if Bernie doesn ’ t get the Democrat nomination .
But these people merely reflect the actual government policies they support .
Socialism requires a heavy dose of State power and aggression over the people and a powerful police state , goons with badges and guns , to enforce the bureaucrats ’ iron fist .
The differences between socialism and freedom ?
Unlike in the private sector in which all transactions , trades @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the use of coercion with threats of force are considered criminal , under socialism the transactions between government and the workers are involuntary .
You must obey the government ’ s demands for whatever it wants , or else .
And the U.S. quickly became this kind of society after the income tax was imposed in the early 20th Century .
Which is what enabled the aforementioned enrichment of the ruling class in Washington .
( Hence Bernie ’ s three homes and $ 2 million in wealth .
But what has he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ return ?
Nothing , quite frankly . )
And it is not just the “ rich ” who are robbed by the government , it is everyone .
Either through direct taxation or indirectly via inflation and a central bank such as the Federal Reserve System .
So we have to decide whether we want to live in a free society , a society of peace and prosperity , or not .
The socialist society , or in the U.S. the “ mixed economy ” as it is sometimes called , requires the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
What exactly is freedom , as compared to the enslavement of the government-owned and controlled economy under socialism ?
In freedom , you own your life and your body .
Not the government .
You own your labor and all the energy and effort you put into your productivity , until you voluntarily sell your labor to an employer , a client or customer .
And you thus own the earnings or compensation that are paid to you voluntarily by such employers , clients or customers , which are based on mutually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ era , more freedom has led to the periods of the greatest growth and expansion , and raised the standard of living of all in society .
Socialism and less freedom have a history of reducing the standard of living of the people .
For example , we still have generally a lot of freedom in the tech sector now , unlike the healthcare and some other sectors .
The reason you have a very modern and convenient iPhone and other little gadgets is because of that freedom .
All the advances and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as inventions in other areas , came from that freedom and free markets .
They did not come from socialism .
What inventions , exactly , came from the socialist Soviet Union ?
From Cuba , North Korea , or Iran ?
And healthcare in the U.S. , for example , right now is not nearly as free and affordable as it used to be .
What happened ?
The government came in during the 1960s and imposed Medicare and Medicaid .
Those interventions , mandates and intrusions distorted the markets in healthcare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the increase in costs in healthcare .
Prior to those intrusions , if someone was unable to afford to go to a doctor or hospital , it was affordable for doctors to provide medical care for people for free , which many did .
There was much more freedom of healthcare in general in the old days , as well .
Doctor-patient confidentiality was also more secure .
Governmental intrusions have compromised that , too .
Another example of the destruction of socialism is Venezuela , which Bernie enthusiastically praises .
In Venezuela @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means of production of food .
Food production and distribution are under the ownership and control of the government .
And what happened ?
The government distortions in those markets gave the Venezuelan people empty store shelves , long lines , mass starvation , violence , corruption , and death .
In contrast , look at all the store shelves in grocery stores in the U.S .
Fully stocked , most of the time , with many , many choices , all as a result of private ownership of food production and distribution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ running those industries to do what they think is right at whatever given time , not based on what a bureaucrat demands .
In socialism the government owns the means of production .
And what is the most important means of production ?
The people , of course .
In socialist societies you do not own your own life and your labor ’ s earnings .
The government is the initial , primary owner of your labor and the government gives to you whatever it thinks you deserve .
Meanwhile , when there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ freedom to keep more of what you earn , businesses expand more and the workers are getting better pay and benefits so they can afford that car , a new refrigerator , etc .
A recent example : the tax cuts of December , 2017 in the U.S. that were followed by companies immediately announcing their workers ’ raises and bonuses .
In a genuinely free society the companies are privately owned and the capital of the private manufacturers and investors is free from government theft .
This leaves the people free to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ produce better goods and services to better serve the consumers .
Freedom is one big reason why people in the society can afford to have an iPhone , a TV , a car , and air conditioning .
In contrast , when the State owns and runs production and industry , which is what Bernie Sanders wants ( like in modern Cuba and the old Soviet Union ) , government bureaucrats decide what you will do with your life and career ( tracking kids from kindergarten to college , etc. )
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That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no freedom and your right to self-ownership is usurped away by the rulers , i.e .
a slave of the State .
And in such socialist societies there is no political freedom including the right to “ question authority ” and challenge the State ’ s abuses .
Given that the U.S. is very socialist in the kinds of powers and controls the federal government already has , it ’ s no wonder the regime in Washington railroads anyone who rocks the establishment boat , from Donald Trump to political prisoners Edward Snowden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In socialist societies that Amerika had become long ago but many people aren ’ t willing or able to acknowledge , you can see how political power over others and the political process is an obsession .
Look how members of the political class are climbing and grasping for power with the current 2020 elections .
The two major parties , Republican and Democrat , a.k.a .
Republicrat and Demopublican , are really a racket .
They are really a branch of the government , federal , state and local .
Just look @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the right of third parties or independent candidates to get their names on ballots .
And the media , by the way , are another branch of the government , as their propaganda mainly repeats the government ’ s word without question .
Anti-establishment media people are “ heretics , ” “ unpatriotic , ” “ Russia puppets , ” and censored by mainstream media , or “ de-platformed ” by the government ’ s social media minions .
And , while Donald Trump in many ways is also an authoritarian socialist , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the permanent extra-constitutional national security state and bureaucratic state went after him , just because he said , “ Drain the Swamp.
” Just look how the State ’ s criminals of government made things up , like “ golden showers ” and concocted a Steele Dossier to falsely accuse and frame-up a duly elected U.S. president .
And when that didn ’ t work , they then made up more “ crimes ” from a mere phone call toward an impeachment , and that didn ’ t work either .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are just as bad as the “ strategizing ” Democrats .
Some of the conservative talk radio hosts and their ditto-head callers are saying they will vote in Democrat primaries for Bernie .
But how did Rush Limbaugh ’ s “ Operation Chaos ” work out ?
( It gave us Obama ! )
You see , this is how things are when everything in life is politicized in a socialist society .
The conservatives , by the way , love socialism when it comes to the immigration issue .
They love the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attempting to control the movements of millions of people , which is impossible .
The Rush Limbaugh crowd loves having the government restrict the rights and freedom of foreigners entering “ our ” country , entering the socialized and “ publicly-owned ” territory of Amerika and imposing a police state on everyone at or near the border .
In that kind of socialism that conservatives love , you have to get the government ’ s permission to get a job somewhere or to hire someone .
In contrast , in a free society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they go to where a job is available and they buy or rent a home where they want to live , and employers just hire the best person for the job .
No permission from a parasite bureaucrat in Washington needed .
In a free society , you do what you want to do with your own life , your labor and property , as long as you are peaceful and don ’ t violate the persons or property of others .
Not complicated .
And in a free society , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” You own your own body and consume whatever you decide , and you ’ re responsible for your own decisions and actions .
But when life is socialized , the government is empowered to own and control everything , including you .
Currently in Amerika , the government owns your body and bureaucrats decide what you may or may not put into “ your ” body .
In a free society , if you want to use , buy or sell a plastic bag , then you use , buy or sell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you don ’ t litter .
People littering is the real problem as far as environmental issues are concerned , not plastics per se .
In a free society no one may go to government bureaucrats to ban plastic , or ban anything for that matter .
No banning drugs by law , no banning sugary drinks or salt , no banning guns , no bans on otherwise peaceful activities .
So a free society is a “ leave people the hell alone ” society .
Whether the Bernie , Bloomberg or Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
And in a free society , you educate your children however you want .
And when there is freedom , there would be many more schools and choices , and the government doesn ’ t run the schools .
No federal Department of Education , no local school committees .
And it ’ s all voluntary .
No compulsory education .
In a free society , if your child wants to have a lemonade stand , she has a lemonade stand .
Nothing a local official or neighbor can do about it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on your own private property .
If you want to drive a cab and offer people rides , you put “ TAXI ” on top and drive your cab and offer people rides .
You don ’ t get a bureaucrat ’ s permission .
You don ’ t pay the government a fee .
You just do it .
And in a free society there is freedom of speech , freedom of religion , freedom of movement , freedom of self-defense , and due process .
Sadly , there is no room @ @ @ @ @ @ @ socialist society .
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Bernie Sanders seems to be getting a lot of support from people who think they want “socialism” in America, especially the young people, many of whom know nothing about what socialism really is.
There is a lot of misinformation out there, including the assertion that Sweden and other Nordic countries are “socialist,” which they aren’t because of their protection of private property and the private ownership of the means of production. So, those countries are capitalist countries but with a large welfare state, just like the U.S.
But the truth is, actual socialism has a history of economic stagnation and impoverishment, tyranny, and political oppression. The “equality” that Bernie supporters are looking for does not exist in socialist societies.
In such socialist societies the political class are the elites who climb the ladder of success based on political favoritism and corruption, not based on abilities, talent, merit and risk. The political class are the rulers and the rest of the people are their servants, quite frankly.
No “equality” there.
So Bernie is running on a platform to “tax the billionaires” to pay for all the socialist programs he wants to impose.
But Bernie has also said he wants to eliminate the billionaires (until there are no more billionaires to tax, and thus no more wealth to fund his schemes!).
The truth is, these politicians, demagogues, and propagandists such as Bernie are really for government power and control, and they oppose freedom, even though it was freedom that most contributed to the biggest expansion in growth and progress in human history and the biggest rise in the standard of living of all (and not just the “1%” or the “rich” or billionaires, but everyone).
More than guided by motivations of charity, giving and compassion, the Bernie socialists seem guided by envy and covetousness in their expressed desire to take other people’s money and stuff away from them. Sadly, earlier misguided Americans began the process for them by imposing the income tax and empowering the IRS.
And the truth is, socialism is anything but “social.” It is in fact anti-social. Socialism is antithetical to peace, and has no place for the peacefulness of voluntary exchange. Socialists impose policies of coercion, compulsion, and government theft of private wealth, government exploitation of your labor.
Many people agree with the policies of aggression against peaceful people, from the antifa demonstrators who beat up MAGA hat-wearing Trump supporters to the police state enforcing immigration and drug laws.
And Project Veritas showed that some Bernie supporters are threatening to burn down Milwaukee and other cities if Bernie doesn’t get the Democrat nomination.
But these people merely reflect the actual government policies they support. Socialism requires a heavy dose of State power and aggression over the people and a powerful police state, goons with badges and guns, to enforce the bureaucrats’ iron fist.
The differences between socialism and freedom?
Unlike in the private sector in which all transactions, trades and associations must be voluntary, and the use of coercion with threats of force are considered criminal, under socialism the transactions between government and the workers are involuntary. You must obey the government’s demands for whatever it wants, or else.
And the U.S. quickly became this kind of society after the income tax was imposed in the early 20th Century. Which is what enabled the aforementioned enrichment of the ruling class in Washington. (Hence Bernie’s three homes and $2 million in wealth. But what has he actually produced and served consumers with in return? Nothing, quite frankly.)
And it is not just the “rich” who are robbed by the government, it is everyone. Either through direct taxation or indirectly via inflation and a central bank such as the Federal Reserve System.
So we have to decide whether we want to live in a free society, a society of peace and prosperity, or not.
The socialist society, or in the U.S. the “mixed economy” as it is sometimes called, requires the violation of the people’s freedom.
What exactly is freedom, as compared to the enslavement of the government-owned and controlled economy under socialism?
In freedom, you own your life and your body. Not the government. You own your labor and all the energy and effort you put into your productivity, until you voluntarily sell your labor to an employer, a client or customer. And you thus own the earnings or compensation that are paid to you voluntarily by such employers, clients or customers, which are based on mutually agreed-to voluntary contracts.
In the modern era, more freedom has led to the periods of the greatest growth and expansion, and raised the standard of living of all in society. Socialism and less freedom have a history of reducing the standard of living of the people.
For example, we still have generally a lot of freedom in the tech sector now, unlike the healthcare and some other sectors. The reason you have a very modern and convenient iPhone and other little gadgets is because of that freedom.
All the advances and inventions of modern tech, as well as inventions in other areas, came from that freedom and free markets. They did not come from socialism.
What inventions, exactly, came from the socialist Soviet Union? From Cuba, North Korea, or Iran?
And healthcare in the U.S., for example, right now is not nearly as free and affordable as it used to be.
What happened? The government came in during the 1960s and imposed Medicare and Medicaid. Those interventions, mandates and intrusions distorted the markets in healthcare and caused havoc, which led to the increase in costs in healthcare. Prior to those intrusions, if someone was unable to afford to go to a doctor or hospital, it was affordable for doctors to provide medical care for people for free, which many did.
There was much more freedom of healthcare in general in the old days, as well. Doctor-patient confidentiality was also more secure. Governmental intrusions have compromised that, too.
Another example of the destruction of socialism is Venezuela, which Bernie enthusiastically praises. In Venezuela the government seized the ownership of the means of production of food. Food production and distribution are under the ownership and control of the government. And what happened? The government distortions in those markets gave the Venezuelan people empty store shelves, long lines, mass starvation, violence, corruption, and death.
In contrast, look at all the store shelves in grocery stores in the U.S. Fully stocked, most of the time, with many, many choices, all as a result of private ownership of food production and distribution, and the freedom of the people running those industries to do what they think is right at whatever given time, not based on what a bureaucrat demands.
In socialism the government owns the means of production. And what is the most important means of production? The people, of course.
In socialist societies you do not own your own life and your labor’s earnings. The government is the initial, primary owner of your labor and the government gives to you whatever it thinks you deserve.
Meanwhile, when there’s more freedom, especially the freedom to keep more of what you earn, businesses expand more and the workers are getting better pay and benefits so they can afford that car, a new refrigerator, etc. A recent example: the tax cuts of December, 2017 in the U.S. that were followed by companies immediately announcing their workers’ raises and bonuses.
In a genuinely free society the companies are privately owned and the capital of the private manufacturers and investors is free from government theft. This leaves the people free to invest in and expand their businesses to produce better goods and services to better serve the consumers.
Freedom is one big reason why people in the society can afford to have an iPhone, a TV, a car, and air conditioning.
In contrast, when the State owns and runs production and industry, which is what Bernie Sanders wants (like in modern Cuba and the old Soviet Union), government bureaucrats decide what you will do with your life and career (tracking kids from kindergarten to college, etc.). That is because in such societies you have no freedom and your right to self-ownership is usurped away by the rulers, i.e. a slave of the State.
And in such socialist societies there is no political freedom including the right to “question authority” and challenge the State’s abuses. Given that the U.S. is very socialist in the kinds of powers and controls the federal government already has, it’s no wonder the regime in Washington railroads anyone who rocks the establishment boat, from Donald Trump to political prisoners Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange.
In socialist societies that Amerika had become long ago but many people aren’t willing or able to acknowledge, you can see how political power over others and the political process is an obsession. Look how members of the political class are climbing and grasping for power with the current 2020 elections.
The two major parties, Republican and Democrat, a.k.a. Republicrat and Demopublican, are really a racket. They are really a branch of the government, federal, state and local. Just look how those two parties have legally restricted the right of third parties or independent candidates to get their names on ballots. And the media, by the way, are another branch of the government, as their propaganda mainly repeats the government’s word without question.
Anti-establishment media people are “heretics,” “unpatriotic,” “Russia puppets,” and censored by mainstream media, or “de-platformed” by the government’s social media minions.
And, while Donald Trump in many ways is also an authoritarian socialist, just see how the apparatchiks and propagandists of the permanent extra-constitutional national security state and bureaucratic state went after him, just because he said, “Drain the Swamp.” Just look how the State’s criminals of government made things up, like “golden showers” and concocted a Steele Dossier to falsely accuse and frame-up a duly elected U.S. president. And when that didn’t work, they then made up more “crimes” from a mere phone call toward an impeachment, and that didn’t work either.
And with the pathological political class the Republicans are just as bad as the “strategizing” Democrats. Some of the conservative talk radio hosts and their ditto-head callers are saying they will vote in Democrat primaries for Bernie. But how did Rush Limbaugh’s “Operation Chaos” work out? (It gave us Obama!)
You see, this is how things are when everything in life is politicized in a socialist society.
The conservatives, by the way, love socialism when it comes to the immigration issue. They love the idea of the central planners in Washington attempting to control the movements of millions of people, which is impossible.
The Rush Limbaugh crowd loves having the government restrict the rights and freedom of foreigners entering “our” country, entering the socialized and “publicly-owned” territory of Amerika and imposing a police state on everyone at or near the border.
In that kind of socialism that conservatives love, you have to get the government’s permission to get a job somewhere or to hire someone.
In contrast, in a free society people come and go as they please, they go to where a job is available and they buy or rent a home where they want to live, and employers just hire the best person for the job. No permission from a parasite bureaucrat in Washington needed.
In a free society, you do what you want to do with your own life, your labor and property, as long as you are peaceful and don’t violate the persons or property of others. Not complicated.
And in a free society, there is no government “war on drugs.” You own your own body and consume whatever you decide, and you’re responsible for your own decisions and actions. But when life is socialized, the government is empowered to own and control everything, including you.
Currently in Amerika, the government owns your body and bureaucrats decide what you may or may not put into “your” body.
In a free society, if you want to use, buy or sell a plastic bag, then you use, buy or sell a plastic bag. As long as you don’t litter. People littering is the real problem as far as environmental issues are concerned, not plastics per se.
In a free society no one may go to government bureaucrats to ban plastic, or ban anything for that matter. No banning drugs by law, no banning sugary drinks or salt, no banning guns, no bans on otherwise peaceful activities.
So a free society is a “leave people the hell alone” society. Whether the Bernie, Bloomberg or Trump socialists and fascists like it or not!
And in a free society, you educate your children however you want. And when there is freedom, there would be many more schools and choices, and the government doesn’t run the schools. No federal Department of Education, no local school committees. And it’s all voluntary. No compulsory education.
In a free society, if your child wants to have a lemonade stand, she has a lemonade stand. Nothing a local official or neighbor can do about it, as long as it’s on your own private property. If you want to drive a cab and offer people rides, you put “TAXI” on top and drive your cab and offer people rides. You don’t get a bureaucrat’s permission. You don’t pay the government a fee. You just do it.
And in a free society there is freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of movement, freedom of self-defense, and due process.
Sadly, there is no room for any of those things in a socialist society.
Scott Lazarowitz is a libertarian writer and commentator. Please visit his blog.
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activistpost--2020-02-27--Costco Sells Out Of Emergency Food Kits Online Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak

Costco Wholesale , which is one of America ’ s biggest suppliers of long-term storable food , sold out of all their “ emergency food kits ” on their website after the CDC warned that Americans should be prepared in case the coronavirus becomes a pandemic .
Visitors to the “ Emergency [ Food ] Kits & Supplies ” section of their website are currently greeted with a message saying , “ We ’ re sorry , no products were found.
” When I visited their site on Tuesday , only two products were listed , one of which was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The site gave an error when I tried to open the page and said it was sold out .
On Wednesday , the page was down altogether .
A Twitter user shared a screenshot of their page on Monday highlighting how they sold out of their $ 4,999 pallets : I visited a local Costco warehouse to stock up on Wednesday morning and didn ’ t see any emergency food kits , though there was plenty of 12-25 lbs bags of rice .
Only one rice variety out of 5 or so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were mostly full .
I only saw one older Asian woman wearing a face mask ( they ’ re sold out everywhere ) .
The Mormon Church , which asks all their followers to always have an emergency food supply that will last their families 90 days , has a handy guide on their website for the best foods to buy or avoid , with a focus on long-term storage .
The Organic Prepper also has a useful guide .
The Spanish flu , which is believed to have been a bird flu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , lasted two years .
It ’ s probably a wise decision to at least stock up on the basics you normally eat to get ahead of the crowd .
In America , for the time being , the biggest threats are to our supply chains .
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By Chris Menahan
Costco Wholesale, which is one of America’s biggest suppliers of long-term storable food, sold out of all their “emergency food kits” on their website after the CDC warned that Americans should be prepared in case the coronavirus becomes a pandemic.
Visitors to the “Emergency [Food] Kits & Supplies” section of their website are currently greeted with a message saying, “We’re sorry, no products were found.”
When I visited their site on Tuesday, only two products were listed, one of which was a large bin of macaroni and cheese. The site gave an error when I tried to open the page and said it was sold out. On Wednesday, the page was down altogether.
A Twitter user shared a screenshot of their page on Monday highlighting how they sold out of their $4,999 pallets:
Costco has sold out of the $4999 pallet with 1 year’s worth of food (2800 servings!), but the 23 lb mac-and-cheese bucket with up to 20-year shelf life is still available.https://t.co/N28YCvGciL pic.twitter.com/QXdZMkhe9c — Fat Tail Capital (@FatTailCapital) February 24, 2020
I visited a local Costco warehouse to stock up on Wednesday morning and didn’t see any emergency food kits, though there was plenty of 12-25 lbs bags of rice.
Only one rice variety out of 5 or so was low on stock. The shelves were mostly full. I only saw one older Asian woman wearing a face mask (they’re sold out everywhere).
The Mormon Church, which asks all their followers to always have an emergency food supply that will last their families 90 days, has a handy guide on their website for the best foods to buy or avoid, with a focus on long-term storage.
The Organic Prepper also has a useful guide.
The Spanish flu, which is believed to have been a bird flu as opposed to a possible bat coronavirus, lasted two years.
It’s probably a wise decision to at least stock up on the basics you normally eat to get ahead of the crowd.

In America, for the time being, the biggest threats are to our supply chains.
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activistpost--2020-02-27--US Colleges Race To Cancel Study Abroad Programs, Especially In Italy, Amid Covid-19 Spread

With the confirmed number of coronavirus cases in Italy now nearing 400 , including 12 deaths , and Germany , France and Spain now witnessing a growing caseload , a growing number of American universities are now canceling their study abroad programs due to Covid-19 fears .
Fox News reports that at least seven universities have suspended programs in Italy alone — with more schools expected to take the drastic action .
In many cases it involves disrupting current ongoing programs , and undergoing the logistically difficult feat of getting hundreds of students home early to the US .
Schools @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carefully eyeing restrictions and/or suspending their programs altogether , such as Florida International University , which announced Tuesday it is halting its expansive study abroad programs in Italy , Japan , and South Korea .
The school ’ s executive vice president , Kenneth G. Furton , said in a statement : The statement those who did recently travel to these places to “ quarantine themselves at home and to stay away from campus.
” Universities are concerned their programs which allow students to spend weeks , months , or often whole semesters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foreign countries could inadvertently see students and staff sent straight into impacted countries ’ virus epicenters , such as northern Italy .
“ This was a difficult decision for the university to make , given that these students were already immersed in these important global experiences , ” the dean of global education at Elon University , Woody Pelton , which just canceled its own programs , said in a news release .
“ However , the health and safety of students is our top priority , ” he added .
In one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has hundreds of students studying abroad in Italy .
CNN reports that at least 342 Syracuse students are now organizing early returns from Italy .
Among American universities lately canceling programs abroad include Syracuse University , New York University , Fairfield University , Elon University , Stanford University , the University of Southern California , Sacred Heart and the University of New Haven – according to Fox .
Students in current programs in many cases took to social media to vent their having to come home on short notice , with one noting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out while you still can ” .
Gonzaga University in Washington state also announced late Wednesday it is suspending its Italy program , amid a fast growing trend of schools urging their students home this week .
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By Tyler Durden
With the confirmed number of coronavirus cases in Italy now nearing 400, including 12 deaths, and Germany, France and Spain now witnessing a growing caseload, a growing number of American universities are now canceling their study abroad programs due to Covid-19 fears.
Fox News reports that at least seven universities have suspended programs in Italy alone — with more schools expected to take the drastic action. In many cases it involves disrupting current ongoing programs, and undergoing the logistically difficult feat of getting hundreds of students home early to the US.
Schools especially with programs in southeast Asia are carefully eyeing restrictions and/or suspending their programs altogether, such as Florida International University, which announced Tuesday it is halting its expansive study abroad programs in Italy, Japan, and South Korea.
The school’s executive vice president, Kenneth G. Furton, said in a statement:
Education abroad spring programs to these countries are canceled. At the same time, any students or employees who are currently on university business in those countries must return to the U.S. immediately.
The statement those who did recently travel to these places to “quarantine themselves at home and to stay away from campus.”
Universities are concerned their programs which allow students to spend weeks, months, or often whole semesters in Europe and Asia studying and exploring foreign countries could inadvertently see students and staff sent straight into impacted countries’ virus epicenters, such as northern Italy.
“This was a difficult decision for the university to make, given that these students were already immersed in these important global experiences,” the dean of global education at Elon University, Woody Pelton, which just canceled its own programs, said in a news release.
“However, the health and safety of students is our top priority,” he added.
In one notable instance, Syracuse University actually currently has hundreds of students studying abroad in Italy. CNN reports that at least 342 Syracuse students are now organizing early returns from Italy.
Given the rapid spread of the coronavirus in Italy, Elon will suspend its study abroad program in Florence for the semester. Details – https://t.co/k6d447FRCu pic.twitter.com/aXLaLBRMXY — Elon University (@elonuniversity) February 25, 2020
Among American universities lately canceling programs abroad include Syracuse University, New York University, Fairfield University, Elon University, Stanford University, the University of Southern California, Sacred Heart and the University of New Haven – according to Fox.
Stanford called their study abroad students today to have them all return. “Get out while you can” was the call a friend’s student daughter was awakened to early this morning. #coronavirus https://t.co/j82v6CGG1w — Too woke for you (@Twittterpated) February 26, 2020
Students in current programs in many cases took to social media to vent their having to come home on short notice, with one noting Stanford informed program members to “get out while you still can”.
Gonzaga University in Washington state also announced late Wednesday it is suspending its Italy program, amid a fast growing trend of schools urging their students home this week.
Article source: Zerohedge
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activistpost--2020-02-28--California Reinvents the English Language Yet Again (And Other Crazy Global News Of The Week)

Are you ready for this week ’ s absurdity ?
Here ’ s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty , your finances , and your prosperity .
Man fined almost $ 7 million for painting his own property In 2002 , the owner of some dilapidated warehouses in New York City decided to make use of the property .
He hired an artist to decorate the warehouses with graffiti , and curate graffiti art from others .
Soon it became a bustling art hub , with artists renting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But after eleven years , the owner decided to demolish the warehouses to make way for luxury apartments .
That ’ s when the artists sued to protect ‘ their ’ graffiti .
But the owner of the property went ahead and whitewashed the artwork while the lawsuit was ongoing .
After years of legal battles , the court sided with the artists and demanded the owner pay $ 6.75 million to the artists whose work he destroyed .
And now on appeal , another court affirmed that decision .
Turns out , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ property rights when it comes to art .
New York has a Visual Artists Rights Act .
It doesn ’ t matter who owns the art , or the building it ’ s affixed to .
Artists still maintain certain rights to their work , even if it is sold ( or they never owned the canvass ) .
So in New York , you better be careful who you let decorate your property .
It may become their property .
Click here to read the full story .
California is at it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Now California will refer to “ at risk youth ” instead as , “ at promise youth.
” Legislation went into effect at the beginning of this year which changed the state ’ s legal term for children at risk of entering the criminal justice system .
The point is to change the negative connotation of the phrase “ at risk ” .
Uplifting , right ?
But these people always fail to understand that changing words doesn ’ t change reality .
Click here to read the full story .
Indonesian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ marry An Indonesian government minister has suggested a unique way to solve inequality .
Rather than redistributing wealth , rich people simply need to start marrying poor people .
He said that when poor people marry other poor people , it just creates more poverty .
So he suggested issuing a fatwa ( a legal opinion in Islamic law ) mandating that the rich look for poor spouses , and poor look for rich spouses .
But his opinions aren ’ t that different than the Bolsheviks in the USA .
This minister @ @ @ @ @ @ @ instead of their capital .
But they all believe you are the property of the state , to do with as they please .
Click here to read the full story .
Boston , Massachusetts tickets drivers as much as $ 40 for an expired parking meter .
Boston collected over $ 61 million worth of fines in 2018 , the same year it began increasing parking fines .
Now some parking tickets run up to $ 120 .
But a new city councillor is concerned that some Boston residents may have to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and putting food on the table .
She has introduced rules that would scale the cost of a parking ticket based on the violator ’ s income .
So rich people will still face huge fines for tiny infractions – maybe even higher than they are currently .
But low-income folks will pay lower fines for parking illegally .
The proposal says , “ for some a $ 40 parking ticket is simply the cost to park illegally while for others it is a major financial setback.
” So , as usual , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ From each according to his means , ” to pay parking tickets , as Karl Marx would say .
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By Simon Black, Sovereign Man
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity.
Man fined almost $7 million for painting his own property
In 2002, the owner of some dilapidated warehouses in New York City decided to make use of the property.
He hired an artist to decorate the warehouses with graffiti, and curate graffiti art from others. Soon it became a bustling art hub, with artists renting out space to do their work.
But after eleven years, the owner decided to demolish the warehouses to make way for luxury apartments.
That’s when the artists sued to protect ‘their’ graffiti.
But the owner of the property went ahead and whitewashed the artwork while the lawsuit was ongoing.
After years of legal battles, the court sided with the artists and demanded the owner pay $6.75 million to the artists whose work he destroyed. And now on appeal, another court affirmed that decision.
Turns out, you don’t have the same property rights when it comes to art.
New York has a Visual Artists Rights Act. It doesn’t matter who owns the art, or the building it’s affixed to. Artists still maintain certain rights to their work, even if it is sold (or they never owned the canvass).
So in New York, you better be careful who you let decorate your property. It may become their property.
Click here to read the full story.
California politicians reinvent the dictionary again
California is at it again, editing language to alter reality.
First San Francisco changed “felon” to “justice involved person.”
Now California will refer to “at risk youth” instead as, “at promise youth.”
Legislation went into effect at the beginning of this year which changed the state’s legal term for children at risk of entering the criminal justice system.
The point is to change the negative connotation of the phrase “at risk”.
Uplifting, right? But these people always fail to understand that changing words doesn’t change reality.
Click here to read the full story.
Indonesian minister wants to manage who people should marry
An Indonesian government minister has suggested a unique way to solve inequality.
Rather than redistributing wealth, rich people simply need to start marrying poor people.
He said that when poor people marry other poor people, it just creates more poverty.
So he suggested issuing a fatwa (a legal opinion in Islamic law) mandating that the rich look for poor spouses, and poor look for rich spouses.
But his opinions aren’t that different than the Bolsheviks in the USA.
This minister simply wants to control people directly, instead of their capital.
But they all believe you are the property of the state, to do with as they please.
Click here to read the full story.
Progressive parking tickets could make rich pay more
Boston, Massachusetts tickets drivers as much as $40 for an expired parking meter.
Boston collected over $61 million worth of fines in 2018, the same year it began increasing parking fines. Now some parking tickets run up to $120.
But a new city councillor is concerned that some Boston residents may have to decide between paying a parking ticket, and putting food on the table.
She has introduced rules that would scale the cost of a parking ticket based on the violator’s income.
So rich people will still face huge fines for tiny infractions – maybe even higher than they are currently. But low-income folks will pay lower fines for parking illegally.
The proposal says, “for some a $40 parking ticket is simply the cost to park illegally while for others it is a major financial setback.”
So, as usual, the solution is to redistribute the wealth.
“From each according to his means,” to pay parking tickets, as Karl Marx would say.
Click here to read the full story.
Article source: The Daily Bell
Image: Pixabay
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activistpost--2020-02-28--Coronavirus and NSA Spying: Together at Last?

We were warned .
Fear is the foundation of governments .
And the effort to “ protect ” you from @ @ @ @ @ continuation of Section 215 of the Patriot Act .
Michael Boldin [ send him email @ @ @ @ @ the Tenth Amendment Center .
He was raised in Milwaukee , WI , and currently @ @ @ @ @ CA .
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By Michael Boldin
We were warned. Fear is the foundation of governments. And the effort to “protect” you from coronavirus will likely include a continuation of Section 215 of the Patriot Act.
Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: February 28, 2020
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activistpost--2020-02-28--FLASHBACK: Contagion – Film, Literature and the New World Order

FROM SEPTEMBER 2014 : This month on Film , Literature and the New World Order , Tim Kilkenny of RevelationsRadioNews @ @ @ @ @ 2011 propaganda film , Contagion .
We examine “ Participant Media , ” the media @ @ @ @ @ that produces “ social action campaigns ” for each of its 55 films and seeks @ @ @ @ @ five main target areas , including pandemic disease .
In this episode , James and @ @ @ @ @ and message of the film and point out how the film seeks to shape the @ @ @ @ @ Subscribe to Activist Post for truth , peace , and freedom news .
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FROM SEPTEMBER 2014: This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order, Tim Kilkenny of RevelationsRadioNews joins us to discuss the 2011 propaganda film, Contagion.
We examine “Participant Media,” the media venture of billionaire Jeff Skoll that produces “social action campaigns” for each of its 55 films and seeks to shape public debate in five main target areas, including pandemic disease.
In this episode, James and Tim dissect the propaganda techniques and message of the film and point out how the film seeks to shape the opinions of the audience.
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