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In this issue you’ll read everything from new staff writer Samuel Mao’s take on the recent Hollywood scandals to Jesse Oliver’s defense of capitalism. It’s the end of the year, and some of us needed to blow of some steam, so a few writers opted to try their hands at satire. Such articles have been noted as such. I wouldn’t want you thinking the Review was having an identity crisis.

Lux et Libertas,

Alec M. Dent

Editor-in-Chief

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1 CAROLINA REVIEW • WINTER 2017 CONTENTS

Anti-Fascists for Fascism: We Want YOU 3 Jesse Oliver

Hollywood: A Cesspool of Liberal Predation 5 Samuel Mao

The Conservative Provocateur 7 Alec Dent

Art at Its Best 9 Wyatt McNamara

Oppressonyms 10 Chris Antonello

College Students Can’t Learn if They Won’t Listen 11 Will Rierson

Why Capitalism 13 Jesse Oliver

Editor-in-Chief: Alec Dent / Layout and Copy Editor: Matthew McCullers / Associate Editors: Will Rierson, Jesse Oliver / Staff Writers: Chris Antonello, Hinton Carter, Jesse Brooks, Jonathon Beatty, Sami Snellings, Wyatt McNamara, Richard Wheeler, Samuel Mao / Editors Emeriti: Charlton Allen, founder; Nathan Byerly, Bill Heeden III, Scott Rubush, James Bailey, Steve Russell, Matt Rubush, Deb McCown, Adam Herring, Fitz E. Barringer, Brian Sopp, Taylor Stanford, Ashley Wall, Bryan Weynand, Nash Keune, Zach Dexter, Anthony Dent, Alex Macey, Chase McDonough, Kelsey Rupp, David Ortiz.

Special thanks to the Collegiate Network, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and the Carolina Liberty Foundation

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Anti-Fascists for Fascism: We Want YOU!

A satirical pitch for why you should join ANTIFA

JESSE OLIVER Sophomore Computer Science Lumberton, NC [email protected]

Fascism: a form of radical members and shut up debate, whereas we like to authoritarian nationalism, absolutely anyone who has use feelings and emotion. characterized by dictatorial a differing view or opinion This kind of makes it hard to power, forcible suppression through…. violence! That’s beat them during debates... of opposition and control of the secret to ANTIFA’s but we found another industry and commerce. success! Forget the old ways way! Our goal is to reach a of having an intelligent point where only a certain Are you a someone with discussion with your fellow group of people who meet absolutely nothing to do countrymen. That’s just our criteria are allowed to who’s mad that Trump is in some outdated Founding speak in public or debate. office? Do you need a place Fathers’ technique. Why It’s very much so like an to misdirect all your pent up actually have to learn authoritarian dictatorship, anger and aggression towards enough to defend your but we’re the good people so the Trump administration? position when you could it’s okay! Are you willing to do just forcibly silence your everything in your power to opposition through violence Still doubting the see to it that every citizen and shouting (lots and lots effectiveness of ANTIFA? who doesn’t agree with you of shouting). Now you may I was hoping you’d say

“Our goal is to reach a point where only a certain group of people who meet our criteria are allowed to speak in public or debate.” has no right to help decide be wondering why ANTIFA that so that we could the future of the country, operates in this way. Well, run through a couple of or even voice their opinion simply put, because all ANTIFA accomplishments. (totally not like a fascist by conservatives, Trump I’d first like to start off the way)? Well don’t throw a supporters, and everyone with how great ruining Milo temper tantrum just yet, you else who doesn’t think like Yiannopoulos speech went! still have a chance to join ANTIFA are inherently evil. We were actually able to ANTIFA! What exactly does ANTIFA must save you from get the speech canceled, but ANTIFA do? Well I’m glad having your minds infected not through normal means you asked! with conservative mumbo- of protest, because that jumbo like self-reliance and doesn’t get you anywhere! As a member of ANTIFA, fiscal responsibility! Those No, ANTIFA was able to you’ll be able to band pesky conservatives like to get the speech canceled by together with other mention facts when they violently protesting in the

3 CAROLINA REVIEW • WINTER 2017 streets. There’s no need to ANTIFA? If you don’t like in the past, which is basically go inside and put our minds it, use weapons and violence an extremely insensitive way to work by asking Milo to stop it! Many people think to do things since peoples questions or debating with this is somehow “terrorism” feeling aren’t taken into him when we can just cause and a petition was actually account. Without feelings so much property damage made on the White House and identity politics, it’s to several locally owned website to officially label impossible to get people to businesses that they’re ANTIFA as a terrorist understand what we believe,

“It’s very much so like an authoritarian dictatorship, but we’re the good people so it’s okay!”

forced to shut the speech organization. The petition which is why it’s absolutely down! Sure, some of those was signed by over 300,000 necessary to punch people in businesses were owned by people, only actually the face when they disagree minorities or members of needing 100,000 to get to with you! CR. the Left, but when they see its second phase, which is that our actions caused a when White House officials conservative to not be able have to actually consider to speak, I’m sure they’ll be the petition. However, this fine with paying hundreds is obviously ridiculous. of thousands in property Terroristsit make use of damage! unlawful violence and intimidation in order to gain My second favorite political power. ANTIFA is ANTIFA accomplishment obviously nothing like…. was on August 27th in okay well… maybe just a tad Berkeley when ANTIFA bit. was able to stop a peaceful march with just the threat But ANTIFA has to be this of violence. It had to be way! How else do we plan canceled because of safety to end hateful rhetoric and concerns, but we still beat speech? Talking obviously up a few Trump supporters. isn’t going to work since every This canceled protest had time we try to debate these been labeled as anti-Marxist, “hate speakers” they come and we did not want that back with logic, facts, and viewpoint expressed. What’s a plan based on evidence of our number one rule over at what has and hasn’t worked

FEATURED ARTICLE 4 Hollywood: A Cesspool of Liberal Sex Predation

The Left’s immoral “high ground”

SAMUEL MAO Political Science Junior Gill, MA [email protected]

In case you’ve been living Don’t let the Hollywood woman. Where was the under a rock over the past elite fool you again by outrage when young women month, Hollywood has claiming their ignorance were being violated by the recently been exposed as on the matter. The recently man she then called boss? a hotbed of sexual assault. revealed sexual predation in Is this inactive bystander Some of the biggest players Hollywood has been known someone you want to take in the game, including by members of the industry advice from as to who to vote Harvey Weinstein, Kevin and by the political elite for for? Spacey, Ben Affleck, and decades. Seth MacFarlane Roman Polanski have included a joke about Harvey Kevin Spacey claimed been accused of downright Weinstein forcibly meeting that he was drunk when perverted acts, ranging with woman in 2013, and he made sexual advances from seducing minors and also depicted a naked child toward a fourteen-year-old groping women all the way running away “from Kevin and grabbed the genitals to rape. A comprehensive Spacey’s basement” 12 years of an eighteen-year-old.

“Don’t let the Hollywood elite fool you again by claiming their ignorance on the matter.” list of accused sexual ago. Instead of helping He was drunk!? Is this not predators in Hollywood is the victims and exposing the exact same defense the available on Breitbart News, these perverts, MacFarlane Stanford swimmer Brock and at the time of writing decided to make jokes about Turner used last year? The includes 73 prominent stars these atrocious crimes. public (rightfully) called for in this deviant industry. The his head on a silver platter. focus of this article is not to Ashley Judd, who In this case, I don’t quite condemn these sex predators came forward regarding see the same outrage from for their despicable crimes— Weinstein’s constant request liberals. Instead, many even that has already been done for sexual favors, kept silent championed him as a hero by the mainstream media— about his harassment for because he came out as gay. but instead to point out the more than a decade. Keep in hypocrisy of these Hollywood mind, this is the same lady Why don’t I see any liberals regarding the wearing a pussyhat during feminists marching on treatment of woman and last year’s women’s march, Hollywood protesting victims. screeching about how much against sexual assault and Trump supporters hate harassment? Where are

5 CAROLINA REVIEW • WINTER 2017 the signs and pussyhats be too hard, just imagine if calling for these predators it were your kid or loved one to be locked up? I mean, who was a victim of these considering that one million perverts, and how you would of them showed up in feel if the entire industry protest over some private looked the other way. comments made by Trump to a colleague, you’d expect I say enough is enough. there to at least be some Hollywood liberals call public showing, right? conservatives backwards for wanting to own guns In comparison to locker while being protected by room talk, these are bodyguards with guns. scenarios where actual They lecture us on global

“This lack of activity on the part of liberals goes to show how they still don’t have their priorities straight, and that the women’s march is more of an anti-Trump march, rather than about accomplishing anything productive for women.” people are actually having warming/climate change, their bodies violated while driving their sexually, as the whole Lamborghinis and flying on industry basically turns a their private planes. These blind eye to their suffering. Hollywood elites want to This lack of activity on the instruct us on how to treat part of liberals goes to show women, while at the same how they still don’t have time doing and enabling the their priorities straight, and most horrendous of crimes that the women’s march against them. is more of an anti-Trump march, rather than about Remember this the next accomplishing anything time they tell you who you productive for women. should hate, and who you should vote for. CR. Maybe we conservatives can start a change this time around to actually benefit women and change the culture of the film industry. The most powerful vote we can cast is the vote of our money. I say we stop contributing to this despicable industry by not watching anything produced by Hollywood and not buying/renting any movies from them. By doing so, we can at least do our part in stopping some funding to these sexual deviants and their enablers, for the time being. If you think this may

FEATURED ARTICLE 6 The Conservative Provocateur

Be Socrates, not Milo

ALEC DENT Junior Journalism Lumberton, NC [email protected]

Well, another year at the when progressive students zones. A world in which University of North Carolina proved Ben Shapiro was everyone agrees with them. at Chapel Hill has begun. And close-minded by…walking What a dull world that would it’s the same old, same old at out so they didn’t have to be. An unfortunate side Carolina. More late nights hear his point of view? Not effect of their inane quest for in Davis, more letdowns sure what the logic was comfort is what it does to their in Kenan Stadium, and there, but anyway, mission opposition, we conservatives. more “progressive” student accomplished for them. When faced with the protests. This year the Unfortunately, that sort of openly hateful and divisive movement du jour has been logic—or lack thereof—is progressives, it’s tempting to getting taken pervasive amongst progressive respond by doing whatever down, most notably through college students. you can to “trigger” them. a campus wide boycott of And a lot of conservatives do school stores. Which, of Now, before I go any further just that. Milo Yiannopoulos course, provide scholarships I should say that there are a has taken this approach and, to low-income students and good number of conservatives to his credit, gets a lot of provide jobs to low-income and even some level-headed attention for it. It may be a workers. Fortunately, the liberals on campus. Not lot easier—and more fun— boycott only lasted a month, every, and maybe not even a to send the Social Justice not enough time to do any majority, of students belong Warriors scurrying to their damage. Such questionably to the club of craziness that is safe spaces than to attempt to effective tactics are hardly new the Far-Left. Unfortunately, reason with them, but long- additions to the UNC campus from the occasional protest term this strategy fails. You progressives’ repertoire. to routine lunacy in the don’t win any minds, you give Take, for example, when classroom, the normal voices a bad name to conservatism, students shut down Franklin are drowned out by louder and ultimately, though Street to protest House Bill 2, and more extreme ones. ideologically opposed, you despite the fact that nobody become like the SJWs as you there had anything to do with Progressive students choose hateful rhetoric over it. Heck, if anything store attempt to silence or vilify substance. And even if you owners in Chapel Hill were their opposition, creating a have something substantial probably against it too. And world in which they don’t to offer to the conversation, who could forget last year have to leave their comfort the divisiveness of your past

“You don’t win any minds, you give a bad name to conservatism, and ultimately, though ideologically opposed, you become like the SJWs as you choose hateful rhetoric over substance.”

7 CAROLINA REVIEW • WINTER 2017 “But Socrates’ method of provocation was vastly different from Milo’s. He engaged people in conversation. He talked them through the issues, listening to all points of view and bringing them to a logical conclusion.” words will distract from it. the abuse. Rather, we should education is ultimately about. show the fundamental flaws And you know what? Getting While civil discourse in modern liberalism in a proven wrong will annoy the isn’t strictly a conservative logical and polite manner. progressives even more than concept, more and more Socrates set a good example anything Milo and Co. could frequently over the years it’s for conservatives to follow. ever say or do. CR. fallen to us conservatives to He was the self-described defend it. If conservatives gadfly of Athens, biting and give up on the notion of civil annoying the city, provoking it discourse it will fall by the into action instead of allowing wayside and the behavior of it to fall into mediocrity. Donald Trump and SJWs will And he triggered the ancient become the norm. Athenians by questioning and ultimately disproving many The fact is, adopting the of their ideas. But Socrates’ battle plan of the alt-right method of provocation probably does more damage was vastly different from to the conservative cause Milo’s. He engaged people in than anything a liberal conversation. He talked them could hope to accomplish. through the issues, listening Especially now, with Trump to all points of view and giving the conservative bringing them to a logical movement a bad name every conclusion. In doing so he, time he opens his mouth. and his interlocutors, could George W. Bush on the other separate the correct view hand did an excellent job of from all the wrong ones. promoting conservativism. Agree or disagree with him, Bush’s “conservative with a conscience” is precisely Like Socrates was with what we as conservatives are Athens, we can be the gadfly, supposed to be. Not hateful, provoking so that Chapel not bigoted, not reactionary, Hill can be the best school but calm, proper, and caring. that it can be, a truly open We are supposed to stand for and diverse environment. civil discourse, for engaging We can point out the double in actual conversation instead standards of protestors, of entering a shouting match. the narrow mindedness of It is the only way to bring out professors, and the silliness ideological opposites into the of the administration. And fold. we can do so without name calling, microaggressions, Many disagree with or safe spaces. We can do so this approach, saying it is politely. When you engage in tantamount to allowing conversation and listen to all leftists roll over conservatives. sides you can make it clear However, being civil doesn’t which ideologies are wrong, mean we have to sit and take which is what a liberal arts

FEATURED ARTICLE 8 Art at Its Best A satirical guide to the Hanes Art Center

WYATT MCNAMARA Junior Communications New Durham, NH [email protected]

Looking for a place to started sometime last fall looking for.” Tripping over come and use the darkroom when upon entering class a life-size cardboard cutout in peace? Possibly catch in Hanes Art, one our of Karl Marx on the way out up on Edward Hopper and many, many notoriously the door, this professor then maybe even appreciate some conservative professors here carried the magnificent works student art? If the answer to at UNC must have greeted his of art into the corridor and this question is a resounding students and begun class with searched for a place to hang “yes”, come on down to Hanes the following: “Greetings, them on the crowded halls Art! this is LGBT Culture and of Hanes Art. Coming to a Heritage in Art 101 and I, your section populated by vintage Here, all of your efforts to Professor who always remains Michelangelo paintings and pursue any kind of a-political politically neutral and never a portrait of Frank Lloyd academic interests will be expresses his opinions in Wright, he looked at these entirely thwarted when upon class, would just like to state and thought to himself walking through the door you that I have an assignment for “These seem a little white- are accosted with a massive you. You’re all to go home male-normative don’t you liberal mural faster than you and paint something that think?” Striking them down can say “Vincent Van Gogh.” inspires you. Try to steer from the wall, his students’ Unless you’re legally blind away from anything political art was erected in its place (sorry if that was a little 20/20 and just give me something and thus was likely born the normative), you’ve probably that encapsulates you.” Upon iconic mural of Hanes. At already noticed this 10 foot saying this I suspect his least, this is the legend as I’ve x 10 foot masterpiece. To students went home, thought heard it told. be completely honest it’s long and hard about the stunning and at least rivals assignment, considered the However, I now regretfully some of Picasso’s early risks and relative benefits of inform you that in backlash etchings; I myself am even all their various options, and to this monument of thinking of co-opting a few finally decided on something freedom and bastion of equal pieces for use as apartment seminal, something truly representation in Hanes, UNC decoration simply due to how inspiring, and above all, has begrudgingly admitted much joy they bring to my something clearly with no that, to be fair, there must soul. I think “MAKE UNC political motive: “BERNIE also be a conservative mural A SANCTUARY CAMPUS” 2k16 OR BUST.” “ITS HATE erected somewhere on would fit nicely next to the NOT HERITAGE.” “GIRLS campus. Thus, beginning American flag in the living JUST WANT TO HAVE January 2018 the entire script room. Unless these are just FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS.” of “Capitalism the Unknown recycled old Antifa posters Upon receiving the projects Ideal” is being printed on the tacked up by the janitor back from his students, side of the economics building. merely out of pure boredom, I I assume this professor Also, every textbook has been think I might have some idea carefully looked them over, replaced quite well-worn of how these deeply thought- assessed them on technical copies of Atlas Shrugged. provoking art pieces arrived skill in the various strokes If you don’t believe me you in the building. and use of shading in the can check the verification of letters and finally after hours this under section 34b of the From what I can piece of deliberation, shrugged and student handbook. CR. together, it must have all said “Alas, exactly what I was

9 CAROLINA REVIEW • WINTER 2017 Opressonyms The satirical case for renaming everything

CHRIS ANTONELLO Senior Journalism Raleigh, NC [email protected]

Names are oppressive. Two Who was Dudley DeWitt living? Let’s call it something years ago, UNC renamed Carroll? Not only is he the a little more inclusive, like Saunders Hall because namesake for the home of The Building Where Men and of William L. Saunders’ the School of Media and Womyn Come If They Have a connection to the Ku Klux Journalism, but he also Pulse. Klan. That connection, shares a first name with Harry believe it or not, actually Potter’s cousin. I don’t want Are you getting the gist hindered students’ ability to be reminded of mean old of the proposed remedies to to learn inside the building. Dudley Dursley every time I these oppressive buildings? Renaming it something as enter Carroll Hall. Rename If UNC wants to truly be the dynamic as Carolina Hall it Chapel Hill Hall. It is in “University of the people,” really made it a different Chapel Hill, after all. then administration will building and helped erase Mr. get its act together and give Saunders from our collective The English department every last building a much memory. And this is only is housed in Greenlaw Hall, more generic name so that the beginning. I am calling named for Edwin Greenlaw, buildings stop oppressing our on the University to rename who was once seen spitting students. CR. every last building on campus out his gum in the woods. He because everyone for whom a more than likely contributed building is named has quite to the murder of a small the sketchy past. rabbit. To retroactively teach him a lesson, we should Let’s begin with Phillips rename his building Nature Hall. James, Charles and Hall. William Battle Phillips were known to patronizingly hold One of the biggest atrocities doors open for women, as if is Manning Hall. How dare women weren’t able to open they? What if a woman wants their own doors. What were to enter a hall with the name they suggesting? I say we “Man” in it? I guess they’ll rename it Gender Equality have to hope for class to be Hall to spite those chauvinists. held outdoors. It was named for a man (of course) named Hamilton Hall may have Isaac Hall Manning. I think been named for Roulhac we have two viable options Hamilton, but who else shared for new names. We can call it that surname? That’s right, Hall Hall for a little comedic Alexander Hamilton, who was relief, or we can call it Down friends with a slaveowner, With The Patriarchy Hall. George Washington. Hamilton also cheated on his What about Dey Hall? It’s wife. Rename it 1972 Hall to pronounced “die.” I’m not commemorate the fact that it sure the last time a deceased was constructed in 1972. person was in Dey Hall, so why are we honoring the dead there? What about the

FEATURED ARTICLE 10 College Students Can’t Learn if They Won’t Listen

The First Amendment emergency on the college campus

WILL RIERSON Senior Public Relations, Political Science Winston-Salem, NC [email protected]

The First Amendment is front row of his public lec- liberal students poured into in a state of emergency on ture, I videotaped a protest their empty seats to hear the college campus. Destruc- against free speech that is all Shapiro. tive protests in opposition to too typical on college cam- free speech have broken out puses today. I sent the video into Cam- nationwide in the last few pus Reform, a website dedi- years, threatening a right About a third of the cated to covering left wing and principle that students 400-person auditorium was intolerance in higher educa- once championed. composed of left wing stu- tion. Later that year, I in- dents dressed in black. These terned as a correspondent In fact, the First Amend- students staged a walk-out for the outlet and covered ment emergency is so severe about a minute into Shap- similar stories. that the Senate Judiciary iro’s opening remarks, refus- Committee held a hearing ing to heed his calls to learn Through the Shapiro walk- June 10 to receive input from a new yet controversial per- out and Campus Reform experts on the issue. spective. internship, the scope of the college free speech crisis A Pew poll released July 10 Shapiro made the argu- became clear to me. Many

“Many of the country’s brightest young minds cannot bear to hear opinions different from their own.” shows the majority of Repub- ment that parenting, not of the country’s brightest licans think colleges have a race, is the dominant fac- young minds cannot bear to negative impact on America. tor in setting up young hear opinions different from I value my college experi- people for success in life. their own, and they will go to ence, but I understand how He claimed the political left extreme lengths to shut out people can feel left out and uses race as a wedge issue, diverse thought. betrayed by academia. while the right attempts to judge people by the content This should alarm citizens I have witnessed it first- of their character. I tend to concerned about the state of hand. I helped host Ben agree. free speech in society, as pos- Shapiro, a conservative com- itive societal advancements mentator, at the University The protesters went out- are driven by constructive of North Carolina at Chapel side the lecture hall to hold a dialogue and criticism. Op- Hill through the College rally against perceived rac- position to free speech in the Republicans in the spring of ism and bigotry while dozens nation’s top academic en- 2016. While sitting on the of tolerant conservative and claves threatens to stall the

11 CAROLINA REVIEW • WINTER 2017 “College students should test their beliefs through exposure to new ideas.” progress of American pros- of violence and dissuading value to the college degree perity. letters from university ad- and help prepare America’s ministrators. future leaders for a diverse Speech codes, safe spaces, world. protests against minority In the 1960s, Berkeley opinions––often those held students protested when I wish that the protest- by conservatives––and at- administrators prevented ers at the Shapiro lecture tempts at keeping politically communist speakers from had stayed to hear what an incorrect speakers off cam- addressing the campus. Now intelligent stranger had to pus have made colleges some they shut out speakers whom say and engaged in debate. of the most intolerant places they deem deplorable. The Leaders from student gov- in America. original home of the college ernment, ethnic groups, and free speech movement of the social justice coalitions were In the fall of 2015, stu- 1960s became the epicenter among the crowd that re- dents at Yale University of the anti-free speech move- fused. hysterically confronted ment of today. Nicholas and Erika Christa- We need voices for toler- kis, two married professors College students should ance and free speech at all serving as residential direc- test their beliefs through ex- levels of the education and tors. The students were upset posure to new ideas and de- public policy communi- after Mrs. Christakis called bate. Learning from diverse ties. Opinion leaders should into question the illiberal perspectives can strengthen stand up and speak out for condemnation of culturally their intellectual growth. the rights of everyone to be appropriate Halloween cos- You can find another opin- heard. CR. tumes. ion repulsive, but still accept its right to be spoken. The professor eventu- ally resigned because her By welcoming all forms of students could not live and free speech on the college learn with someone who campus, students and admin- refused to cloak them in an trators may grow in empathy intellectual and emotional and knowledge. This will add bubble––leftist intolerance value to the college degree has claimed victims. and help prepare America’s future leaders for a diverse A protest at the University world. of California, Berkeley ap- proached the definition of I wish that the protest- a riot this spring. There, a ers at the Shapiro lecture black-clad mob effectively had stayed to hear what an shut down a speech sched- intelligent stranger had to uled by Milo Yiannopoulos, say and engaged in debate. an outlandish free speech Leaders from student gov- provocateur of the alt-right. ernment, ethnic groups, and social justice coalitions were The protest against Yi- among the crowd that re- annopoulos drew national fused. media attention, and sub- sequent speaking attempts We need voices for toler- made by other right wing trators may grow in empathy figures were met with threats and knowledge. This will add

FEATURED ARTICLE 12 Why Capitalism

And why not socialism

JESSE OLIVER Sophomore Computer Science Lumberton, NC [email protected]

Socialism in America is from a different angle or else it! Because everything is run reaching the height of its debates between socialists by the government, there is popularity with the recent and capitalists will never end. no competition. Why would a emergence of Bernie Sanders This is why the best way to restaurant care about serving and college snowflakes debate against socialism is better food when that extra everywhere. People can chalk by using common sense to effort does not result in extra up this surge of popularity to show how flat out immoral it pay? Every restaurant is run many things. I attribute this actually is to its citizens. by the same owners; the socialist surge in America government. The government to short memories and A socialist society is under socialism is going misinformation provided to supposed to make everyone to get the extra revenue the American people by the equal through the government from any sales increase, so media. I’m here to remind redistributing wealth. why would any restaurant you exactly why America Individuals don’t really own manager try to make better is a capitalist society, and anything, but instead all food or provide better service to show why socialism and people equally own all factors for their customers when it communism will always be of production. Your paycheck doesn’t benefit them? You worse for the consumers and comes from whatever money can take this logic and use it the workers.

“The fact remains that it’s immoral and evil to tell someone what they can and can’t do with their life. In this sense the government owns you in part.”

To start, it’s obvious the government decides to on everything the government socialism and communism let you keep based on how runs under a socialist society. have failed many times over many hours you’ve worked. Capitalism is different because the past century. Discussing In essence the government different owners of different this fact with American steals a large portion (50%+ businesses will compete to socialists however, always for middle class) of your attract more customers. They results in the same response; potential earnings in order will produce products that “Oh, that wasn’t real/correctly to control all facets of the consumers want, not those implemented socialism.” This economy. The government that the government thinks is why bringing up socialism’s runs the businesses, we should have. Did I mention past failures isn’t enough. corporations, restaurants, they also have to compete for You have to attack this issue schools, hospitals, you name lower production costs and

13 CAROLINA REVIEW • WINTER 2017 “This is why the best way to debate against socialism is by using common sense to show how flat out immoral it actually is to its citizens.” increased efficiency? This In this sense the government results in greater value for owns you in part. That’s not the customer. It’s a consumer freedom, that’s not liberty, dream while socialism is a and that’s certainly not the nightmare not only for the vision of the American dream consumer, but for the workers the Founding Fathers had in as well. mind when they wrote the Declaration of Independence. Being a worker in a The individual in America is socialist society means doing meant to be as free as possible what you’re supposed to do and socialism rips away some with no opportunity to own very important freedoms a business of your own. The individuals should have. ceiling is only about as high as you can jump and workers Socialism is a bleak, can hardly make a big dull, cruel world. Everyone is difference in their society. “equal” not in their sense of It’s impossible to come up opportunity, but more-so in with your own business idea the sense that every member and start something that may of cattle is equal. The benefit everyone. Only the government is there to take very few people at the top care of you and make you feel of the system can determine like you NEED it to live. The whether a new business gets socialist government isn’t started, and what those new there to keep its people safe, businesses are. This leaves it’s there to own its people. the consumer with a much People are nothing and lower quality product than government is everything. In in places like America where a capitalist society, people everybody has a chance to are equal in opportunity, and make their own business have greater control of their model and product. This own destiny, which is what makes life not only much real equality is. CR. better for the person who came up with the product or invention, but for his or her fellow citizens as well. This is why capitalist production will always outpace socialist production. Even if someone thinks putting all the means of production in the government’s hands is a good idea because of “fairness” or even if they think it’s more efficient (not true), the fact remains that it’s immoral and evil to tell someone what they can and can’t do with their life.

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