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{{USState
|name=California
|flag=California_State_Flag.gif
|motto=Eureka (I have found it)
|nick=The Golden State
|capital=Sacramento
|language=English
|governor=Jerry Brown
|gparty=Democrat
|senator1=Dianne Feinstein
|s1party=Democrat
|s1phone=(202) 224-3841
|s1email=http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.EmailMe Contact
|senator2=Kamala D. Harris
|s2party=Democrat
|s2phone=(202) 224-3553
|s2email=http://www.harris.senate.gov/content/contact-senator Contact
|population=35 million
|date=September 9, 1850 (31st)
}}
'''California''' is an illustration of the failure of [[liberal]] policies, as the State is virtually insolvent, has one of the worst educational systems in the world, and has lost many high-achievers to other states despite having a better climate. Known as the Golden State, it became the 31st state on September 9, 1850. It is located on the west coast of the [[United States]], by the [[Pacific Ocean]] and bordered by [[Oregon]], [[Nevada]] and [[Arizona]]. It is the largest state in population but will be surpassed by the more [[conservative]] [[Texas]] by 2050. Its governor is [[Jerry Brown]]. It has served as a poster child for [[liberalism]] and [[Hollywood values]] since the 1960s, especially [[Los Angeles]] and [[San Francisco]]. It is estimated that California is now losing an estimated 500,000 people statewide every year.<ref>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/california-330643-year-county.html</ref>

'''''[[Liberal]]s ran California into the ground.''''' In 2012, its [[leftist]] politicians proposed making its citizens pay an extra $9-billion in new taxes, with half of that going into [[government]] pensions.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/15/how-california-budget-blunders-led-to-my-divorce-from-golden-state/</ref>

In 2015, California faces a worsening water shortage after years of failed liberal policies toward the problem. Attempts at voluntary self-restraint in the use of water have been unsuccessful in its [[Leftist]] culture.

==Economy==
The economy has been badly battered by the [[Recession of 2008]], especially by the collapse of the state's [[housing bubble]]. Unemployment in August 2009 reached 12.2%, the highest since 1940. Home building this year is less than a quarter of what it was in 2005, and 500,000 of the state’s job losses have been in construction, finance, real estate and industries related to construction. The state budget is in crisis, because it relied heavily on personal income taxes. The financial collapse greatly reduced personal wealth of rich Californians, and job losses related to the housing bust combined to sharply reduce that source of revenue. After bitter debate in the legislature a budget was passed in July 2009. It closed a roughly $24 billion two-year gap with extensive cuts to social services, parks and education, which in turn reduced consumer spending among laid off and furloughed government workers.Also greatly damaging the economy is their very [[socialist]] nature, being a state in which welfare is easy to come by increasing mass numbers of homeless how live to drink and get high

==Another budget crisis==
An ugly budget crisis in 2009 was resolved after months of squabbling, with budget cuts, accounting gimmicks, and new taxes. The legislature in 2009 cut billions from education, healthcare and social services while temporarily hiking income, sales and vehicle taxes. The 2010 budget deficit is projected at $21 billion which must be closed somehow.

Suggested solutions include raising tobacco taxes; cutting pensions for retired public workers; repealing corporate tax breaks passed in 2008 and 2009; revising the tax rules for commercial and residential property; reducing the 2/3 legislative vote needed to pass a budget; and strengthening the firewall that protects local government and transportation money from being raided by the state. "There's a lot of people putting chess pieces on the board right now," said Jon Coupal, president of the anti-tax Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. "The question is which of those chess pieces will be moving."<ref>Shane Goldmacher, "California faces a projected deficit of $21 billion," [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-budget-deficit18-2009nov18,0,7647152.story ''LosAngeles Times'' Nov. 18, 2009]</ref>

==History==
see [[History of California]]

==Miscellaneous facts==
*California was the first state to remove [[school prayer]] from its [[public school]]s, legalize [[abortion]] in the later [[1960s]] (1967 for "therapeutic" reasons, "on-demand" in 1969) before the U.S. Supreme Court's ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' in 1973 and passed the U.S.' first [[no-fault]] [[divorce]] laws, signed by Governor [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1969.

*California surpassed France in 2000 to become the fifth largest economy in the world

*Los Angeles hosted the Summer [[Olympics]] in [[Olympics#1932 Los Angeles|1932]] and [[Olympics#1984 Los Angeles|1984]].

*The California [[Redwood]] was named the official state tree in 1937.<ref>http://www.learncalifornia.org/doc.asp?id=678</ref>

*The [[state flower]] is the [[Golden poppy]]

*San Bernardino County is the largest county by area in the United States; [[Los Angeles]] is the largest by population.<ref>http://www.50states.com/facts/calif.htm</ref>

*Since 2000, California has offered [[domestic partnership]]s, which are similar to [[same sex marriage]].<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/domestic-partnership-in-the-united-states Answers.com]</ref> Same-sex marriage was briefly legal in 2008, but this ended when Proposition 8, a voter referendum to define marriage as only being between a man and woman, passed.

==Politics==

From 2003-2011 California's governor was liberal Republican [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]. This is the same position that was once held by conservative icon [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1966-74. California is considered to be one of the [[blue state|"blue-est" states]], consistently voting for Democratic legislative and Presidential candidates since 1992, mixed in with numerous Republican governors. Los Angeles and San Francisco are the centers of liberalism, while San Diego and other cities outside these localities are much more conservative. Prior to 1992, California was consistently a [[red state]].

[[Richard Nixon]] is the only President to have been born in California, but he lived in New York when elected in 1968. [[Ronald Reagan]] was a resident when elected in 1980.

In the past, conservative areas of California included Orange and Ventura Counties, but Ventura County (Simi Valley) is heavily [[Democrat]] now like most of California. The [[Ronald Reagan]] Presidential Library is located in Ventura County. Orange County, however, is still heavily Republican.

==Business climate==
California scores poorly in state ratings of business climate. In a CNBC survey, it ranked 32nd overall but last in "cost of business" and 49th in "business friendliness." IT (Intel, Google, Hewlett Packard, Cisco, Apple, Yahoo!) and biotechnology remain strengths, but some traditional industries are struggling. High costs, as well as tax breaks from other states, have caused movie studios to shift production from California. In 1996, feature films involved 14,500 production days in Los Angeles County; in 2008, the total had fallen in half. Businessmen both in California and those who have moved out of the state have said that California has declared war on its own economy, with San Francisco taking particular delight in job-killing legislation.

==Budget Crises==
The state has had two severe budget crises in 2009, caused by high spending, a plunge in tax revenue (caused by the decline in income of the wealthy who pay most of the taxes), and a refusal of enough Republicans to provide the two-thirds majority in the legislature needed to raise taxes. Long term borrowing is not allowed—the state has to balance its budget annually, but many gimmicks are used.

With a $26 billion deficit in its $92 billion budget, the state ran out of money and issued IOU's (warrants) before the solution was reached: massive spending cuts. In February 2009, the Legislature raised the state sales tax, bringing the total—including local sales taxes—to about 9 cents or more. Top income tax rates, already among the highest in the country, were raised. So were motor vehicle registration fees. Spending cuts approved in February and July are deep. Together, the cuts equal almost 30% of the general revenue fund and will affect schools, prisons, colleges and welfare. Some welfare benefits will be cut by half. California's student-teacher ratio, now about a third above the national average, will probably go even higher. The high prestige University of California system lost 20% of its state payments. It is raising tuition and student fees by 9.3%, imposing salary reductions of 4% to 10% on more than 100,000 workers, and postponing faculty hires until a better day.

Republicans claimed victory in the end, as they achieved large budget cuts and no new taxes.

==Elected officials==
===Federal===
*Sen. [[Kamala D. Harris]] [D, CA]
*Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] [D, CA]
*Rep. [[Doug LaMalfa]] [R, CA-1]
*Rep. [[Jared Huffman]] [D, CA-2]
*Rep. [[John Garamendi]] [D, CA-3]
*Rep. [[Tom McClintock]] [R, CA-4]
*Rep. [[Mike Thompson]] [D, CA-5]
*Rep. [[Doris O. Matsui]] [D, CA-6]
*Rep. [[Ami Bera]] [D, CA-7]
*Rep. [[Paul Cook]] [R, CA-8]
*Rep. [[Jerry McNerney]] [D, CA-9]
*Rep. [[Jeff Denham]] [R, CA-10]
*Rep. [[Mark DeSaulnier]] [D, CA-11]
*Rep. [[Nancy Pelosi]] [D, CA-12]
*Rep. [[Barbara Lee]] [D, CA-13]
*Rep. [[Jackie Speier]] [D, CA-14]
*Rep. [[Eric Swalell]] [D, CA-15]
*Rep. [[Jim Costa]] [D, CA-16]
*Rep. [[Ro Khanna]] [D, CA-17]
*Rep. [[Anna G. Eshoo]] [D, CA-18]
*Rep. [[Zoe Lofgren]] [D, CA-19]
*Rep. [[Jimmy Panetta]] [D, CA-20]
*Rep. [[David Valadao]] [R, CA-21]
*Rep. [[Devin Nunes]] [R, CA-22]
*Rep. [[Kevin McCarthy]] [R, CA-23]
*Rep. [[Salud Carbajal]] [D, CA-24]
*Rep. [[Steve Knight]] [R, CA-25]
*Rep. [[Julia Brownley]] [D, CA-26]
*Rep. [[Judy Chu]] [D, CA-27]
*Rep. [[Adam Schiff]] [D, CA-28]
*Rep. [[Tony Cárdenas]] [D, CA-29]
*Rep. [[Brad Sherman]] [D, CA-30]
*Rep. [[Pete Aguilar]] [D, CA-31]
*Rep. [[Grace Napolitano]] [D, CA-32]
*Rep. [[Ted Lieu]] [D, CA-33]
*Rep. [[Lucille Roybal-Allard]] [D, CA-34]
*Rep. [[Xavier Bercerra]] [D, CA-35] (vacancy)
*Rep. [[Norma Torres]] [D, CA-36]
*Rep. [[Raul Ruiz]] [D, CA-37]
*Rep. [[Karen Bass]] [D, CA-38]
*Rep. [[Linda Sánchez]] [D, CA-39]
*Rep. [[Lucille Roybal-Allard]] [D, CA-40]
*Rep. [[Mark Takano]] [D, CA-41]
*Rep. [[Ken Calvert]] [R, CA-42]
*Rep. [[Maxine Waters]] [D, CA-43]
*Rep. [[Nanette Barragán]] [D, CA-44]
*Rep. [[Mimi Walters]] [R, CA-45]
*Rep. [[J. Luis Correa]] [D, CA-46]
*Rep. [[Alan Lowenthall]] [D, CA-47]
*Rep. [[Dana Rohrabacher]] [R, CA-48]
*Rep. [[Darrell Issa]] [R, CA-49]
*Rep. [[Duncan D. Hunter]] [R, CA-50]
*Rep. [[Juan Vargas]] [D, CA-51]
*Rep. [[Scott Peters]] [D, CA-52]
*Rep. [[Susan Davis]] [D, CA-53]

===Statewide===
* [[Governor of California|Governor]] [[Jerry Brown]] (D)
* Lieutenant Governor [[Gavin Newsom]] (D)
* Secretary of State [[Debra Bowen]] (D)
* Attorney General [[Steve Cooley]] (R)
* State Treasurer [[Bill Lockyer]] (D)
* State Controller [[John Chiang]] (D)

==Energy==
[[File:CA-oil.jpg|thumb|375px|right]][[File:Oil-symbol.jpg|thumb|300px|right]] California is rich in conventional and renewable energy resources. It has large crude oil and substantial natural gas deposits in six geological basins, located in the Central Valley and along the Pacific coast. Most of those reserves are concentrated in the southern San Joaquin Basin. More than a dozen of the Nation’s 100 largest oil fields are located in California, including the Belridge South oil field, the second largest oil field in the contiguous United States. In addition, Federal assessments indicate that large undiscovered deposits of recoverable oil and gas lie offshore in the federally administered Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), although Federal law currently prohibits oil and gas leasing in that area. California’s renewable energy potential is extensive. The State’s hydroelectric power potential ranks second in the Nation (behind Washington State), and substantial geothermal and wind power resources are found along the coastal mountain ranges and the eastern border with Nevada. High solar energy potential is found in southeastern California’s sunny deserts.<ref>See [http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/state_energy_profiles.cfm?sid=CA Energy Information Administration, State Report 2009]</ref>

California is the most populous state in the nation and its total energy demand is second only to Texas. Although California is a leader in the energy-intensive chemical, forest products, glass, and petroleum industries, the State has one of the lowest per capita energy consumption rates in the country. The California government’s energy-efficiency programs have contributed to low per capita energy consumption. Driven by high demand from California’s many motorists, major airports, and military bases, the transportation sector is the State’s largest energy-consumer. More motor vehicles are registered in California than any other State, and worker commute times are among the longest in the country.

===Petroleum===
California is one of the top producers of crude oil in the [[United States]], with output accounting for more than one-tenth of total U.S. production. Drilling operations are concentrated primarily in Kern County and the Los Angeles basin, although substantial production also takes place offshore in both State and Federal waters. Concerns regarding the cumulative impacts of offshore oil and gas development, combined with a number of major marine oil spills throughout the world in recent years, have led to a permanent moratorium on offshore oil and gas leasing in California waters and a deferral of leasing in Federal waters. However, development on existing State and Federal leases is not affected and may still occur within offshore areas leased prior to the effective date of the moratorium.

A network of crude oil pipelines connects production areas to refining centers in the Los Angeles area, the San Francisco Bay area, and the Central Valley. California refiners also process large volumes of Alaskan and foreign crude oil received at ports in Los Angeles, Long Beach, and the Bay Area. Crude oil production in California and Alaska is in decline and California refineries have become increasingly dependent on foreign imports. Led by Saudi Arabia and Ecuador, foreign suppliers now provide more than two-fifths of the crude oil refined in California; however, California’s dependence on foreign oil remains less than the national average.

California ranks third in the United States in petroleum refining capacity and accounts for more than one-tenth of total U.S. capacity. California’s largest refineries are highly sophisticated; they are capable of processing a wide variety of crude oil types and are designed to yield a high percentage of light products like motor gasoline. To meet strict Federal and State environmental regulations, California refineries are configured to produce cleaner fuels, including reformulated motor gasoline and low-sulfur diesel.

Most California motorists are required to use a special motor gasoline blend called California Clean Burning Gasoline (CA CBG). In the ozone non-attainment areas of Imperial County and the Los Angeles metropolitan area, motorists are required to use California Oxygenated Clean Burning Gasoline, and the Los Angeles area is also required to use oxygenated motor gasoline during the winter months. By 2004, California completed a transition from methyl tertiary butyl-ether (MTBE) to ethanol as a gasoline oxygenate additive, making California the largest ethanol fuel market in the United States. There are four ethanol production plants in central and southern California, but most of California’s ethanol supply is transported by rail from corn-based producers in the Midwest. Some supply is also imported from abroad.

Due to the relative isolation and specific requirements of the California fuel market, California motorists are particularly vulnerable to short-term spikes in the price of motor gasoline. No pipelines connect California to other major U.S. refining centers, and California refineries often operate at near maximum capacity due to high demand for petroleum products. When an unplanned refinery outage occurs, replacement supplies must be brought in via marine tanker. Locating and transporting this replacement gasoline (which must conform to the State’s strict fuel requirements) can take from two to six weeks.

===Natural Gas===
California natural gas production typically accounts for less than 2 percent of total annual U.S. production and satisfies less than one-fifth of State demand. Production takes place in basins located in northern and southern California, as well as offshore in the Pacific Ocean. California receives most of its natural gas by pipeline from production regions in the Rocky Mountains, the Southwest, and western Canada. As with crude oil production, California natural gas production is in decline. However, State supply has remained relatively stable due to increasing amounts of natural gas shipped from the Rocky Mountains. California markets are served by two key natural gas trading centers—the Golden Gate Center in northern California and the California Energy Hub in southern California—and the State has nearly a dozen natural gas storage facilities that help stabilize supply. In part to help meet California’s demand for natural gas, several companies have proposed building liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals in southern California.

===Coal, Electricity, and Renewables===
Natural gas-fired power plants typically account for more than one-half of State electricity generation. California is one of the largest hydroelectric power producers in the United States, and with adequate rainfall, hydroelectric power typically accounts for close to one-fifth of State electricity generation. California’s two nuclear power plants account for almost one-fifth of total generation. Due to strict emission laws, only a few small coal-fired power plants operate in California.

California leads the nation in electricity generation from nonhydroelectric renewable energy sources. California generates electricity using wind, geothermal, solar, fuel wood, and municipal solid waste/landfill gas resources. A facility known as “The Geysers,” located in the Mayacamas Mountains north of San Francisco, is the largest complex of geothermal power plants in the world, with more than 750 megawatts of installed capacity. California has numerous wind farms in five major wind resource areas, and several new projects are currently under construction. The world’s largest solar power facility operates in California’s Mojave Desert. Two southern California utilities are planning to build new solar farms, a 500-megawatt facility in the Mojave Desert and a 300-megawatt plant in the Imperial Valley. These proposed plants would dwarf existing U.S. solar generation capacity. To further boost renewable energy use, California’s Energy Action Plan includes incentives that encourage Californians to install solar power systems on their rooftops.
===Imports===
Due to high electricity demand, California imports more electricity than any other State. States in the Pacific Northwest deliver power to California markets primarily from hydroelectric sources, while States in the Desert Southwest deliver power primarily from coal- and natural gas-fired sources. Hydroelectric power comes to California primarily through the Western USA interconnection, which runs from northern Oregon to southern California. The system, also known as the Pacific Intertie, is the largest single electricity transmission program in the United States. Although the Pacific Intertie was originally designed to transmit electricity south during California’s peak summer demand season, flow is sometimes reversed overnight and has occasionally been reversed during periods of reduced hydroelectric generation in the Northwest. California restricts the use of coal-fired generation within its boundaries; however, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) operates the coal-fired Intermountain power plant in Utah, which delivers three-fourths of its output to LADWP and other California municipal utilities. A recent California law forbids utilities from entering into long-term contracts with conventional coal-fired power producers. Intermountain’s existing contracts with southern California cities are set to expire in 2027.
===Energy crisis===
In 2000 and 2001, California suffered an energy crisis characterized by electricity price instability and four major blackouts and caused by a supply and demand imbalance. Multiple factors contributed to this imbalance, including: a heavy dependence on out-of-State electricity providers, drought conditions in the northwest that reduced hydroelectric power generation, a rupture on a major natural gas pipeline supplying California power plants, strong economic growth leading to increased electricity demand in western States, an increase in unplanned power plant outages, and unusually high temperatures that increased electricity demand for air-conditioning and other cooling uses. Following the energy crisis, the California State government created an Energy Action Plan designed to eliminate outages and excessive price spikes. To achieve these goals, the plan calls for optimizing energy conservation, building sufficient new generation facilities, upgrading and expanding the electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure, and ensuring that generation facilities can quickly come online when needed.

==Spectator Sports==

California has more professional sports teams than any other state.

*[[NBA]] - [[Los Angeles Lakers]], [[Los Angeles Clippers]], [[Golden State Warriors]], [[Sacramento Kings]]
*[[NHL]] - [[Anaheim Ducks]], [[Los Angeles Kings]], [[San Jose Sharks]]
*[[NFL]] - [[Oakland Raiders]], [[San Francisco 49ers]], and [[San Diego Chargers]]
*[[Baseball]] - [[Los Angeles Angels]] of Anaheim, [[San Diego Padres]], [[Oakland Athletics]], [[San Francisco Giants]], [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]

In college sports, [[UCLA]] and [[USC]] have recently had great success, in [[basketball]] and [[football]] respectively.

==Education==

The state of California has three tiers of public higher education: the California community colleges, the [[California State University]] (CSU) system, and the [[University of California]] (UC) system. Here are some notable universities from California.
*[[California Institute of Technology]]
*[[Stanford University]]
*[[University of California, Berkeley]]
*[[University of California, Los Angeles]]
*[[University of California, San Francisco]], primarily a medical school
*[[University of Southern California]]

==Places of Interest==
[[Image:California’s Peaks.jpg|right|300px]]
*[[Alcatraz Island]]
*[[Disneyland]]
*[[Golden Gate Bridge]]
*[[Monterey Bay Aquarium]]
*[[Redwood Forest]]
*[[Yosemite]]
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==Major Cities==
*[[Los Angeles]]
*[[Oakland]]
*[[San Diego]]
*[[San Francisco]]
*[[San Jose]]

==See also==
* [[Jefferson State]]
* [[Strategic relocation]] - [[vote with your feet]] [[Free States Movement]]
* [[Left Coast]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.ca.gov Official Website]
* [http://www.ocregister.com/articles/california-330643-year-county.html]

==References==
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Michigan

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{{USState
|name=Michigan
|flag=Michigan_State_Flag.gif
|motto=''Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice'' (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you)
|nick=The Great Lakes State
|capital=Lansing
|language=None
|governor=Rick Snyder
|gparty=Republican
|senator1=Gary C. Peters
|s1party=Democrat
|s1phone=(202) 224-6221
|s1email=http://www.peters.senate.gov/contact/email-gary Contact
|senator2=Debbie Stabenow
|s2party=Democrat
|s2phone=(202) 224-4822
|s2email=http://stabenow.senate.gov/email.cfm Contact
|population=
|date=January 26, 1837 (26th)
}}
[[Image:Michigan ref 2001.jpg|300 px|thumb|right|Michigan]]
'''Michigan''' was the twenty-sixth state to enter into the union, on Jan. 26, 1837. It is known for its interesting geographical location, bordering four of the five [[Great Lakes]] (it does not border Lake Ontario). It also comprises two parts, the Upper Peninsula (known as the U.P.) and the Lower Peninsula (which is by far the larger of the two). The two are separated by water. Its capital is [[Lansing]], and its largest city is [[Detroit]].

While it was a territory, Michigan's militia fought the [[Toledo War]] with Ohio's militia. The border dispute was settled as a condition of Michigan becoming a state.

==Elected Officials==

===Federal===
*Sen. [[Gary Peters]] (D)
*Sen. [[Debbie Stabenow]] (D)
*Rep. [[Jack Bergman]] [R, MI-01]
*Rep. [[Bill Huizenga]] [R, MI-02]
*Rep. [[Justin Amash]] [R, MI-03]
*Rep. [[John Moolenaar]] [R, MI-04]
*Rep. [[Dale Kildee]] [D, MI-05]
*Rep. [[Fred Upton]] [R, MI-06]
*Rep. [[Tim Walberg]] [R, MI-07]
*Rep. [[Mike Bishop]] [R, MI-08]
*Rep. [[Sander Levin]] [D, MI-09]
*Rep. [[Paul Mitchell]] [R, MI-10]
*Rep. [[Dave Trott]] [R, MI-11]
*Rep. [[Debbie Dingell]] [D, MI-12]
*Rep. [[John Conyers Jr.]] [D, MI-13]
*Rep. [[Brenda Lawrence]] [D, MI-14]

===Statewide===
*Governor [[Rick Snyder]] (R)
*Lt. Governor [[Brian Calley]] (R)
*Attorney General [[Bill Schuette]] (R)
*Secretary of State [[Ruth Johnson]] (R)

==Notable people from Michigan==
*Neurosurgeon and 2016 Republican Primary candidate [[Ben Carson]] is from Detroit
*Singer Alice Cooper
*Inventor [[Thomas Edison]] lived in Port Huron.
*President [[Gerald Ford]] grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and represented the state in the [[House of Representatives]] before replacing [[Spiro Agnew]] as Vice President.
*Automaker [[Henry Ford]] was born in what is now Dearborn.
*Aviator [[Charles Lindbergh]] was born in Detroit.
* Singer [[Ted Nugent]]
* Singer [[Kid Rock]]
* Politician [[Mitt Romney]]
* Actor [[Tom Selleck]]
*Pro-life activist and Domino's Pizza Founder [[Tom Monaghan]] was born in Ann Arbor.
*Civil rights pioneer [[Rosa Parks]] lived in Detroit for some of her life.
*[[Bob Seger]]
* Historian [[Bruce Catton]]
* Comedian [[Danny Thomas]]
*General [[George Custer]]
*Liberal filmmaker [[Michael Moore]] was born in Flint.
*Ex-[[Metallica]] bassist Jason Newsted

==Sports==

Michigan is home to the [[NBA]]'s Detroit Pistons, the [[NFL]]'s Detroit Lions, the [[NHL]]'s [[Detroit Red Wings]], and [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Detroit Tigers]].

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter grew up and attended high school in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

[[File:Livingston County Courthouse.jpg|thumb|320px|left|Livingston County Courthouse, Howell, Michigan.]]

==See also==
*[[1821 Treaty of Chicago]]

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Ontario

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'''Ontario''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] province, the second largest province by size, and the largest by population. Ontario rests between [[Manitoba]] and [[Quebec|Québec]]. It is bordered by the American states of [[Michigan]], [[New York]], [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Minnesota]], in all cases a river or waterway is the border. It also borders on [[Nunavut]] to the north (via Hudson's Bay). It contains the southernmost point in Canada, Middle Island, which is further south than some points of [[California]]. The vast north of Ontario has many mineral deposits and large forests.

Throughout the twentieth century Ontario had the highest GDP in Canada and was the center of Canada's manufacturing industry. Its wealth has now been surpassed by [[Alberta]], and the heavy manufacturing base has been weakened by the decline of the [[automobile]] industry and competition from East Asia.

[[Toronto]] is the capital of Ontario, and is the largest city in Canada. [[Ottawa]], the capital of Canada, is located on the Ontario-Quebec border. The province's population is 13,983,000 in 2016 accounting for 38.5% of the national population.<ref>http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/demo02a-eng.htm| Statistics Canada Population by Year</ref>
Ontario's current Premier is Kathleen Wynne, of the Liberal Party.
==Further reading==
* [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ ''The Dictionary of Canadian Biography''] (1966-2006), thousands of scholarly biographies of notables who died by 1930
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCESubjects&Params=A1 ''Canadian Encyclopedia'' (2008)] reliable detailed encyclopedia, on-line free
* Baskerville, Peter A. ''Sites of Power: A Concise History of Ontario.'' Oxford U. Press., 2005. 296 pp. (first edition was ''Ontario: Image, Identity and Power,'' 2002). [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=112191064889930 online review]
* Craig, Gerald. ''Upper Canada. The Formative Years 1784-1841'' (1968), the standard scholarly history of Ontario before 1841
* Hall, Roger; Westfall, William; and MacDowell, Laurel Sefton, eds. ''Patterns of the Past: Interpreting Ontario's History.'' Dundurn Press, 1988. 406 pp.
* Halpern, Monda. ''And on that Farm He Had a Wife: Ontario Farm Women and Feminism, 1900-1970.'' (2001). 234 pp.
* Johnson, J. K. and Wilson, Bruce G., eds. ''Historical Essays on Upper Canada: New Perspectives.'' (1975). . 604 pp.
* Kilbourn, William.; ''The Firebrand: William Lyon Mackenzie and the Rebellion in Upper Canada'' (1956) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=99227317 online edition]
* Landon, Fred, and J.E. Middleton. ''Province of Ontario: A History'' (1937) 4 vol. with 2 vol of biographies
* Mays, John Bentley. ''Arrivals: Stories from the History of Ontario.'' (2002). 418 pp.
* Montigny, Edgar-Andre, and Lori Chambers, eds. ''Ontario since Confederation: A Reader'' (2000).
* Moss, Mark. ''Manliness and Militarism: Educating Young Boys in Ontario for War.'' (2001). 216 pp.
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Socialism

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[[Image:Hitler.jpg|thumb|250px|right|One of the most well known political parties of the 20th century which was socialistic was the [[Nazi Party]] (NSDAP) headed by the [[fascist]], [[evolution|evolutionary racist]] [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref name="mises">http://mises.org/daily/1937</ref><ref name="darNaz">http://creation.com/darwinism-and-the-nazi-race-holocaust</ref><ref name="hott">http://www.hourofthetime.com/socialist.htm</ref> ]]
'''Socialism''' has its roots in visions of imaginary ideal societies, from thinkers who drew up elaborated designs and concepts for creating what they considered a more equal society, along collectivist lines or abolished private property; the primarily ideas came from British and French thinkers like [[Henri de Saint-Simon|Saint-Simon]], [[Charles Fourier]], Louis Blanc, and [[Robert Owen]] preceded by [[Thomas More]], Tommaso Campanella, and Jean Meslier.

One of the [[Atheism|atheist]] [[Karl Marx]]'s titles is the father of socialism. Currently it is considered a [[leftist]] [[economics|economic]] system which advocates state ownership or direct control of the major means of production and distribution of goods and services.<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialism Meriam-Webster]</ref>

Socialism is the economic system imposed by [[Communism]], but another one of the most well known political parties of the 20th century that was socialistic was the [[Nazi Party|National Socialist German Workers' Party]] (Nazi Party), headed by the [[fascist]], but anti-communist<ref>http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/adolf_hitler.htm</ref> [[Adolf Hitler]]. Often socialism is a matter of degree and numerous economies in the world are very socialistic such as [[Europe]]an countries (many of which are facing financial difficulties due to over taxation and excessive spending).<ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/05/european_socialism_is_bleeding.html</ref>
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[[Image:Ur8756.jpg|right|thumb|[[Ludwig von Mises]] ]]
The [[Ludwig von Mises Institute]] declares:
{{cquote|The identification of [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] as a socialist state was one of the many great contributions of [[Ludwig von Mises]]...

The basis of the claim that Nazi Germany was capitalist was the fact that most industries in Nazi Germany appeared to be left in private hands.

What Mises identified was that private ownership of the means of production existed in name only under the Nazis and that the actual substance of ownership of the means of production resided in the German government. For it was the German government and not the nominal private owners that exercised all of the substantive powers of ownership: it, not the nominal private owners, decided what was to be produced, in what quantity, by what methods, and to whom it was to be distributed, as well as what prices would be charged and what wages would be paid, and what dividends or other income the nominal private owners would be permitted to receive. The position of the alleged private owners, Mises showed, was reduced essentially to that of government pensioners.

De facto government ownership of the means of production, as Mises termed it, was logically implied by such fundamental collectivist principles embraced by the Nazis as that the common good comes before the private good and the individual exists as a means to the ends of the State. If the individual is a means to the ends of the State, so too, of course, is his property. Just as he is owned by the State, his property is also owned by the State.}}

Because many businesses still are privately owned, ipso facto, the [[United States]] is not a socialistic government. "That definition is confuted by the earliest theoretical writings on socialism. In France, Henri de Saint-Simon, in the first decades of the 1800s, and his pupil and colleague [[Auguste Comte]], in the 1820s and 30s, along with [[Robert Owen]] contemporaneously in England, ''stated that the essential feature of what Owen called socialism is government regulation of the means of production and distribution."'' <ref>[http://www.thomasbrewton.com/index.php/weblog/once_again_what_is_socialism/ Thomas E. Brewton; Once Again: What Is Socialism?]</ref>
When the government controls the volume of money and its economic applications, it has the economy in a stranglehold. When government controls education so that nothing other than secular socialism may be taught, as Saint-Simon advocated, it controls the future destiny of a nation.

== Barack Obama and his socialistic and "fascist light" policies ==
[[File:Shepard-Fairey-imgs.JPG|right|thumb|250px|[[Shepard Fairey]], designer of the official Obama hope and change logo, is more known for his anti-American and pro-communist themes. Here a [[Mao Zedong|Maoist]] revolutionary is depicted.<ref>http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-ContextMenu&rlz=1I7ACAW_en___US352&tbs=isch:1&q=Shepard+Fairey&sa=N&start=40&ndsp=20</ref> ]]

In April 2010, [[American]] political consultant [[Dick Morris]] wrote:
{{cquote|When [[Obama]] took office, federal, state and local spending accounted for 30 percent of [[gross domestic product]]. Now it is up to 35 percent, and when health care is fully implemented, it will rise to above 40 percent. But taxes are still below 30 percent. The difference is the deficit, now grown to 10 percent of our GDP.

If our government is to continue spending 40 percent of our GDP, we will morph into the European model of a socialist democracy. But if we can roll the spending back to 30 percent, while holding taxes level, we will retain our free market system.<ref>http://townhall.com/columnists/DickMorrisandEileenMcGann/2010/04/24/the_silent_killer_obamas_vat_proposal</ref>}}

[[Anita Dunn]], the political strategist and former White House Communications Director, admitted that one of favorite political philosophers, one that she “turns to the most”, is [[Mao Zedong]], the [[communism|communist]] dictator responsible for the starvation, torture, and killing of 70 million Chinese.<ref>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/10/16/anita-dunn-favorite-philosopher-mao-tse-tung/</ref>
Critics of the Obama administration have coined the word "[[Obamunism]]" to describe Barack Obama's socialistic and "[[fascism]] light" [[economic planning]] policies ([[Benito Mussolini]] defined fascism as the wedding of state and corporate powers. Accordingly, trend forecaster [[Gerald Celente]] labels [[Obama administration corporate bailouts|Obama's corporate bailouts]] as being "fascism light" in nature).<ref>http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/daily-intel/2009/07/20/obamunism-inc</ref><ref>http://www.smallbusinessadvocate.com/small-business-interviews/gerald-celente-6944</ref> Obamunism can also allude to Obama's [[Obama administration fiscal policy|ruinous fiscal policies]] and [[Obama administration monetary policy|reckless monetary policies]].<ref>http://seekingalpha.com/article/120883-monetary-policynot-obama-s-stimulusis-what-needs-watching</ref><ref>http://www.nypost.com/seven/05172009/postopinion/editorials/bams_wise_words_169731.htm</ref><ref>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures/</ref>
=== Larry Summers and Leftist Economics ===

[[Larry Summers]] currently is the Director of the White House's National Economic Council (NEC) for President Barack Obama. George Gerald Reisman, Professor Emeritus of Economics at [[Pepperdine University]] and author of ''Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics'', wrote that Summers' socialistic ideas on redistributing wealth demonstrate that [[Larry Summers]] is a "lightweight leftist" who "fails to understand the nature of the most essential feature of capitalism, namely, private ownership of the means of production and the indispensable role it plays in the standard of living of the average person."<ref name="misesblog">http://blog.mises.org/archives/009031.asp</ref> Reisman also wrote that Summers is a shallow and ignorant man whose knowledge of economics is minimal and whose evil views qualify him to be the economic advisor to [[Hugo Chavez]] of [[Venezuela]] or [[Robert Mugabe]] of [[Zimbabwe]], but do not qualify him to be an economic advisor to the President of the United States.<ref name="misesblog" />

=== Obama administration and land ownership ===
In August 2010, [[Hot Air]] declared:
{{cquote|The federal government, as the memo boasted, is the nation’s “largest land manager.” It already owns roughly [http://bigthink.com/ideas/21343 one of every three acres] in the United States. This is apparently not enough. At a “listening session” in New Hampshire last week, government bureaucrats trained their sights on millions of [http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9HGKEAG0.htm private forest land] throughout the [[New England]] region. Agriculture Secretary [[Tom Vilsack]] crusaded for “the need for additional attention to the Land and Water Conservation Fund — and the need to promptly support full funding of that fund.”

Property owners have every reason to be worried. The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) is a pet project of green radicals, who want the decades-old government slush fund for buying up private lands to be freed from congressional appropriations oversight. It’s paid for primarily with receipts from the government’s offshore oil and gas leases. Both Senate and House Democrats have included $900 million in full LWCF funding, not subject to congressional approval, in their energy/BP oil spill legislative packages.<ref>http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/14/great-outdoors-initiative-a-federal-land-grab/</ref>}}

== Influence of Russia on socialism ==
Not until the birth of the [[Soviet Union]] after the [[Communist Revolution]] did the idea become generally accepted that socialism meant government seizing ownership of the economy. Experience in 19th and 20th century [[France]], [[England]], and [[Germany]], however, made it clear that regulatory control by government bureaucrats is sufficient to implement socialism.<ref>[http://www.thomasbrewton.com/index.php/weblog/once_again_what_is_socialism/ What is Socialism?]</ref>

In Communism (the primary variant of socialism) the central goal is to establish a "worker's paradise"-an ideal state with perfect equality.

In practice the socialist government owns the banks, railroads, farmlands, factories, and stores, and is the only employer, or at least controls the regulation of production and distribution. The central goal is to destroy the "evils of capitalism" by government ownership or control of the means of production, usually with one party controlling the government on behalf of the working class.

The socialist system never manages to establish this "paradise" because management for the benefit of the employees leads to featherbedding and lack of investment or economic growth, at the expense of consumers. Collective farming (operating farms like factories) sharply reduced the food supply. The most thoroughgoing efforts by Communist regimes turned into authoritarian dictatorships. The government controls all investments, production, distribution, income, and prices, as well as all organizations, schools, news media and formerly private societies. Churches and labor unions are suppressed or controlled by the government. Socialism is the antithesis of [[capitalism]], because it opposes private ownership of capital or land, and rejects the free market in favor of central planning. It also rejects "civil society" and makes sure that all organizations are controlled by the government.

Theoretically, socialist regimes can have multiple parties. In practice there is only one political party, and it controls the government. The leaders of the party choose the government officials and set all policies for the nation and for cities and localities. Opposition parties are not allowed access to the media or to meeting halls or to funding, and their leaders are often arrested as "enemies of the people."

As a political ideology based on the redistribution of wealth, socialism stresses the privileges of the many over the rights of the few, but in practice when socialist economic principles are forced onto a nation by a totalitarian government a new Upper Class appears which is much better off than the Lower Class.
{{cquote|'''<big>Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.</big> <small>- Winston Churchill</small>''' <ref>[http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/280995/winston-churchill/socialism-is-a-philosophy-of-failure-the-creed-of Churchill; Quotesdaddy.com]</ref>}}

==Contradictory Goals of Socialism==

Socialism's stated purpose is to eliminate the huge gap between the highest and lowest classes of society. Their bitter complaint has been that the upper class exploits its dominance to gain privileges and wealth, while the lower class must suffer tyranny and poverty.<ref>"all socialists agree that a socialist economy must be run for the benefit of the vast majority of the people rather than for a small aristocratic, plutocratic, or capitalist class." [http://www.experiencefestival.com/socialism_-_an_economic_system]</ref> This obsession with class paradoxically creates a group of people with a vested interest in seeing class differences remain (socialist politicians, [[community organizer]]s, ''etc.''); if by some means the class system actually ''were'' destroyed, these people would be out of a job.

Another essential goal of most socialist thinkers has been to eliminate [[Capitalism]],<ref>"... one of the fundamental goals of the socialist movement throughout history has been the abolition of capitalism" [http://www.experiencefestival.com/socialism_-_opposition_and_criticisms_of_socialism_arguments_for_and_against A Wisdom Archive on Socialism - Opposition and criticisms of socialism; arguments for and against]</ref>
on the grounds that only "social control" of the economy can prevent abuses such as [[feudalism]], [[monopoly]], [[cartel]]s, etc.

But experiments on both a moderate and a grand scale have shown that socialism's main purpose has been undermined by its unremitting opposition to [[free market]] economics. In its drive to eliminate capitalism, it has overlooked the fact that general prosperity is vouchsafed by [[economic freedom]], and that free market economics improves the lot of the poor much more quickly and permanently than any system of central economic control.

The real aim of socialists is probably personal: why else would socialists want to create programs which encourage Dependency? Well, it fits into their lust for power.
People who want to control others need people who are willing to be controlled.
Independent, proactive people do not fit into the socialist Power Model. That is why the first thing [[Karl Marx|Marx]] wanted to remove from the economy was the [[Profit]] Motive: it gives people an incentive to make their own decisions!

==Types of Socialism==

There are three main kinds of Socialism, all of them are built on the premise of government control of the means of production.

===Leninism===
[[Image:Backrdv12n2.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The Russian caption reads, "Long live the great unbeatable flag of [[Karl Marx|Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels|Engels]], [[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]], [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]!"]]

Marxist Socialism, or '''Leninism''', as revised by [[Vladimir Lenin]] and practiced in the pre-[[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] Soviet Union, was the Socialistic theory developed by Vladimir Lenin during his rise to power. Lenin defined socialism as a transitional stage between capitalism and communism.<ref>"In striving for socialism, however, we are convinced that it will develop into communism", Lenin, State and Revolution, Selected Works, Progress publishers, Moscow, 1968, p. 320. (End of chapter four)</ref> Leninism is totalitarian, with no [[democracy]] and all decision made by the leaders of the Communist party. Lenin saw the Communist Party as an "elite" that was committed to ending capitalism and instituting socialism in its place and attaining the power by any means possible, including revolution. Lenin was quite mild on the belief, believing that, though controlling of resources was important, the people's will comes first.

Though [[Bolshevik]] Russia was somewhat more prosperous than its former [[Russian Empire|Tsardom]], Lenin's death in 1924 sparked the overthrow of his Marxist–Leninism and the imposition of [[Stalinism]], the violent, totalitarian belief that went against some of Lenin's ideas (many of Lenin's works were censored by Stalin post-1924).

==="Democratic" Socialism===
The second form of Socialism (sometimes called "Revisionism") prevailed in Europe down to the 1970s, and is typified by the [[Fabian Socialism|Fabian Society]] and the British Labour Party. It was inspired by Socialism and closely linked to labor unions that had real power. The goal was for [[Industrial Democracy]], that is, for the government to own ("nationalize") major industries such as coal mining, railways, steel making, shipbuilding, airlines, and banking. Small businesses remained private. The idea was that labor unions controlled the government and therefore unions controlled working conditions and wages for the benefit of workers, regardless of the damage to long-term economic growth.

The Socialists were well organized and after 1918 they bitterly fought the breakaway faction that became the [[Communist]] movement. In recent years major Socialist parties (in Europe and Canada) have sometimes dropped the long-standing demands for state ownership of the means of production and have mostly accepted "Controlled Capitalism". However they remain tied to labor unions and favor liberal policies regarding high taxes and public spending. Conservatives have been negative toward the economics of the second form of socialism. Conservatives complain socialists use government power to redistribute wealth.

Within the [[European Union]], a form of [[democratic socialism]] was initially viewed as successful, but eventually lead to lowered social equity and a downward spiraling economy, as well as general discontent. Although this acts as a drag on the economy, in democratic countries of the industrialized west, some socialist ideas have been put into practice with varying degree of success. Beginning in 2010 many European countries were racked with rioting and social unrest as governments began to back away from out-of-control entitlements that began bankrupting them and lead to a world financial crisis because of unrestrained debt.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703791804575439732358241708.html WSJ; "Obstacle to Deficit Cutting: A Nation on Entitlements"]</ref><ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100929/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_europe_austerity_protests_10 Anti-austerity protests sweep across Europe]</ref><ref>[http://www.allbusiness.com/economy-economic-indicators/economic-policy-bailouts/14758032-1.html "Debt crisis pushes Europe toward economic reforms"]</ref>

===Communal Socialism===
The third form of Socialism has nothing to do with Marx or government ownership, and emphasizes the importance of the community over the individual. Usually it means small communities sharing most of their possessions. The most famous examples are the religious [[Shakers]] of the 19th century (a conservative group), and the new-left communes that briefly existed in the 1960s and 70s.

Early American settlers, as in Plymouth or Virginia, tried it but quickly abandoned it.

:The Pilgrims in Plymouth used communal farming their first winter but then after a dismal harvest that first year, moved to a system where there was a more direct incentive other than guilt and honor. Governor Bradford summed it up in his journal:
:* "And so assigned to every family a parcel of land, according to the proportion of their number, for that end, only for present use (but made no division for inheritance) and ranged all boys and youth under some family. This had very good success, for it made all hands very industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been by any means the Governor or any other could use, and saved him a great deal of trouble, and gave far better content. The women now went willingly into the field, and took their little ones with them to set corn; which before would allege weakness and inability; whom to have compelled would have been thought great tyranny and oppression."
:Not only were all hands more industrious—the incentive to harvest communal corn before it was fully ripe, a problem equivalent to poaching in the case of wildlife, was also eliminated.<ref> [http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2006/Robertsincentives.html Incentives Matter] - Russell Roberts - Library of Economics and Liberty</ref>

=== Similarities between Communism, Nazism and liberalism ===

''See also:'' [[Similarities between Communism, Nazism and liberalism]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Communist Manifesto
![[Nazi]] Party Platform
!Analysis
|-
|1
|"Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes."
|"We demand an agrarian reform in accordance with our national requirements, and the enactment of a law to expropriate the owners without compensation of any land needed for the common purpose. The abolition of ground rents, and the prohibition of all speculation in land."
|The stripping away of land from private owners. [[Liberalism]] today demands "eminent domain" on property.
|-
|2
|"A heavy progressive or graduated income tax."
|"We demand the nationalization of all trusts...profit-sharing in large industries...a generous increase in old-age pensions...by providing maternity welfare centers, by prohibiting juvenile labor...and the creation of a national (folk) army."
|The points raised in the [[Nazi]] platform demand an increase in taxes to support them. Liberalism today demands heavy progressive and graduated income taxes.
|-
|3
|"Abolition of all rights of inheritance."
|"That all unearned income, and all income that does not arise from work, be abolished."
|Liberalism today demands a "death tax" on anyone inheriting an estate.
|-
|4
|"Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels."
|"We demand that all non-Germans who have entered Germany since August 2, 1914, shall be compelled to leave the Reich immediately."
|The Nuremberg Laws of 1934 allowed Germany to take Jewish property.
|-
|5
|"Centralisation of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly."
|"We demand the nationalization of all trusts."
|Central control of the financial system.
|-
|6
|"Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State."
|"We demand that there be a legal campaign against those who propagate deliberate political lies and disseminate them through the press...editors and their assistants on newspapers published in the German language shall be German citizens...Non-German newspapers shall only be published with the express permission of the State...the punishment for transgressing this law be the immediate suppression of the newspaper..."
|Central control of the press. Liberals today demand control or suppression of talk radio and Fox News.
|-
|7
|"Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, &c, &c."
|"In order to make it possible for every capable and industrious German to obtain higher education, and thus the opportunity to reach into positions of leadership, the State must assume the responsibility of organizing thoroughly the entire cultural system of the people. The curricula of all educational establishments shall be adapted to practical life. The conception of the State Idea (science of citizenship) must be taught in the schools from the very beginning. We demand that specially talented children of poor parents, whatever their station or occupation, be educated at the expense of the State. "
|Central control of education, with an emphasis on doing things their way. Liberals today are doing things ''their way'' in our schools.
|-
|}

==Controversy==
''This section confuses "interpretation" with "debate".''

The ideology of '''Socialism''' is subject to a variety of interpretations. From a conservative perspective, Marxist socialism is an economic system whereby the means of production are seized and monopolized by the government sometimes without compensation to the builders of the [[capital]]. Investments, production, distribution, income, prices, and economic justice are administered by a government [[nomenklatura]] that regulates the transfer of money, goods (including capital goods), and services primarily through taxation, regulation and aggressive institutionalized coercion.

However, some socialists reject this description. Democratic socialists advocate a system of governance based on the principles of [[solidarity]], [[equality]] and [[liberty]], viewing these principles as interconnected. They believe increased socio-economic equality is associated with increased practical freedom to fulfill human potential. In many countries, such as Britain, socialist movements have been built on Christian, democratic and co-operative bases, embracing the notion that individuals should 'treat others as they would wish to be treated', and arguing that all individuals have a moral responsibility for the welfare of other members of their society. Socialism seeks to prioritize human welfare over other goals, such as profit and wealth accumulation by elites; it views increased redistribution of wealth as vital to securing greater freedom and happiness for the bulk of the people. Though this rosy picture of socialism is appealing to many, it ignores what Hayek called "the road to serfdom." Though in theory socialism is an idealized, egalitarian form of economics, in practice it means rule by labor bosses who minimize individualism and economic growth in the name of equality and benefits for the working class.

[[Karl Marx]] considered socialism to be a transitory stage between capitalism and communism. In his view, socialism is summed up by the expression: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." A major criticism of socialism is that it infringes individual rights in favor of the populace. In a very real sense, politics in the Western World throughout the 20th century was shaped by the conflict between socialist and capitalist governmental policies.

Although socialist parties are common in Europe, the leading examples all currently embrace some free enterprise, individual property rights and certain other aspects of capitalism although leading European Socialists are very critical of America. In many European countries socialism has been changing to [[Social democracy]].

==Key elements==

As a political ideology based on the expropriation of wealth, socialism stresses the privileges of the nomenklatura over the rights of workers and earners. Many of the most notoriously oppressive dictatorships have been socialist, such as the [[Soviet Union]] and China under Mao Zedong. Private wealth was seized and the owners executed.

===Welfare state===
As an economic theory, democratic socialism calls for equalization of incomes, through taxation of private wealth coupled with welfare state spending. The [[nationalization]] of major industries is primarily a device to allow the unionized workers to control their own wages and working conditions, cutting out the capitalistic owners.

State [[pension]]s and unemployment insurance were not brought in by Socialists—they were first introduced by arch-conservative Chancellor [[Bismarck]] in Germany in the 1870s. In Britain they were introduced about 1910 by [[Winston Churchill]] and [[David Lloyd George]] of the [[Liberal Party]], and in the U.S. were part of Democratic President, Franklin D. Roosevelt's,[[New Deal]] in the 1930s. Welfare state ideas such as [[universal health care]], and state control of key industries have been common throughout the developed world in the modern era. However, the United States has always rejected socialism as an ideological position, with a few exceptions such as the [[TVA]].

===Religion===
Some forms of socialism have often been [[atheism|atheistic]] in character, and many leading socialists (most prominently Karl Marx) have been critical of the role of religion - and conservative religion in particular - which they criticize for lending support to an unjust social order.

Other Socialists have been Christians, and there has been considerable interplay between Christian and Socialist ideas. [[Christian socialists]] have asserted that early Christian communities, in particular, displayed certain traits, such as the holding of possessions in common,<ref>Acts 2:44: "Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need."</ref> the rejection of conventional sexual mores and gender roles, the provision for communal education, etc., that could be considered similar to socialism.

During the chaos sparked by the advent of the Reformation in Europe, several sects with radical new interpretations of Christianity sprung up, many of them Anabaptists (believers in adult baptism). Under the leadership of the reformer Thomas Muntzer the peasants of south-west Germany rose up in arms against the clergy and nobility, establishing anarcho-communes in their wake. Though they were massacred to a man, ten years later a group of radical Anabaptists under the leadership of Jan Matthys seized control of the north-western Germany city of Munster from the Prince-Archbishop there and established a Christian-Communist state. True to the spirit of applied communism, Mathys took twelve wives, held lavish feasts for himself and his most loyal followers and had himself crowned King of the World as the city starved, besieged by an alliance of Protestant and Catholic forces keen to see them exterminated. Mathys and all his followers were all tortured and killed when the Prince-Archbishop returned with professional troops to sack the city and reassert his authority, effectively wiping out all non-pacifistic Anabaptists in north-western Germany. Only Baptists as we know them today survived the following persecution.

See, for instance, Arnold Toynbee, the British historian, has responded to this,
:"the Marxian excerpt from a Christian Socialism is an experiment which is doomed to failure because it has denied itself the aid of the spiritual power which alone is capable of making Socialism a success. ….'Christianity', they say, 'is the opiate of the People'; and, in the [[Soviet Union]]… Christianity or of any other theistic religion have been debarred… from admission to membership of the All-Union Communist Party. In fact, Communism has been definitely and militantly anti-Christian. Thus the campaign against Christianity which is to-day an integral part of the propaganda of [[Marxian Socialism]] is a challenge to the living generation of Christians …we latter-day Christians may still turn a Marxian attack upon Christianity to good account … a re-awakening of the Christian social conscience has been the one great positive practical achievement of Karl Marx" <ref>Arnold Toynbee, ''A Study of History'', Annex II to Vol. V, Part C (i) (c) 2, p. 585-586, Marxism, Socialism, and Christianity.</ref>

====New Testament socialism====
The earliest Christians were decidedly living in a manner consistent with basic aims of socialism, albeit with critical requirements and distinctions from its secularist expressions. Luke 14:33 requires the forsaking of all one has if one will be a disciple of Christ, and while this is not shown to necessarily always require the literally forsaking of all,<ref>Lk. 19:8,9; Acts 16:14,15; 1Cor. 11:22; 2Tim. 4:13</ref> Acts 2:44 states that the communal believers "had all things common". Acts 4:32-5:11 also describes community redistribution of property, and details the Divine punishment of a husband and wife for hypocrisy, in keeping proceeds from the sale of a piece of property while openly pretending that they gave it all, as others voluntarily did.<ref>Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible, (5:1-11)</ref>

However, forsaking all is shown to be that of first surrendering oneself and life to the God of the Bible, and placing all at His disposal,<ref>Matthew Henry (1662 - 1714), ''Commentary on the Whole Bible'', Lk. 14:25-35</ref><ref>Archibald Thomas Robertson, ''WORD PICTURES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT'', Lk. 14:33</ref> with literal giving as a result being as He directs, and voluntary. (2Cor. 8,9)
{{cquote|Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: (2 Corinthians 9:7-8)}}

While the early organic community provides a noble model of communal life, and of a "seminary" type experience, it was also soon dispersed by persecution (thus greatly expanding the church: Acts 8:1-5; 11:19), and it is later indicated that believers retained ownership of property after conversion. (Lk. 19:8,9; Acts 16:14,15; 1Cor. 11:22; 2Tim. 4:13) Rich Christians are evidenced to have been part of the early church, but were not mandated by the church itself to give all they had away, but to be lowly in mind, and to be ready and willing to distribute, in faith and surrender to God. (1Tim. 6:17-19)

Moreover, in both Testaments capitalism is clearly supported,<ref>Gary North, ''Capitalism and the Bible''</ref> and indolence is not subsidized, but penalized by poverty, while diligence in work is rewarded by its fruits. (Prov. 6:6-11; 13:4; 20:4; 2 Thes. 3:10-12; 1 Tim. 5:17-18) Although holy widows over 60 years old who were without familial support were taken in by the church, a man is clearly required to provide for his own family, if able. (1Tim. 5:2ff)

While the success of the early church as an organic community is often invoked in support of modern socialism, and many communes of the 1960s evoked the Bible, the early organic church was a result of the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit among believers, while the "administrators" were humble servants who were examples of self-sacrifice, and who worked with their own hands as needed, (1Cor. 4:9-16) and whose authority was established by manifest Divine attestation, including the pro-active exercise of church discipline being only by supernatural or otherwise spiritual means, not carnal force.<ref>Acts 2:43; 5:5,9,10; 1Cor. 4:19-21; 2Cor. 13:2,3; 2Thes. 3:14,15; 2Tim. 4:2</ref>

In addition other distinctions, without the unique changes and influence resulting from faith and full surrender to Christ from all the community, and His anointing upon the work, attempts to mimic the communal life of Christians have failed.

As one critic of modern-day socialism states:
<blockquote>Socialism, unfortunately, completely disregards Biblical teaching about the fallen nature of human beings and assumes that human beings will act in a morally upright fashion if their basic needs are met. This is at the heart of why socialistic systems never work: because human nature does not work in this fashion.<ref>[http://www.dakotavoice.com/2009/06/capitalism-and-socialism-in-light-of-the-bible Bob Ellis, ''Capitalism and Socialism in Light of the Bible''] Dakota Voice, June 23rd, 2009</ref></blockquote>

== Britain, the Labour Party and Socialism ==

At its inception, the [[Labour Party]] borrowed socialist ideas by committing itself to a program of nationalization under 'Clause 4' of their Constitution, but was always fundamentally committed to the British system of parliamentary government. Clause 4 was formally dropped after the election of [[Tony Blair]] as Party leader, signaling the creation of 'New' Labour.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/21/newsid_2515000/2515825.stm</ref> The British governments of 1945-1950 and 1950-1951 under [[Clement Attlee]] implemented the nationalization of several industries and utilities, including coal, steel, water, railways and electricity. Former owners of nationalized industries were compensated. The best known example is the nationalization of health care to create the [[National Health Service]] (NHS). This made - literally overnight - health care "free" at the point of delivery for everybody in Britain, and it remains so today.

In the 1980s under Conservative Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] most of the nationalized industries were returned to the private sector, and public housing has been sold to the residents. These conservative decisions were endorsed by the "New Labour" of Tony Blair, to the annoyance of elderly radicals who fondly remember the poverty and inefficiencies of the old system.

== Criticism of socialism ==

[[Friedrich Hayek]] and [[Ludwig von Mises]] were important critics of socialism, particularly regarding what is known as the Socialist Calculation Debate. Hayek and Mises argued that a socialist economy would face information constraints that would prevent even well intentioned planners from efficiently allocating resources. That is, the planners would not know how much a battleship or a hospital cost, and could not efficiently allocate resources among different choices. This criticism should be considered as compatible with, but independent of, criticisms based on [[Public choice theory]] that bring into consideration the incentives of political actors.

Svetlana Kunin, who lived in the Soviet Union until 1980 explains how the system worked:
<blockquote>
Life in the USSR modeled the socialist ideal. God-based religion was suppressed and replaced with cultlike adoration for political figures....Only the ruling class of communist leaders had access to special stores, medicine and accommodations that could compare to those in the West. The rest of the citizenry had to deal with permanent shortages of food and other necessities, and had access to free but inferior, unsanitary and low-tech medical care.
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
USSR, 1959: I am a "young pioneer" in school. History classes remind us that there is a higher authority than their parents and teachers: the leaders of the Communist Party.
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
Those who left Russia found a different set of values in America: freedom of religion, speech, individual pursuits, the right to private property and free enterprise....These opportunities let the average immigrant live a better life than many elites in the Soviet Communist Party...
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
The slogans of "fairness and equality" sound better than the slogans of capitalism. But unlike at the beginning of the 20th century, when these slogans and ideas were yet to be tested, we have accumulated history and reality.<ref>[http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/SpecialReport.aspx?id=512665 ''The Perspective Of A Russian Immigrant''], ''Investors Business Daily,'' 09/10/2009</ref>
</blockquote>

A government which adheres to economic socialistic principles also tends to have cultures which prize unmerited equality among citizen and criminal alike, and through extension of socialistic welfare policies, between the chronically employed and the chronically unemployed, by ensuring both groups receive income though only one group works for income. This enables people otherwise healthy to not seek gainful employment because they will receive income no matter their actions, thus providing no incentive to produce. The economies of socialistic governments are thus weak and riddled with flaws, such as expecting increased production from a reduced workforce, and when engendered with a progressive culture, which simply means people who do are the same as people who do not, eventually fall under the weight of their own poorly managed and over-extended public welfare institutions. Public welfare also decreases personal charity, thus making the people dependent on the aid of the government since charitable aid, such as from a church, is discouraged by the secular nature of socialistic nations.

Socialists occasionally appeal to the fact that God, in the Old Testament, commanded His own nation to surrender a tenth of its proceeds for the maintenance of the priests and for the care of the sickly and weak. But, while fallen men, and their secular and pagan nations, shall always struggle to understand the righteous balances between government and liberty.<ref name="npr">[http://www.npr.org/2011/08/23/139761274/how-the-a-p-changed-the-way-we-shop ''The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America''], "NPR’s interview of the book’s author, Marc Levinson"</ref> (i.e., between local and national logistics, as well as between the logistics of the individual person and those of his community) the mark of socialism is the general allowance for a naive, and willingly ignorant, adult sub-population whose members prefer, despite the limitations imposed by bureaucratic accountability, to live under all the securities rightly afforded in the fallen world only to infants. In the unfallen world, such security was a given for all persons, but without any of the bureaucracy required in the fallen world for maintaining it. In the fallen world, such security is an unattainable ideal, so that the more is done to attain it, the more the society suffers under the requisite bureaucracy. And, while the initial policy made toward that ideal is the creation of an executive class or executive vocation, such as monarchies and professional armies,<ref>[http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=1Sa&c=8&t=KJV#19 ''First Samuel 8:19-20''] Blue Letter Bible</ref><ref>[http://www.wbur.org/media-player?url=http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/09/29/consequences-combat-vietnam&title=The+Consequences+Of+Combat&segment=consequences-combat-vietnam&pubdate=2011-09-29&source=hereandnow ''Interview of Vietnam war veteran, and '''What It Is Like To Go To War''' author, Karl Marlantes, on NPR's Here And Now'']</ref> there is a 'tipping point' in the creation of bureaucratic entities beyond which any civilization cannot help but increasingly lose its footing in the struggle to balance all its righteous human interests. The result is an ever-increasing proportion of that civilization's total population which, for all variety of reasons, becomes enslaved to their own demands for that ideal of security. When there is no judge who judges righteously, when all the people make the laws, and when the power of money is used to try to stay ahead of the natural consequences of unrighteousness, the 'bad money' cannot help but drive out the 'good money', until the 'Bank of Reality' is forced to call in the loan, and the civilization implodes to the point that it falls victim also to militant invaders and, or, to unmanageable internal unrest.<ref name="npr" />

==Past Socialist Countries==
===Chile===
Marxist socialist leader [[Salvador Allende]] was elected in Chile in 1970 in a minority government run by the Popular Unity Party. Allende's economic policy, known as the Vuskovic Plan, sought to achieve transition to socialism. The Vuskovic Plan involved nationalization of large foreign enterprises, land redistribution to farmers, and redistribution of income. The majority in Parliament never supported it and the plan was never carried out as Allende was overthrown by the military.

==Other Socialist Countries (Current )==

===[[Cuba]]===
Communist leader [[Fidel Castro]] violently overthrew the Cuban government in the 1950s and has declared Cuba to be communist since then, nationalizing millions of dollars worth of American-owned property. It is notable that Fidel Castro originally self-defined as [[liberal]], before coming out openly as a communist.<ref>[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CGoQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fib-global-history-ii-period-5.aspen.high.schoolfusion.us%2Fmodules%2Flocker%2Ffiles%2Fget_group_file.phtml%3Ffid%3D6868636%26gid%3D1176955%26sessionid%3D0&ei=o74IUPDNOqPp6wGbtPGxCg&usg=AFQjCNG1bEoHrxurCF_WL1OPKMxIb4hCTw Fidel Castro - His Rise and Rule of Cuba]</ref> Today, Cuba faces copious economic problems and the people lack their fundamental rights. (Fidel's brother [[Raul Castro]] now runs the country, having taken it over from his ailing brother Fidel.)

===North Korea===

[[North Korea]]'s form of communism is in the form of "Juche" - a doctrine established by [[Kim Il Sung]] and carried on by his son [[Kim Jong Il]] and after his death by the current leader [[Kim Jong-un]]. Although it is investing heavily in nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, extreme poverty on the verge of starvation is the fate of the people, who are very tightly controlled. The country has little to no electrical power at night outside the capital, which can be verified by looking at nighttime satellite photos.<ref>http://epod.usra.edu/archive/epodviewer.php3?oid=87488</ref>

===Venezuela===

The socialist policies of president-for-life Hugo Chavez have destroyed the economy of that oil-rich nation. In 2009, he seized the Venezuelan operations of U.S. based Cargill in order to tighten his grip on the shrinking food supply in his country.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/4938993/Venezuelas-Hugo-Chavez-tightens-state-control-of-food-amid-rocketing-inflation-and-food-shortages.html</ref> After the death of Chavez, [[Nicolás Maduro]] continues his politics.

===Other Countires===
[[Daniel Ortega]], the dictator of [[Nicaragua]], is a strong ally of Venezuela and Cuba. [[China]] and [[Vietnam]] have abolished the Socialist economy but are still governed by Communist parties. Other countries who are controlled by Socialist parties are [[Laos]], [[Angola]], [[Mozambique]] and [[Moldova]].

==Quotes on Socialism==
Comparative quotes are given from the top [[Left-wing]] - [[Socialist]] - [[National Socialist]] (a.k.a. [[Nazi]]) - [[Marxist]] - [[Communist]] leaders and their critics in order to better understand the commonality of the end result of their similar philosophy taken to its fruition by the [[big government]] [[welfare state]]-[[nanny state]]-[[police state]] by [[leftist]] [[globalist]]-[[statist]]-socialist-communists. For more examples, see [[Nazism and socialism]]. From these quotes one can see little difference between Socialists, Nazis, Communists, Marxists. Communist regimes killed 60 million in the 20th century through [[genocide]], according to [[Le Monde]] and more than 100 million people according to ''The Black Book of Communism''.

===Quotes from National Socialist's Adolph Hitler===
* "Then will come a [[National Socialism|National Socialist]] State tribunal; then will November, 1918, be expiated; then the [[mass murder|heads will roll]].
** testimony at a trial of German officers, Leipzig, in 1930.
* "We have to put a stop to the idea that it is a part of everybody's [[unalienable rights|civil rights]] to [[freedom of speech|say whatever he pleases]].
** transcript of a conversation (22 February 1942)
* "National socialism is the determination to create a [[slave|new man]]. There will no longer exist any individual arbitrary [[free will|will]], nor realms in which the individual belongs to himself. The time of happiness as a private matter is over."
** As quoted in Joachim C. Fest (1974), ''Hitler''. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, p. 533.
*"I have sympathy for Mr. [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Roosevelt]], because he marches straight toward his objectives over Congress, lobbies and bureaucracy." Hitler went on to note that he was the sole leader in Europe who expressed "understanding of the methods and motives of President Roosevelt."
**[http://www.fff.org/freedom/0795a.asp] ''New York Times'' 1934, quoted from John Toland: ''Adolf Hitler: The Definitive Biography''.

=== Quotes from National Socialist's Heinrich Himmler ===
From the Nazi party ([[National Socialism]]) [[SS]] leader [[Heinrich Himmler]]:
* "In the course of history periods of capitalism and socialism alternate with one another; capitalism is the unnatural, socialism the natural [[economic system]]...The [[Nazi|National Socialists]] and the [[Communists|Red Front]] have the same aspirations. The [[Jew]]s falsified the Revolution in the form of [[Marxism]] and that failed to bring fulfillment."—Speech in [[Potsdam]] (13 October 1926), quoted in Peter Longerich, Heinrich Himmler (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 92–93.
* "The best political weapon is the [[terrorism|weapon of terror]]. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love; only for their fear."—Quoted in "Visions of Reality - A Study of Abnormal Perception and Behavior" - by Alberto Rivas - Psychology - 2007 - Page 162

=== Quotes from Lenin ===
[[Vladimir Lenin]] stated:
* “The way to crush the [[middle class]] is to grind them between the millstones of [[taxation]] and [[inflation]].”
* "The best revolutionary is youth devoid of [[moral]]s."
* "A lie told often enough becomes the truth."
* "The goal of socialism is communism."
* "There are no morals in [[politics]] there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel."
* "Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a [[Bolshevik]] forever." (see [[Public school values]] and [[Professor values]])

===Quotes from Stalin===
The ''Darwin-Stalin connection'' describes the brutal [[Soviet]] dictator [[Josef Stalin]] who [[mass murder|murdered millions]] of people, giving credit to [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]]'s book for his outlook in life:
* "The death of one man is a tragedy, the [[mass murder|death of millions]] is a statistic." ~ to [[Churchill]], 1945.
* "Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem"
* "Ideas are more powerful than [[guns]]. We would [[gun control|not let our enemies have guns]], why should we let them have ideas?"
* "It is enough that the people know there was an [[election]]. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
* "The only real power comes out of a long [[rifle]]."
* "When we hang the [[capitalist]]s they will sell us the rope we use."

===Quotes from Leon Trotsky===
* "Repression for the attainment of economic ends is a necessary weapon of the socialist [[dictatorship]]."
** [[Leon Trotsky]] in ''Terrorism and Communism : A Reply to Karl Kautsky'' (1920; 1975), p. 153
* "The road to socialism lies through a period of the highest possible intensification of the principle of the state … Just as a lamp, before going out, shoots up in a brilliant flame, so the state, before disappearing, assumes the form of the dictatorship of the proletariat, i.e., the most ruthless form of state, which embraces the life of the citizens authoritatively in every direction...
** ''Terrorism and Communism : A Reply to Karl Kautsky'' (1920; 1975), p. 177
* "We must rid ourselves once and for all of the Quaker-Papist babble about the sanctity of human life."
** Leon Trotsky in his book The [[Russian Revolution]], 1930
* "Root out the counterrevolutionaries without mercy, lock up suspicious characters in concentration camps... Shirkers will be [[extermination camp|shot]], regardless of past service."
** Statement of 1918, as quoted in ''Trotsky : The Eternal Revolutionary'' (1996) by Dmitri Volkogonov, p. 213

===Quotes from Mao===
[[Mao Zedong]], responsible for the deaths of 77 million [[Chinese]] states:
* "Every Communist must grasp the truth: Political power grows out of the barrel of a [[gun]]."—The [[Little Red Book]], 1964
* "Our principle is that the [[Communist Party|Party]] commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party."

===Quotes on Kim Il-sung===
[[Kim Il-sung]] took the communist [[cult of personality]] to a new level.<ref>Barbara Demick (2010) ''Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea'', Granta, page 45, ISBN 9781847081414</ref>
"In Korea, the Americans have far exceed the Hitlerites!"—by Kim Il-sung<ref>**Kim Il-sung to the [[Swedish]] communist leader [[Frank Baude]] in 1993.</ref>
* "When it comes to the orchestration of terror, Kim Jong-il is a natural born genius."
**[[Kim Duk Hong]] quoted in ''[[BBC News]]'' (21 July 2003) "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/3065101.stm Inside the mind of Kim Jong-il]"

===Quotes from Pol Pot===
As ruler of [[Cambodia]] Pol Pot was responsible for [[mass murder|exterminating]] 2 million people by [[genocide]]. That's a quarter of the country's population:
* "Exterminate the 50 million [[Vietnamese]]... and purify the masses of the [[Cambodian]] people."
** Phnom Penh radio broadcast by [[Pol Pot]] of the [[Khmer Rouge]] (May 10, 1978) ([http://www.enotes.com/genocide-encyclopedia/khmer-rouge])

===Related Quotes from Others===
* "[[Socialist]]s ignore the side of man that is of the spirit. They can provide shelter, fill your belly with bacon and beans, treat you when you are ill, all the things that are guaranteed to a prisoner or a slave. They don't understand that we dream - yes, even of some time owning a yacht." -- [[President]] [[Ronald Reagan]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ut8fnmwVkwC&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q&f=false|last1=Skinner|first1=Kiron K.|last2=Anderson|first2=Annelise A.|title=Stories in His Own Hand: The Everyday Wisdom of Ronald Reagan ; Edited with an Introduction and Commentary by Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, Martin Anderson ; Foreword by George P. Shultz|date=2001|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781416584506}}</ref>

* "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the [[income redistribution|equal sharing]] of misery." -- [[Winston Churchill]]

* "I've always doubted that the socialists had a leg to stand on intellectually" -- [[Friedrich Hayek]]

* "The trouble is with socialism, which resembles a form of [[mental illness]] more than it does a philosophy" -- [[L. Neil Smith]]

* "Socialists cry "Power to the people", and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean — [[Nanny state|power over people]], [[Police state|power to the State]]." -- [[Margaret Thatcher]]

* "All socialism involves [[slavery]]" -- [[Herbert Spencer]]

* "Socialism is based on [[envy]] and eventually always creates a very powerful big government controlled by very mediocre people who envy any success and destroy it." -- [[Vlad]]

* "If one understands that socialism is not a share-the-wealth program, but is in reality a method to ''consolidate'' and ''control'' the wealth, then the seeming paradox of super-rich men promoting socialism becomes no paradox at all."—Gary Allen <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=UuKnhw27vUwC&q=%22if+one+understands+that+socialism+is+not+a%22&dq=%22if+one+understands+that+socialism+is+not+a%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBGoVChMI9b6puNfryAIVxSQmCh2CHw7j None Dare Call It Conspiracy], page 33</ref>

==See also==
* [[Big government]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[socialist]] [[Nanny state]], leads to [[communist]] [[Police state]] - Don't think Socialism-Communism is incompatible with [[Islam]].
* [[Gun control]] - key element to create a police state
* [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]]
* [[List of atheist and agnostic pseudosciences]]
* [[Barack Obama]]
* [[Marxism and mysticism]]
* [[Joseph Stalin]]
* [[Dictatorship]]
** [[Dictator]]
** [[List of dictators]]
** [[Friendly dictator]]
** Adolf Hitler - [[Heinrich Himmler]], [[Vladimir Lenin]] - [[Leon Trotsky]] - [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Mao Zedong]] - [[Ho Chi Minh]] - [[Kim Jong-Il]] - [[Pol Pot]], [[Fidel Castro]] - [[Che Guevara]]
** [[Dictatorship of the proletariat]]: [[Class warfare]]
** [[List of Communist States]]
** [[List of Socialist States]]
** [[Death toll of communism]] via [[mass murder]] - [[genocide]] - [[concentration camp]] [[forced labor]] - [[extermination camp]] - [[firing squad]]
** [[Atheism and mass murder]]
** [[Coup d'état]]
* [[Cult of personality]]
* [[Single-party state]]
* [[Mobocracy]], [[Social Effects of the Theory of Evolution]], [[Anti-Semitism]], [[Communist Racism]], [[Holocaust]]
* [[Nazi Party|National Socialist German Workers' Party]] (Nazi Party)
* [[Nazism and socialism]]: [[National Socialism]] - the Nazis were elitist [[Police state]] [[liberals]] not [[conservative]]s
* [[Liberal totalitarianism]]
* [[Essay:Resisting Socialist Landfills‎]]
* [[Champagne socialist]]

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'''Contrast with:'''
* [[Libertarianism]] and [[Conservatism]]
* [[Conservative]]
* [[American values]] and [[Conservative values]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.mises.org/etexts/hayekintellectuals.pdf The Intellectuals and Socialism], By F.A. Hayek, ''The University of Chicago Law Review'', (Spring 1949), pp. 417–420, 421-423, 425-433.
*[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109587/socialism Socialism] Encyclopædia Britannica.
*[http://www.aim.org/wls/category/socialism/ What Liberals Say - Category: Socialism], [[Accuracy In Media]]

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Essay:Worst Liberal TV Shows

2017-08-12T00:22:38Z

Ottovonbismarck:

Starting with the infamous "Rural purge" of the early-1970s (when [[CBS]] cancelled most of its Western dramas and all of its rural/family-themed sitcoms and variety shows in favor of "socially relevant" urban-themed shows) and increasingly into the present, liberal-leaning television series creators, producers, and writers have put shows on the air that appeal more to their own personal viewpoints than to the tastes of most of the general public. As a result, (and also partly due to the increase in TV channels since that period), many TV shows currently on the air have undergone decreases in viewership and the declining ratings that go with them. To liberals in the media, however, declining TV ratings and unsatisfied audiences mean less to them than pushing [[liberal ideology]] (including playing up [[socialism]], [[witchcraft]], [[feminism]] and the [[homosexual agenda]] and depicting them in a positive light while denigrating [[religion]], the [[family]] and [[traditional values]]) and forcing public acceptance of it does. Shown below is a list of some of the worst liberal TV shows, past and present.

==Live Action Programs==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Title
!Original run
!Network
!TV rating
!Description
|-
|''[[2 Broke Girls]]''
|2011-2017
|[[CBS]]
|
|This garbage sitcom glorifies homosexuality and feminism while mocking conservative ideals and leaders. It constantly attempts to push the limits of blue jokes, racial stereotypes, and sexual references. One of the series' titular girls—Max Black, a proudly rude, unprofessional, unmotivated, immoral, aggressive, and promiscuous woman with a drug and alcohol problem—is portrayed as a positive role model for modern women (ironically, the actress, Kat Dennings, doesn't even smoke, drink, or do drugs). Plus, the character Sophie Kachinsky, who is even more immoral and promiscuous, is always given a very loud canned applause upon every one of her entrances in order to indicate her as the show's "most popular" character. The show, which posted 19.37 million viewers at its premiere in 2011, fell to less than a quarter of that number (hitting a low of 4.57 million viewers) by the time of its cancellation in May 2017.
|-
|''[[30 Rock]]''
|2006-2013
|[[NBC]]
|TV 14
|What looks like a sitcom about the life of the head writer of a sketch comedy series is really a front for several left-wing agendas, most infamously included a slam against [[Sarah Palin]]. Throughout its airing from 2006 to 2013, despite being very popular liberal elites, the series received poor ratings, with its first season ranking only at #102, its subsequent seasons consistently ranking low (the highest-rated season was Season 3 with a ranking of #69 and 3.2 million viewers). Season 6 had such a low performance overall (and a very poorly-received season finale ranking at 1.6 million viewers) that NBC was forced to cancel the show at one more season.
|-
|''All American Muslim''
|2011-2012
|TLC
|
|This reality program essentially censors and whitewashes the true face of Islam, a terroristic and supremacist political ideology masquerading as a "religion", depicting the lives of five Islamic families in the [[Detroit]] suburb of [[Dearborn]], Michigan. The show drew criticism for depicting Islam in a favorable light, despite its reality being far different, and it was cancelled after one season due to low ratings. Controversy also erupted when home improvement retail chain Lowe's withdrew its sponsorship of the show, leading liberal celebrities Russell Simmons, Mia Farrow and Kal Penn, Internet activist group [[Anonymous]] and Islamic congressman [[Keith Ellison]] and other liberal politicians to call for a boycott of Lowe's and demanded apologies from the chain in response, which led in turn to Lowe's ignoring their demands and other companies joining Lowe's in withdrawing sponsorship of the program, while the threatened boycott itself largely fizzled.
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|''[[All in the Family]]''
|1971–1979
|[[CBS]]
|
|An American adaptation by liberal TV producer [[Norman Lear]] of the [[BBC]] series ''Till Death Us Do Part''. In this series, Lear inaccurately depicted Archie Bunker, a blue-collar conservative and head of the Bunker family, with liberal traits like [[bigotry]] and ignorance while depicting his son-in-law, socially liberal and politically [[leftist]] [[hippie]] and [[Democrat Party|Democrat]] supporter Mike Stivic (referred to as "Meathead" by Archie), as the "voice of reason" (in the original British series, Mike's counterpart on that show, Mike Rawlins, was a [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]]), with many episodes focusing on the political, philosophical and cultural clashes between Archie and Mike while Archie's wife Edith and their daughter Gloria tried to keep the peace. Followed by a sequel, ''Archie Bunker's Place'', which ran from 1979 to 1983.
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|''Anderson Cooper 360°''
|2003-present
|CNN
|
|Liberal-biased news show hosted by openly [[homosexual]] [[Anderson Cooper]].
|-
|''Annoying Orange''
|2009-2011
|YouTube
|TV-Y7 (should be TV-14)
|An Internet series that promotes lack of effective communication skills via being annoying. The Annoying Orange does nothing but harass other anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables, and several episodes promote Hollywood values. This show is also loaded with adult humor.
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|''Barney and Friends''
|1992-2008
|PBS
|TV-Y
|An "educational" children's television series where a big, purple, anthropomorphic dinosaur named Barney teaches kids about environmentalism, multiculturalism, and a bunch of other unimportant issues. The title character also pampers children excessively instead of teaching them how to maturely confront negative emotions and feelings, which is often cited as contributing to the entitlement problem affecting numerous American millennials, a generation known for its prominent secular liberal population, who grew up watching the show as children.
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|''Becoming Us''
|2015
|ABC Family/Freeform
|
|A reality show glamorizing and exploiting [[gender confusion]]. Two families with fathers claiming to be "women" are highlighted in this series, which debuted at a low-rated 81st place and dropped out of the top 100 shows entirely the following week, eventually finishing the season at less than a third of its already-low debut viewership numbers. The show subsequently ended production and was later removed from Freeform's schedule without fanfare.
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|''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''
|2007-present
|[[CBS]]
|
|A sitcom starring a free-spirited beauty and her socially challenged scientist friends without any family values. Instead, some of the main characters are rooming together without being married. In addition, the key character Sheldon Cooper is an unforgiving [[Atheism|atheist]]. The show is widely considered to be a rip-off of an earlier sitcom, ''Friends''.<ref>http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/1110963/the-big-bang-theory-and-friends-similarities</ref><ref>http://whatculture.com/tv/15-similarities-friends-big-bang-theory</ref><ref>http://www.looper.com/10501/big-bang-theory-lot-like-friends/</ref>
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|''Bill Nye Saves the World''
|2017-present
|Netflix
|TV-14
|Nothing more then leftist Bill Nye promoting pseudo-scientific hucksterism and far-Left views. Though liberal critics were praising it like it was the ''Citizen Kane'' of TV shows, American audiences panned it to no end.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6021260/reviews?ref_=tt_urv</ref>
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|''[[Black Jesus]]''
|2014-present
|Adult Swim
|TV MA
|A blasphemous television series that focuses on the Messiah, Jesus Christ, living in Compton, California in the modern day. Despite the show's questionable portrayal of Christ and the black community, reviewers claim that the character's method of spreading the Lord's message of love and compassion is present and may actually act as a way to reach the young and rebellious modern audience of today, however the continued usage of illegal substances on the show may impede that.
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|''[[Black-ish]]''
|2014-present
|[[ABC]]
|
|The plots of most episodes are usually only promotions of liberal ideologies such as gun control, vaccinations, and even abortion. In trying to subvert black racial stereotypes, as the show frequently claims to do, it only furthers the stereotypes.
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|''Bojack Horseman''
|2014-present
|Netflix
|TV-MA
|An animated series that disgustingly promotes [[Hollywood values]], [[sexual immorality]], and drug use. One episode promotes [[abortion]], saying that women who get them are "heroes". Moreover, he show seems to promote bestiality, as there are both human and anthropomorphic animals as characters, some of whom are in relationships. Another episode of the series disrespects veterans and implies they are not real heroes.
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|''Brave New Girls''
|2014
|E! (Canada)
|
|A Canadian reality series exploiting and glorifying gender confusion, featuring gender-confused male model Walter "Jenna" Talackova, who gained infamy for his attempt to become a contestant in the woman-only Miss Universe Canada pageant in 2012 and was initially disqualified after his true gender was discovered (he had lied about who he really was to get in); he got back in after liberal [[feminism|feminist]] lawyer Gloria Allred got involved on his behalf, but he still failed to make the pageant's final five contestants. Only eight episodes of this series were produced, but the Canadian E! channel has not officially announced that the show has been cancelled.
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|''Bridezillas''
|2004-2013
|WE tv
|
|Brides-to-be are encouraged to display their worst behavior in this staged "reality" series. They rant, scream, throw tantrums, and treat their wedding staff, spouse-to-be, family, and friends terribly.
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|''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''
|1997-2003
|The WB
|TV-14
|A pro-feminist supernatural-themed series, loosely based on the 1992 comedy horror film of the same name but with a more serious tone than the original movie, that depicts homosexual characters as "normal".
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|''Charmed''
|1998-2006
|The WB
|
|A disturbing glorification of witchcraft and feminism. It may be rebooted in 2018.
|-
|''[[The Colbert Report]]''
|2005-2014
|Comedy Central
|TV 14
|Stephen Colbert is a liberal who parodies conservative pundits such as [[Bill O'Reilly]] and conservative news shows, such as ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]''. Also features alcohol use, profanity, and jokes related to intercourse.
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|''Commander in Chief''
|2005-2006
|ABC
|TV-PG
|Nothing more than [[Hillary Clinton]] propaganda.
|-
|''[[Countdown with Keith Olbermann]]''
|2003-2011 ([[MSNBC]]), 2011-2012 ([[Current TV]])
|[[MSNBC]], Current TV
|TV PG
|A news show hosted by left-wing commentator [[Keith Olbermann]] that featured vehement attacks against conservatives.
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|''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]''
|1996-2015
|[[Comedy Central]]
|TV 14
|Jon Stewart mocks conservative politicians and media stars much more than his occasional jab at liberal Democrats. A year after he left the show, Stewart turned up as a surprise guest on former castmate Stephen Colbert's late-night CBS talk show and made a fool of himself by lambasting the [[Donald Trump]] Republican presidential campaign for Trump's stands against illegal immigration and Islamic terrorism and his criticisms of [[Barack Obama]]'s "presidency" and Hillary Clinton's character.
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|''Degrassi''
|2001-2015
|[[CTV]] (Canada)<br>TeenNick, Netflix (US)
|TV 14
|A tasteless high school drama show which portrays drug use, [[homosexuality]], [[sex change theory|gender confusion]] and [[abortion]] in a positive light. Previous versions of the ''Degrassi'' franchise, ''The Kids of Degrassi Street'' (1979–1986), ''Degrassi Junior High'' (1987–1989) and ''Degrassi High'' (1989–1991) (the latter two of which had similar themes), aired on Canadian network CBC Television.
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|''Dinosaurs''
|1991-1994
|ABC
|TV PG
|A sitcom in a world of anthropomorphic dinosaurs that promotes [[environmentalism]] and [[feminism]].
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|''Doubt''
|2017
|CBS
|TV-14
|A courtroom drama featuring gender-confused male actor Roderick "Laverne" Cox. It was touted by CBS as the first network primetime drama to feature a gender-confused actor in a starring role in an attempt to push gender confusion on its viewing audience. Because of this, viewers wanted no part of the show, which was cancelled after just two episodes.<ref name="Rise Failure">[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matt-philbin/2017/03/06/does-when-we-rises-failure-signal-end-cultures-long-gay-moment Does ‘When We Rise’s’ Failure Signal End to the Culture’s Long ‘Gay Moment?’] at NewsBusters</ref>
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|''[[Full Frontal with Samantha Bee]]''
|2016–present
|TBS
|TV MA
|An offshoot of ''The Daily Show'' featuring dimwitted former correspondent and alleged "comedienne" [[Samantha Bee]], who liberally uses foul language, bigotry and projection in her frequent, pathetic and unfunny mischaracterizations of conservative politicians, public figures and the public when they refuse to embrace liberal agendas. Bee often takes to behaving like a middle-aged teenybopper during her reports while slagging those she opposes.
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|''GCB''
|2012
|ABC
|TV 14
|An extremely blasphemous sitcom against [[Christianity]], as evidenced simply by its provocative title. It was so ill-received by various mainstream Christians that they demanded a boycott of anyone who sponsored the show, which ultimately contributed to its lasting a single season.
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|''Girls''
|2012-2017
|HBO
|TV MA
|A strong supporter of feminism and the [[homosexual agenda]]. There is an arc in the second season in which the main character begins to date a young conservative, only to break up with him, reasoning that his views were "immoral". The show also glamorizes [[Hollywood values]], such as marrying someone on the basis of boredom, having multiple sexual partners, and glamorizing abortion. Creator Lena Dunham, a self-proclaimed feminist, has defended these wrongs in interviews, claiming it is a representation of what it is like to be a woman in her twenties, when really it most certainly isn't.
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|''The Girls Next Door''
|2005-2010
|The Playboy Channel
|
|A series about the models in the [[pornography|pornographic]] magazine ''[[Playboy]]'', which exploits women.
|-
|''Good Witch''
|2015-present
|Hallmark Channel
|TV-PG
|Another show attempting to glorify witchcraft even worse, the daughter also does witchcraft and the show brushes it off like no big deal.
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|''Gotham''
|2014-present
|FOX
|TV-14
|Originally a prequel to Batman's superhero career, it unfortunately turned into homosexual propaganda. Two of the main villains, the Penguin and the Riddler, are portrayed as homosexual, even though they were never like that in the comics, and in the case of the latter, had previously been depicted as straight in the previous two seasons. To a lesser extent, Barbara Kean is also depicted as being bisexual despite not being that in the comics.
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|''Hardball with Chris Matthews''
|1994-1996; 1997-1999; 1999- (changed stations at 1996 and 1999)
|Originally America's Talking, later [[CNBC]], later MSNBC
|
|Non-stop liberal propaganda by its titular host.
|-
|''Hip Hop Harry''
|2006-2008
|TLC, Discovery Kids, Retro Television Network
|TV-Y
|A children's series that exposes young minds to mainstream rap and promotes them as "good role models" as the titular character is an anthropomorphic bear who belongs to that culture.
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|''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''
|2005-2014
|[[CBS]]
|
|Another possible ''Friends'' ripoff that includes womanizing, alcoholism, and gambling. Some episodes include fornication without consequence.
|-
|''The Howard Stern Show''
|
|First-run syndication
|TV MA
|The disgusting "Shock Jock" employs very vulgar and crass discussions and language.
|-
|''I Am Cait''
|2015-2016
|E!
|
|An offshoot of [[reality television]] series ''Keeping Up With the Kardashians'', this series exploits and glamorizes gender confusion while indulging Bruce "Caitlyn" Jenner in his delusion of pretending to be a "woman". Despite losing half its ratings after its first week due to few people wanting to watch the LGBT agenda being pushed on them, E! announced it would be bringing the show back for a second season. Its viewership, which had been at 2.73 million viewers at its premiere but dropped by more than half after that, fell to less than a fifth of that number (about 480,000 viewers) at one point during its second season, which finished with less than a third of its debut numbers and led to its cancellation on August 3, 2016 (although E! initially publicly denied that the show was cancelled).<ref>[http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/tv/caitlyn-jenners-i-cait-cancelled-e-just-2-seasons/ (Bruce) Jenner’s 'I Am Cait' cancelled at E! After just 2 seasons?]</ref> The cancellation was eventually officially announced by E! on August 16, 2016.<ref>[http://deadline.com/2016/08/caitlyn-jenner-i-am-cait-canceled-keeping-up-with-kardashians-e-1201804380/ ''I Am Cait'' Canceled By E! As (Bruce) Jenner Back On ''Kardashians'']</ref>
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|''I Am Jazz''
|2015-present
|The Learning Channel
|
|Another reality series exploiting gender confusion, this one focusing on a teenage boy (real name: Jaron Bloshinsky<ref>[https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/tag/jaron-bloshinsky/ Gender, Patriarchy, and All That Jazz : Mary Lou Singleton] (Warning: Contains feminist rhetoric and nonsense)</ref>) who claims to be a "girl" using the name "Jazz Jennings" and has been enabled in that delusion by his parents since the age of five. Like ''I Am Cait'', its ratings plummeted after its debut episode for similar reasons and have remained low, despite the show beginning its third season on June 27, 2017. The third season premiere focused on Bloshinsky's plan to further enable his gender confusion by surgically mutilating himself as soon as possible, while his grandparents resorted to bigotry by calling anyone who opposed gender confusion "rednecks".<ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/karen-townsend/2017/06/28/tlcs-transgender-teen-pansexual-and-ready-bottom-surgery TLC’s Trans Teen Show: 'Redneck Component' of Society Won't Accept Transgenders] at NewsBusters</ref>
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|''Incorporated''
|2016
|SyFy
|
|Par for the course of showrunners [[Matt Damon]] and [[Ben Affleck]], the show has a severe anti-corporation bent, and also has hints at a "global warming" agenda.
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|''Inside Amy Schumer''
|2013-
|Comedy Central
|TV-14
|Liberal "comedienne" Amy Schumer (who only is famous because she is a cousin of Democrat Party senator [[Chuck Schumer]]) does nothing but smother her liberal agenda onto the show's viewers. Her show is also infamous for stealing jokes from other comedians.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q064UWEwEP8</ref> Its fifth season has been placed on hiatus.<ref>http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/18/media/amy-schumer-show-canceled/index.html</ref>
|-
|''Jersey Shore''
|2009-2012
|MTV
|TV 14
|An infamously schlocky "reality" TV series that revolves around immoral and obscene behavior characteristics of its cast on the shores of New Jersey. Behavior depicted includes obscene dancing, innuendo, public drunkenness, and domestic violence.
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|''[[Last Week Tonight with John Oliver]]''
|2014-present
|HBO
|
|A late-night talk/news satire show hosted by British "comedian" and former ''Daily Show'' correspondent [[John Oliver]]. Like Samantha Bee on her show ''Full Frontal with Samantha Bee'', the liberal Oliver engages in bigotry and projection while mischaracterizing and attacking conservatives in the public spotlight and their supporters. Following [[Donald Trump]]'s winning the U.S. Presidency, he shifted a vast majority of his humor on verbally accosting the POTUS however possible. Talk about disproportionate retribution for a few insignificant and irrelevant mistakes Trump made on the campaign trail.
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|''Looking''
|2014-2016
|HBO
|TV MA
|Solely propaganda for the homosexual agenda that lasted only for two seasons.
|-
|''Lucifer''
|2016-present
|FOX
|TV-14
|Nope, you're not reading that wrong. They not only made a TV show with [[Satan]] as the main character but also made him the "good guy" too, despite history and the Bible proving otherwise. Then again, the show is based off of graphic novels by atheist British author Neil Gaiman, whose works sometimes portray Satan as "good" and God as "evil" in revisionist fashion.
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|''Madam Secretary''
|2014-present
|CBS
|
|A "political drama" that's just [[Hillary Clinton]] propaganda.
|-
|''Mary Tyler Moore''
|1970-1977
|CBS
|TV-PG
|A sitcom that made way for the feminist agenda, made following the Rural Purge.
|-
|''The Mick''
|2017-present
|FOX
|
|An anti-family sitcom about an irresponsible young woman who takes over the raising of her niece and two nephews after the kids' parents are arrested for tax evasion and fraud. Pushes liberal values such as gender confusion by children (and the mind warping that results from it, as shown in the episode "The New Girl"<ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/lindsay-kornick/2017/02/28/transgender-boy-asks-lesbian-fox-mick Gender Confused Boy Asks If Liking a Girl "Makes Me a Lesbian" on Fox's ''The Mick''] at Newsbusters</ref>) and the use of women's washrooms by gender-confused males (also from "The New Girl").
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|''Modern Family''
|2010-present
|[[ABC]]
|TV 14
|It mocks family values and promotes dysfunction and same-sex parenting among families. Three "families" are depicted in the show, two of which are dysfunctional and the third of which is a male homosexual couple with an adopted child. Gloria Pritchett (born Delgado), the Colombian second wife of main character Jay Pritchett, also sometimes displays a [[racism|racist]] attitude toward her husband and other characters.
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|''The New Normal''
|2012-2013
|NBC
|
|A pro-gay, anti-Christian show about a homosexual couple that wants to have a baby, contains many liberal agendas, and portrays the one main conservative of the show from a stereotypically negative liberal viewpoint. One NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City refused to air the show because of its offensive content. Few people watched the show and it was cancelled after one season, sending the message that almost no one finds liberal agendas or mockery of conservatives and traditional values funny.
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|''[[The Newsroom]]''
|2012-2014
|HBO
|
|Yet another forum for Aaron Sorkin to promote his liberal views. Promotes the view that making the news "moral" means bashing Republicans and airing one-sided opinion pieces masquerading as "news". Strange liberal morality. Ultimately was short lived, being cancelled barely two years into its airing.
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|''The Oprah Winfrey Show''
|1986-2011
|First-run syndication
|
|A daytime talk show frequently promoting liberal and [[feminism|feminist]] viewpoints.
|-
|''Orange is the New Black''
|2013-present
|Netflix
|
|A decadent show that glamorizes the homosexual agenda and prison life. The main moral of the show, as claimed by series creator Jenji Kohan, is that it is not normal to be straight and following in the path of God, and practicing Christianity will lead to horrible punishments. Additionally, it inadvertently supports abortion, as it is revealed that the Christian "villain" in the show wound up in prison for killing a bunch of abortionists after receiving one. Every woman in prison, with the exception of the villain, is in a lesbian relationship with one of their fellow inmates (even the nun!).
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|''Piers Morgan Tonight''/''Piers Morgan Live''
|2011–2014
|[[CNN]]
|
|British talk show host and [[gun control]] advocate [[Piers Morgan]] lectures his guests and his audience on the issues of the day and puts a liberal spin on his viewpoints. After drawing about 2.1 million viewers for his debut episode, viewership for the show fell steadily until reaching only a fraction of its original numbers, with an average low of 81,000 viewers in the age 25-54 demographic for the week of July 30-August 5, 2012.

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|''Pretty Little Liars''
|2010-2017
|ABC Family/Freeform
|TV 14
|A teen drama that depicts a homosexual teen as "normal".
|-
|''The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills''
|2010-present
|BRAVO
|
|Physical altercations, verbal arguments, and name calling are routinely displayed. The show focuses on the cast's lack of effective interpersonal communication skills and promotes pointless drama.
|-
|''The Real O'Neals''
|2015-2017
|ABC
|TV PG
|An anti-Catholic (and anti-family) "sitcom" featuring a teenaged character who "came out" as homosexual to his family members. This show, based on the life of foul-mouthed homosexual activist and anti-Christian, anti-conservative, [[heterophobia|heterophobic]] and [[misogyny|misogynistic]]<ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2017/03/09/dan-savage-i-f-ing-hate-melania-trump Dan Savage: ‘I ******* Hate' 'Ugly on the Inside' Melania Trump] at NewsBusters</ref> bigot [[Dan Savage]] (who also serves as its executive producer). As one of ABC's lowest-rated and least-watched shows because of its offensive content, it was finally cancelled in May 2017.
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|''[[Real Time|Real Time with Bill Maher]]''
|2003-present
|[[HBO]]
|TV MA
|A political talk show that typically features a liberally slanted panel. It routinely mocks conservatives and conservative values (including religion, with Maher even going so far as to deny the existence of [[Jesus Christ]], in a manner similar to [[Holocaust denial]], despite historical accounts, spiritual evidence, and even archaeological evidence of His existence proving otherwise). Maher himself smears conservative women in a vulgar and sexist manner.
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|''RuPaul's Drag Race''
|2009-present
|Logo TV
|
|A radically pro-[[gay]] reality show hosted by homosexual cross-dresser [[RuPaul]]. The show is a blatant promotion for transvestism.
|-
|''Salem''
|2014-2017
|WGN America
|TV-MA
|Based very loosely on the Salem witch trails, liberals once again change history to suit their agenda by demonizing Christians and portraying satanic witches as "martyrs".
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|''[[Sesame Street]]''
|1969-
|PBS
|TV-Y
|The infamous characters Bert and Ernie have been rumored to be gay. This program is also well-known for having Cookie Monster (who promotes [[gluttony]]), Big Bird (who was involved in a real-life media scandal about draft-dodging the Vietnam War), and Elmo (who is no exception to poorly done children's show characters). On top of that, Oscar the Grouch is likely some sort of metaphor for "grumpy white trash conservatives".
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|''[[Sex and the City]]''
|1998-2004
|HBO
|TV MA
|The show has no basis other than the sexual "adventures" of four women in their mid-thirties who live in New York City. Was created by the openly homosexual Darren Star, with this also being suspected for why the women in the show were depicted as sexually loose,<ref>http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/sex-and-the-city-portrays-women-as-sluts/news-story/936f2363706b887ca40e6f27ba8f7ccc</ref> with Star and the other writers admitting the original premise involved four homosexual men and just changed them to women for marketing purposes and subtly push the homosexual agenda.<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/09/1076175068807.html</ref>
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|''[[Shake it Up]]''
|2010-2013
|[[Disney Channel]]
|
|With poor family values, the show is about teenage girls on a dancing show, who are not very friendly to one another.
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|''Siskel & Ebert''
|1986-2010
|First-run syndication
|
|Liberal critics Gene Siskel and [[Roger Ebert]] give biased reviews to movies, telling other people what to think.
|-
|''Skins''
|2011
|[[MTV]]
|TV MA
|Teenage sex is portrayed in a positive light. This show was also accused of being in violation of child pornography laws. Ironically, a much more sexually explicit version of the show had aired for years in the UK with absolutely no controversy. Like with ''GCB'', it ultimately lasted for a single season largely because of the controversy.
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|''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
|1993-1999
|First-run syndication
|TV PG/14
|While every ''Star Trek'' series touches upon liberal themes, ''DS9'' is without a doubt the most left-wing of all the ''Star Trek'' series. One episode, "Rejoined", contains a lesbian kiss, one episode shows a male character being transformed into a female, and many episodes contain anti-Christian and anti-American jokes. Also, the ever-present relationships between human and non-human characters serve as a promotion of bestiality. In addition, many of the characters possess the smarter-than-thou personality that's all too common among liberals. This was even acknowledged by the showrunner for ''DS9'', Ira Steven Behr, by stating that "I know they got a lot of negative feedback, which only goes to prove a point I always believed in, which is that science fiction fans and Star Trek fans are much more conservative than people want to believe, and this whole Gene Roddenberry liberal Humanistic vision is truly not shared by a significant portion of them."
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|''Supergirl'' (Second season onward)
|2016–present
|The CW
|
|Although initially more politically neutral during the first season when it aired on CBS (See [[Essay:Greatest Conservative TV Shows#Debatable whether Conservative|its entry within the "Debatable whether Conservative" section of Greatest Conservative TV Shows]] for more information), it went hard-left when it was moved to the CW, including promoting the homosexual agenda by making Alex Danvers, the adoptive sister of Kara Zor-El, the titular character, a lesbian (and, as of the Season Two finale, having her propose to get "married" to her girlfriend, police detective Maggie Sawyer, with Alex Danver's actress, Chyler Leigh, ironically being a Christian and married to Nathan West as well as having three kids).

In addition, the current season has several pot-shots against any attempts at cutting down illegal immigration (such as the main villain Cadmus's ultimate plan essentially being to relocate aliens back to their home planet), and also featured (especially after the 2016 election cycle) several pot shots against Donald Trump (with one episode, "Exodus", indirectly alluding to Trump's election and his being falsely labeled a "fascist" with the character Snapper Carr telling Kara when firing her that leaving out one fact will likely result in "A fascist being elected into the White House". On a similar note, earlier in the episode, Carr proceeded to reference the left-wing meme [[fake news]]), with the beginning of the season also having the president being female (played by Lynda Carter, most well known for her role as the title character in the live-action ''[[Wonder Woman]]'' in the 1970s) in an obvious attempt at predicting Hillary Clinton as being president, even explicitly being called a Democrat in the penultimate episode of the second season (it also shows the president as an alien in human disguise, which may be a veiled reference to [[Barack Obama]] and the background he has attempted to hide via sealing of his records). Regarding the Trump burns, the penultimate episode of the second season even has the audacity to compare Rhea, the evil and tyrannical ruler of the planet Daxam, and her Daxamites' invasion of Earth to Donald Trump via Cat Grant paraphrasing Trump's "Make America Great Again" statement and attributing it to the Daxamite invaders, even though the overall methods they used to invade Earth were far closer to that of the illegal immigrants that Trump was trying to deport, including their explicitly trying to remake Earth upon invasion to resemble Daxam.

Also, the liberal infiltration into all aspects of ''Supergirl'' even reflects in the titles of the second season's final two episodes: "Resist" (a Democrat code word, derived from Hillary Clinton's message to her supporters on the Left to "resist" the Trump administration by any means necessary following her defeat in the 2016 Presidential election, and to a lesser extent derived from a similar codeword used by student radicals during the 1960s, most infamously used by the 500 students occupying the amphitheater at the University of Vincennes on January 1969) and "Nevertheless, She Persisted" (which relates to an incident in the Senate where Democrat Senator [[Elizabeth Warren]] persisted, despite being told several times to cease, in denouncing [[Jeff Sessions]] during the vote to confirm him as Attorney General<ref>[http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/01/supergirl-season-2-finale-title/ ''Supergirl'' boss reveals timely finale title] at Entertainment Weekly</ref>).
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|''Teletubbies''
|1997-2001
|CBeebies
|TV-Y
|A British program that exposed many young minds to environmentalism as well as LGBT-related material, as Tinky Winky was purple and carried a purse (Tinky Winky's actress also was a porn-star and a lesbian).
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|''These Friends of Mine''/''Ellen''
|1994–1998
|ABC
|
|Initially presented as a clone of the sitcom ''Seinfeld'', the show changed direction near the end of its fourth season when series star Ellen DeGeneres announced that she was a lesbian and decided to make her character, Ellen Morgan, lesbian as well. The show's ratings plummeted after the announcement and never recovered, leading to its cancellation by ABC in May 1998.
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|''Torchwood''
|2006-2011
|BBC
|TV-14
|Another sci-fi series which obsesses itself with promoting the homosexual agenda. Nearly every character is homosexual or bisexual. Very graphic for a TV series.
|-
|''Transparent''
|2014-present
|Amazon Video
|
|A scripted series focusing on gender confusion, the LGBT agenda and [[professor values]] which misguidedly portrays all in a positive light. Former college professor Morton Pfefferman, the patriarch of the Pfefferman family, starts claiming to be a "woman" named "Maura" in the pilot episode. Later episodes explore the Pfeffermans' efforts to enable and indulge Morton in his delusion (in one episode, Morton gets offended and walks out on a family portrait shooting when the photographer correctly calls him "sir"), while oldest daughter Sarah leaves her husband to enter a lesbian relationship.
|-
|''[[Two and a Half Men]]''
|2003-2015
|[[CBS]]
|
|Pre-Season 8: The main character Charlie Harper's series of casual sexual relationships is portrayed as admirable, while his younger brother Alan, a chiropractor who is more moral and hard-working by comparison, is more prone to misfortune. There is a lack of positive female role models. The main character has an antagonistic and dysfunctional relationship with his mother, which is passed off as humorous.
Post-Season 8: One of the episodes depicts Alan's ex-wife and current girlfriend implied to have undergone a lesbian one-night-stand. Jake, Alan's son, also comments about getting an STD as if it were a badge of honor in another episode. In addition, Angus T. Jones, Jake's actor, labeled the show as filth after his famous conversion to Christianity.
|-
|''Van Helsing''
|2016-present
|SyFy
|TV-14
|Nothing more than more feminist nonsense. Van Helsing's daughter now fights vampires in a post-apocalyptic world, and not surprisingly the Christian part of Helsing's character is completely absent.
|-
|''[[The View]]''
|1997-
|ABC
|
|A talk show with liberal activists such as [[Barbara Walters]], [[Joy Behar]], Rosie O'Donnell and [[Whoopi Goldberg]].
|-
|''Weeds''
|2005-2012
|Showtime
|
|A show focused mainly on the sale and use of marijuana (and the connected criminal activity) by a widow and her family.
|-
|''[[The West Wing (TV show)|The West Wing]]''
|1999-2006
|NBC
|
|Just a platform for the control-freak [[Aaron Sorkin]]'s liberal talking points. May also have been what influenced various liberal journalists into thinking that how Martin Sheen's character acted in the show was how a president was supposed to act, and thus may have resulted in the liberal media's attempts at doing a witch hunt on Donald Trump for any little thing.
|-
|''When We Rise''
|2017
|ABC
|TV-14
|A docudrama miniseries glorifying both the homosexual agenda and its history, starting from the 1969 Stonewall riot. Stars liberal actors Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O'Donnell and Rob Reiner and homosexual actor David Hyde Pierce in featured roles. Contains a great deal of historical revisionism<ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/alexa-moutevelis-coombs/2017/02/28/abcs-gay-propaganda-we-will-rise-falls-flat ABC Gay Series 'Rise': 'Get Rid of All the Heterosexuals'] at NewsBusters</ref> (including demonizing and deliberate mischaracterization of conservatives who opposed homosexuality, as well as making the homosexuals and the gender-confused look like "victims" when, in reality, they were and still are the aggressors<ref name="When We Rise">[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/karen-townsend/2017/03/03/when-we-rise-hates-republican-presidents-shows-love-hillary 'When We Rise' Hates on Republican Presidents, Shows Love to Hillary] at NewsBusters</ref>) and whitewashing of the history of the LGBT movement (particularly [[Homosexuality and Health|what happens to those who practice homosexuality and engage in homosexual sex]]) as seen through the far-Left viewpoint of the miniseries' producers, all in an attempt to pander to a specifically targeted audience.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NynBiB73E8I "When We Rise" - a dumb leftist dystopian fantasy] at the Rebel Media YouTube channel</ref>

The miniseries claims the homosexual agenda began as an offshoot of the [[Civil Rights Movement]], but such a claim would be considered offensive to blacks due to the agenda's attempt to compare sexual preference to skin color (a person's skin color and race are traits they are born with, but homosexuality is not), as well as a cheap attempt by the LGBT movement to hitch their wagon onto legitimate civil rights for blacks. As expected, liberal media reviewers heaped unwarranted praise on the miniseries, while conservative website [[NewsBusters]] was far more critical of it and called the miniseries, its producers and writer/creator Dustin Lance Black all out for their revisionism and lies.<ref name="When We Rise"/> Not surprisingly, few TV viewers were willing to watch the miniseries because of its pushing of the homosexual agenda, liberal ideology, historical revisionism, and whitewashing, making it the lowest-rated show to air on the Big Four broadcast networks each night it aired, putting ABC in fourth place behind CBS, NBC and FOX while barely tying with the CW.<ref name="Rise Failure"/><ref>[http://www.dailywire.com/news/14020/backlash-gay-and-transgender-tv-die-ratings-john-nolte BACKLASH: Gay and Transgender TV Die In the Ratings] at ''The Daily Wire''</ref>
|-
|''Witches of East End''
|2013-2014
|Lifetime
|
|A short-lived TV show attempting to glorify witchcraft.
|-
|''The Wonder Years''
|1988-1993
|ABC
|
|Although it promotes traditional family values, ''The Wonder Years'' has a politically liberal undertone. Despite the father, Arnold family patriarch Jack Arnold, being a veteran of the [[Korean War]], the second season episode "Walkout" has Jack's son Kevin Arnold and other students walk out of school to protest the ongoing [[Vietnam War]]. The only person who tries to stop it is the school's vice-principal (who is depicted as strict and villainous), who threatens to suspend any participants in the walkout and put those suspensions on their permanent records. The show makes other jabs at the war, such as characters (like Kevin's rebellious teenage hippie sister Karen) going to vigils and displaying the peace sign constantly.
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==Animated Programs==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Title
!Original run
!Network
!TV rating
!Description
|-
|''Almost Naked Animals''
|2011-2013
|YTV (Canada)
|TV-Y7 (should be TV-MA)
|The Left's device in order to promote bestiality and disorderly conduct at a younger audience. In this cartoon, animals are furless and walk around in their underwear, and it is completely ignored except by the audience.
|-
|''The Ambiguously Gay Duo''
|1996-????
|ABC, later NBC
|Unknown
|Originally a clip from ''The Dana Carvey Show'' before moving over to ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', the [[Batman]] ripoff, as implied by its name, had a homo-erotic subtext of its main characters, with it being portrayed humorously when, if anything, it was filth.
|-
|''[[American Dad]]''
|2005-
|[[Fox Network|FOX]], later TBS
|
|Don't let the patriotic-sounding title fool you: Like all Seth MacFarland animated productions, it supports liberalism and homosexuality and mocks conservative values. In a case of truth in advertising, one of the main characters, Hayley Smith, is depicted as a far-left hippie who is shrewish, hateful and sometimes violent while stridently promoting her liberal views and, like Brian Griffin on ''Family Guy'', is used as Seth MacFarlane's sounding board for his viewpoints on the show.
|-
|''Breadwinners''
|2014-
|Nickelodeon
|TV-Y7
|A stoner cartoon about two anthropomorphic ducks (who look nothing like their species anyway) who deliver bread and promote disorderly conduct. It is very racy for a Nickelodeon show as there is a lot of vulgar jokes.
|-
|''Caillou''
|1997-2010
|Teletoon
|TV-Y
|This Canadian cartoon promotes a lack of effective communication skills and whiny tantrums among youth and only teaches young children that behavior of that nature can get them what they want.
|-
|''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]''
|1990-1996
|TBS
|TV-Y7
|A pro-environmentalism cartoon created by liberal elitist [[Ted Turner]].
|-
|''[[The Cleveland Show]]''
|2009-2013
|FOX
|TV 14
|A spin-off from the extremely liberal cartoon ''Family Guy''. It's a raunchy comedy that includes many racist and sexual jokes, mostly against Caucasians.
|-
|''Codename: Kids Next Door''
|2002-2008
|Cartoon Network
|TV-Y7
|Kids form militia forces around the world to fight adults ([[nihilism]]), also many of the leaders are girls ([[feminism]]).
|-
|''Doc McStuffins''
|2012- Present
|Disney Junior
|TV-Y
|Pushes pro lesbian propaganda on little children. One episode features a lesbian couple. Chris Nee, the creator of the show is a lesbian. However, what else would you expect from uber-liberal Disney?
|-
|''[[Dora the Explorer]]''
|2000-2014
|Nick Junior
|TV-Y
|Pro-multiculturalist cartoon that teaches young children Spanish. Multiple characters can't speak a word in English and the audience has to speak Spanish to them.
|-
|''Drawn Together''
|2004-2007
|Comedy Central
|TV MA
|Animated show containing explicit crude and vulgar humor. During Season 2, Princess Clara (a devout "Christian") is depicted as a "bigot" and a [[Hypocrites|hypocrite]], as if that's what Christianity is about.
|-
|''Fanboy and Chum Chum''
|2009-2014
|Nickelodeon
|TV-Y7
|Promotes disorderly conduct and the titular characters harass other characters within the show. Not only that but they're children and their parents are never shown nor mentioned.
|-
|''[[Family Guy]]''
|1999-2003, 2005-
|[[Fox Network|FOX]]
|TV 14
|Notorious for its shock tactics, this show routinely employs willful tastelessness for comedic shock value. Examples include one regular character who is a homosexual pedophile, as well as constant Hitler jokes and clips of television shows as seen through the eyes of main character Peter Griffin, who sees them with a warped and twisted viewpoint. Brian Griffin, the Griffin family's talking pet dog, is frequently used by series creator Seth MacFarlane as a sounding board for his liberal political and social views.
|-
|''Glenn Martin DDS''
|2009-2011
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|TV PG
|A racy stop motion cartoon that mocks the role of fatherhood and also promotes liberalism with many demented sexual jokes. One episode blatantly portrays [[Barack Obama]] as the "messiah" and [[Dick Cheney]] as the devil. Created by [[progressive]] former Disney CEO [[Michael Eisner]].
|-
|''Johnny Test''
|2005-2014
|Cartoon Network
|TV-Y7
|A knockoff of ''Jimmy Neutron'', ''Fairly OddParents'', and ''Dexter's Laboratory'' that mocks friendship and family values. Its titular main protagonist is very arrogant and selfish. Unlike Timmy Turner and Jimmy Neutron, he almost never learns his lesson in the end.
|-
|''The Legend of Korra''
|2012-2014
|Nickelodeon
|TV PG
|Liberals pushed it on children since it features one of the if not the first children's shows to feature a homosexual protagonist and strongly advocates feminism.
|-
|''The Loud House''
|2016- Present
|Nickelodeon
|TV-Y7
|Pushes the LGBT agenda. One of Lincoln Loud's friends is raised by a homosexual couple. One of the sisters is a lesbian.
|-
|-
|''Love Hina''
|2000
|TV Tokyo
|N/A (only released on DVDs outside Japan);
|A pro-feminist [[anime]], as the show treats the girls abusing a man for "perversion" when he, in reality, was just at the wrong place at the wrong time as "funny" to such an extent that it was frequently used as a running gag, with the man often having to apologize for the "bad behavior" despite it not actually being his fault. The man in question, Keitaru Urashima, later ends up marrying Naru Narusegawa, who was the main offender regarding the abuse. Also seems to promote [[Professor Values]] as well, since most of the cast, in particular, Naru Narusegawa and Keitaru Urashima, only seemed to care about getting into college in order to meet their loved ones over actually studying.
|-
|''Marvin Marvin''
|2012-2013
|Nickelodeon
|TV-Y7
|It mocks family values and contains extremely vulgar humor. One of the actors, [[Lucas Cruikshank]], is gay.
|-
|''Mr. Pickles''
|2013 (pilot) 2014-
|Adult Swim
|TV-MA
|A Satanic cartoon about a border collie who is an embodiment of the Devil and engages in a lot of violent, bloody, and gory behavior. Not only that, but the show stereotypes [[heavy metal]] music.
|-
|''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''
|2010-
|The Hub Network / Discovery Family
|TV-Y
|The ever-popular among liberals anime-influenced cartoon has hidden liberal ideas such as socialism, environmentalism, feminism, and anti-religion. Originally made for young girls, the show has unexpectedly attracted a worldwide cult following of young adult to adult men who call themselves "Bronies", suggesting [[homosexuality]] or even [[pedophilia]] in the fanbase.
|-
|''Sanjay and Craig''
|2013-
|Nickelodeon
|TV-Y7
|It promotes disorderly conduct, contains a stereotypical Indian boy with a pet snake (who are the two titular characters), and has lots of vulgar jokes.
|-
|''Steven Universe''
|2013-
|Cartoon Network
|TV-PG
|Don't let the cutesy art style fool you in this one. On the surface, it looks like a harmless show promoting family unity among a half-human-half-alien child, his loving human father, and his extra-terrestrial friends who teach the boy how to use his superpowers. However, looks are deceiving—it's really a show that exposes children to filth. First, the series promotes gender confusion, as the alien characters, while they look like space rocks who turn into women under light, are actually androgynous, and it tries to use their androgyny to justify their lesbian and bisexual behavior (which is based on [https://www.autostraddle.com/rebecca-sugar-is-bisexual-steven-universe-creator-comes-out-at-comic-con-346094/ the series creator's bisexual lifestyle]). As a result of these sexless aliens looking like women, the series is extremely [[Feminism|feminist]], with the feminine-presenting aliens and even genuinely female humans portrayed as much more powerful or at least more competent than the male characters, many of whom are weak, silly, or incompetent. When male characters show some form of competence, such as the hero's father's skills with construction, the feminists who rule the show give said male characters less credit than they deserve. Lastly, innuendoes are peppered throughout, especially in terms of "fusions", which were originally supposed to be battle tactics that involved combining the aliens' bodies and minds to form more powerful entities before the show's liberal writers shoehorned in the idea that fusions are expressions of the aliens' "love" for one another. Some episodes even feature the title character going from being male to being "fused" with his female love interest to make a disturbingly androgynous hybrid.

The show's fan base is one of the most aggressive in the world, and it infamously [http://www.dailydot.com/parsec/steven-universe-fanartist-bullied-controversy/ bullied another fan to attempt suicide after she submitted fan art to the Internet that didn't depict the boy's overweight alien mother, who died before the series began, as overweight]. Some countries have the decency to censor or alter explicitly lesbian scenes and dialogue when they import certain episodes of the series, but whenever this happens, the liberal fans always complain and get their way like the spoiled, entitled adult children that many of them are.

All we can say is thank goodness this series is definitely not rated TV-Y.
|}

==Schlockumentary Programs==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Title
!Original run
!Network
!TV rating
!Description
|-
|''The Future Is Wild''
|2002
|BBC, Arte, ZDF, ORF, Mediaset, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel
|
|
|-
|''Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman''
|2010-2017
|Science TV
|TV-PG
|Do we really need to explain?
|}

==Debatable Whether Liberal==
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!Title
!Original run
!Network
!TV rating
!Description
|}

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== References ==
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==See also ==
*[[Essay:Greatest Conservative TV Shows]]
*[[Essay:Worst Liberal Movies]]
*[[Essay: Worst Liberal Songs]]

== External links ==

*[http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-angus-t-jones-20121127,0,870446.story Angus T. Jones: 'Two and a Half Men' star, calls show 'filth']

''"If you watch 'Two and a Half Men', please stop watching 'Two and a Half Men, I'm on 'Two and a Half Men' and I don't want to be on it. You cannot be a true God-fearing person and be on a television show like that." - Angus T. Jones, actor on Two and a Half Men''

*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462085/ Bridezillas imdb]

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Nigel Farage

2017-08-12T00:21:17Z

Ottovonbismarck:

[[File:Nigel Farage of UKIP.jpg|thumb|300px|Nigel Farage in 2008]]
'''Nigel Paul Farage''' (born 3 April 1964) is a [[dumbass]] British politician and former leader of the [[UK Independence Party]] (UKIP) from 2010 to 2016; he also held that position from September 2006 to November 2009. Since 1999, he has been a Member of the [[European Parliament]] for South East England and co-chairs the Eurosceptic Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group.

Farage's goal, leaving the [[globalist]] and [[socialist]] [[European Union]], was achieved when the British people voted to leave the EU in a June 23, 2016 referendum.<ref>Armstrong, Paul (July 15, 2016). [http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/24/europe/eu-referendum-nigel-farage/ Nigel Farage: Arch-eurosceptic and Brexit 'puppet master']. ''CNN''. Retrieved October 4, 2016.</ref><ref>Jamieson, Alastair (June 25, 2016). [http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/brexit-referendum/brexit-result-meet-men-who-took-britain-out-europe-n598381 Brexit Result: Meet the Men Who Took Britain Out of Europe]. ''NBC News''. Retrieved October 4, 2016.</ref> Although the more liberal supporters of [[Brexit]] shunned him, he was instrumental in having the referendum held in the first place.<ref>Wiseman, Oliver (December 9, 2016). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/442891/nigel-farage-ukip-european-union-euroskepticism-brexit-immigration-donald-trump Mr. Farage Goes to Washington]. ''Natioal Review''. Retrieved December 15, 2016.</ref>

Farage was very influential and arguably the most significant British politician in the early 21st Century.<ref>Stanley, Tim (September 16, 2016). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/16/au-revoir-nigel-farage-the-kentish-bloke-who-repainted-britain-p/ Au revoir Nigel Farage, the Kentish bloke who repainted Britain purple]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved October 4, 2016.</ref><ref>Bloom, Godfrey (July 4, 2016). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/04/when-we-founded-ukip-brexit-was-a-lost-cause-nigel-farage-change/ When we founded Ukip, Brexit was a lost cause. Nigel Farage changed all that]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved October 4, 2016.</ref>

Farage strongly and vocally supported [[Donald Trump]]'s successfully presidential candidacy.<ref>Farage, Nigel (November 22, 2016). [http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/22/farage-prepared-help-britain-work-president-trump/ FARAGE: I Am Prepared to Help Britain Work with President Trump]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 15, 2016.</ref> They developed a very strong friendship, and Farage visited Trump several times after the election,<ref>Hope, Christopher (December 15, 2016). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/15/nigel-farage-meets-donald-trump-third-time-amid-speculation/ Nigel Farage meets Donald Trump for a third time amid speculation of new role advising on UK/US trade deal]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved December 15, 2016.</ref> and Trump even stated publically that he would make a good ambassador to the U.S.<ref>Mance, Henry; Brown, John Murray (November 22, 2016). [https://www.ft.com/content/f37d612c-b081-11e6-a37c-f4a01f1b0fa1 Trump’s Nigel Farage tweet ruffles UK feathers]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved December 15, 2016.</ref>

== Life ==
Farage was a founding member of UKIP, having left the [[Conservative Party]] in 1992 after the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. Having unsuccessfully campaigned in European and Westminster parliamentary elections for UKIP since 1994, he won a seat as MEP for South East England in the 1999 European Parliament Election—the first year the regional list system was used—and was re-elected in 2004 and 2009. Farage describes himself as a libertarian and rejects any suggestion that he is really a Conservative.{{fact}}

In September 2006, Farage became the UKIP Leader and led the party through the 2009 European Parliament Election when it received the second highest share of the popular vote, defeating Labour and the Liberal Democrats with over two million votes. He stepped down in November 2009 to concentrate on contesting the Buckingham seat of the Speaker, John Bercow, at the 2010 general election.
At the 2010 General Election, Farage failed to unseat Bercow and received only the third highest share of the vote in the constituency. Shortly after the polls opened on 6 May 2010, Farage was injured in an aircraft crash in Northamptonshire. The two-seated PZL-104 Wilga 35A had been towing a pro-UKIP banner when it flipped over and crashed shortly after takeoff. Both Farage and the pilot were hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries.

In November 2010, Farage successfully stood in the 2010 UKIP leadership contest, following the resignation of its leader, Lord Pearson of Rannoch. Farage was also ranked 41st in the'' [[Daily Telegraph]]'''s Top 100 most influential right-wingers poll in October 2009, citing his media savvy and his success with UKIP in the European Elections. Farage was ranked 58th in the 2010 list compiled by Iain Dale and Brian Brivati for the ''Daily Telegraph''. In the same list published in 2012, Farage was ranked 17th.
Farage has been noted for his passionate eurosceptic speeches in the European Parliament. Farage was one of the key figures of the [[Brexit]] campaign. Farage's main opponent in the European Parliament is the socialist elitist liberal [[Guy Verhofstadt]], who is the Brexit negotiator of the European Parliament.

After retiring from the leadership of UKIP, Farage became a [[conservative talk radio]] host.<ref>Saunders, Tristram Fane (January 5, 2017). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-to-listen-to/nigel-farage-host-new-nightly-lbc-radio-show/ Nigel Farage to host new nightly LBC radio show]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved March 27, 2017.</ref> He partnered in an effort to split the far-left U.S. state of [[California]] into two states, with one of which presumably being a conservative, [[red state]].<ref>Donnelly, Tim, CA Assemblyman (March 27, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/03/27/calexit-bad-boys-of-brexit-join-the-calexit2-movement-to-split-california-in-two/ Nigel Farage, ‘Bad Boys of Brexit’ Join #CalExit]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 27, 2017.</ref> He noted in 2017 that Conservative Party Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] had adopted the exact same political positions as he had a few years earlier.<ref>Merrick, Rob (May 7, 2017). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/election-latest-nigel-farage-theresa-may-stolen-ukip-policies-brussels-bashing-immigration-a7722346.html Nigel Farage says Theresa May is winning because she has stolen all his policies]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved May 7, 2017.</ref>

==References==
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Otto von Bismarck

2017-08-12T00:20:32Z

Ottovonbismarck:

[[File:Otto von Bismarck.JPG|thumb|300px|Otto von Bismarck]]
'''Otto von Bismarck''' (Otto Eduard Leopold Fürst von Bismarck, Herzog von Lauenburg, Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen) (April 1, 1815–July 30, 1898) served as the minister president of [[Prussia]] (1862–71) and the first [[chancellor]] of the [[German Empire]] (1871–90). Known as the "Iron Chancellor," Bismarck was the dominant political leader of Europe in the late 19th century. He was a unifier who brought together the various Germanic states into a unified [[Germany]], under Prussian leadership. His capital was [[Berlin]], but his base of power were the rich landowning "Junkers" of the eastern part of Prussia. He was fiercely patriotic and believed in [[realpolitik]] (the use of power to get practical results).

Bismarck entered Prussian politics in 1847. He first served as ambassador to [[Russia]] and [[France]], and became the minister president and foreign minister in 1862. He supervised the defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the [[Austro-Prussian War]] and annexed or coerced neighboring states into the [[North German Federation]]. He supervised the defeat of the French in the [[Franco-Prussian War]] and the creation of the new German Empire (the "Second Reich"); Bismarck was made its imperial chancellor and prince in 1871 and dominated the political system.

In domestic affairs, Bismarck was an arch-conservative [[Protestant]] who strengthened the economy, fought both the Catholics (in the "[[Kulturkampf]]" or "culture war") and the anti-clerical socialists. The Catholics and socialists reorganized and were more powerful at his death than when he attacked them. Bismarck began the German [[welfare state]] as a way to gain support for the national government while weakening the socialists.

He played a major diplomatic role in world affairs, from leading the war against France in 1870-71 to balancing the major nations against each other so as to prevent war. This was the "Bismarck System," but he was dismissed in 1890 by an arrogant new emperor [[Kaiser Wilhelm II]] who was oblivious to Bismarck's great achievements.

==See also==
* [[Kulturkampf]]

==Bibliography==
* Craig, Gordon A. ''Germany, 1866-1945'' (1978) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=30331035 online edition]
* Crankshaw, Edward. ''Bismarck.'' (1981).
* Eyck, Erich. ''Bismarck and the German Empire.'' (1964).
* Feuchtwanger, Edgar. ''Bismarck'' (Routledge Historical Biographies) (2002) 276 pp, basic starting point
* Garr, Lothar. ''Bismark: The White Revolutionary'' (1986) 2 vol
* Kent, George O. ''Bismarck and His Times'' 1978 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=7561027 online edition]
* Lerman, Katharine Anne. ''Bismarck: Profiles in Power'', 2004. ISBN 0-582-03740-9.
* Palmer, Alan. ''Bismarck,'' (1976)
* Pflanze, Otto. ''Bismarck and the Development of Germany.'' 3 vols. (1963–90). the standard scholarly biography
* Pflanze, Otto. ''Bismarck and German Nationalism,'' ''American Historical Review,'' Vol. 60, No. 3 (Apr., 1955), pp. 548–566 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1845577 in JSTOR]
* Sheehan, James J. ''German History, 1770-1866'' (1989), dense, thorough political history
* Sheehan, James J. ''German liberalism in the nineteenth century'' 1978. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.01317.0001.001 online at ACLS e-books]
* Stern, Fritz. ''Gold and Iron: Bismarck, Bleichröder and the Building of the German Empire.'' (1977).
*Taylor, A.J.P. ''Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman'' (1955). [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=14683010 online edition]

===Primary sources===
* ''Bismarck, the Man & the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences of Otto, Prince Von Bismarck.'' Volume: 1. (1899)[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=77734130 online edition]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=dEgKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA2&dq=inauthor:Otto+inauthor:von+inauthor:Bismarck&as_brr=1#PPR3,M1 "Thoughts and Reminiscences" by Otto von Bismarck Vol. I, online]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=IkgKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=inauthor:Otto+inauthor:von+inauthor:Bismarck&as_brr=1#PPR3,M1 "Thoughts and Reminiscences" by Otto von Bismarck Vol. II, online]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/bismarckmanstate02bismuoft Bismarck's Memoirs Vol. II, online]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/correspondenceof00bismuoft ''The correspondence of William I and Bismarck: with other letters from and to Prince Bismarck'' ed Ford (1903), online]
*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWbismarck.htm Otto von Bismarck]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Otto-von-Bismarck Otto von Bismarck] at the ''Encyclopædia Britannica''
*[http://www.history.com/topics/otto-von-bismarck Biography] at ''History.com''

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Communist Party of the United States of America

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The '''Communist Party of the United States of America''' ('''CPUSA''') was a Moscow-controlled [[Marxist-Leninist]] party in the [[United States]]. It nominated a candidate for president from 1924 through 1984, sometimes with funding from the [[Atheism|atheistic]] [[communism|Communist]] [[Soviet Union]]. With the collapse of the Soviet Union it became a hollow shell and has urged voters to support the [[Democrat Party]].<ref>http://www.marxists.org/history/usa/government/elections/president/timeline.htm</ref>

The Soviet Union used the CPUSA to recruit spies after the U.S. recognized the USSR in 1933.

The CPUSA was under heavy attack by the U.S. government after 1947 and the start of the [[Cold War]]. After gaining control of many [[Congress of Industrial Organizations]] (CIO) locals and unions it was expelled from the CIO in 1948. After losing its main base it continued to operate some small unions, such as the fur workers. It supported and gained control of the presidential campaign of [[Henry A. Wallace]] in 1948. After 1948 it was a hunted target and played only a small role.

Membership in the CPUSA was a high maintenance commitment—the Party demanded full control of people's ideas, friendships, jobs and activities. There were repeated in-depth investigations, humiliating interrogations, forced confessions, and purges. Many sympathizers (or "fellow travelers") supported Communist goals but refused to become members. Of those who did join turnover in membership was very high, with most people staying less than a year before they quit in disgust with the intellectual and social regimentation of the party and its structure as a top-down dictatorship that took orders from Moscow. The CPUSA did not execute anyone, but many—probably most—of the American Communists who traveled to Russia were killed there.<ref>''The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia'', Timotheo Tzouliadis, Penguin Press, August 2008. [http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/64569/robert-legvold/the-forsaken-an-american-tragedy-in-stalins-russia Review by Robert Legvold,] ''Foreign Affairs'', November/December 2008.</ref>

==Early years==

It was formed in 1919 as a splinter group of the [[left-wing]] of the [[Socialism|Socialist Party]] over the issue of the [[Bolshevik Revolution]] in [[Russia]]. The left wing socialists supported [[Lenin]] and [[Trotsky]], and broke off the SP to form two rival parties: the [[Communist Party of America]] and [[Communist Labor Party]]. Under pressure from the [[Communist International]], these two communist parties officially merged in Chicago in 1919. From its inception, the Communist Party USA came under attack from the [[FBI]] and Attorney General [[A. Mitchell Palmer]] for defying the [[Sedition Act of 1918]]. Consequently, the Communist Party USA went underground and went through name changes to evade the authorities.

During the early 1920s, the party apparatus was, to a great extent, underground. It reemerged in 1923 with a small legal above ground element, the [[Workers Party of America]]. As the [[Red Scare]] of 1919 and deportations of the early 1920s ebbed, the party became bolder and more open. When the FBI in August 1922 raided the third convention of the Communist Party USA meeting secretly near Bridgman, Michigan, they obtained biographical information about each of the delegates. They came largely from Eastern and Central Europe; all but two could speak English and most were Americanized. Most had previously belonged to the [[Socialist Party]], or (less often) to the [[IWW]]. Most had been radicals prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Few held official trade union positions, very few worked in heavy industry, and a substantial number had been arrested at least once.<ref>Harvey Klehr, "The Bridgman Delegates," ''Survey''1976 22(2): 87-95. 0039-6192</ref>

==Underground==
An element of the party, however, remained permanently underground. It was through this underground party, often commanded by a Soviet official operating in the United States, that Soviet intelligence was able to co-opt CPUSA members.<ref>"The COMINTERN (Communist International) was a Soviet-controlled organization that conducted liaison with the national Communist parties of various countries, including the United States. Moscow issued guidance, support, and orders to the parties through the COMINTERN.</ref> The Comintern supplied the American Communist movement with the equivalent of several million dollars in valuables, an enormous sum in the 1920s.<ref>[http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/moynihan/appa4.html Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy Report, Appendix A, 4. ''The Encounter with Communism''] (1997).</ref>

[[File:American Communists.jpg|thumb|American Communists demonstrate in New York City’s Union Square in 1929.]]
By 1930 the party had adopted the title Communist Party of the USA. In the 1930s the CPUSA recruited several hundred persons among millions of new employees hired by the federal government under the impact of the [[New Deal]]'s rapid expansion of governmental programs. Open membership in the Communist Party brought discharge. The CPUSA evaded the law by organizing caucuses of government employees that met in secret. [[Joseph Peters]], a senior member of the Central Committee of the CPUSA, headed the party’s underground apparatus from 1932 to 1938 and pioneered its role as an auxiliary to Soviet intelligence activities. CPUSA operatives did not move in heavily until Roosevelt's second term and not en masse until the third term, although the entering wedge was made during his first term.

In 1932, Sergei Ivanovich Gussev, who had served as Comintern agent and Stalin's personal representative in the United States, "commanded the Communists in the United States to take up four tasks. Two of them were the defence of the Soviet Union and the furtherance of Red conquest of China." In 1933 the notorious [[Gerhart Eisler]] "was secretly sent into the United States by Moscow to make sure these orders were carried out." <ref>Louis F. Budenz, ''The Techniques of Communism'', (1954), pp. 162-163.</ref>

==Leadership==
[[File:József Pogány.jpg|thumb|200px|József Pogány.]]
The Hungarian József Pogány, nicknamed John Pepper, was sent to the United States as the representative of the Comintern during the 1920s, with full authority to control the Party. He quickly assimilated American political culture and played a central role before being called back to Moscow. Criticized by Stalin for his ideas about the future of the labor movement in the United States, Pogány was expelled from the Comintern in 1929 and disappeared in the [[Gulag]].

From 1919 to the early 1930s Party head [[William Z. Foster]] was one of the most influential leftist labor and political leaders in the United States. After coordinating the great industrywide steel strike of 1919, he joined the Party and was its candidate for president in 1924, 1928, and 1932. Foster's recurrent physical and mental health problems curtailed his leadership, especially during the 1930s. He was loyal to Stalin who returned Foster to power in 1945. He retired in 1957 and Moscow replaced him with [[Gus Hall]].

[[Earl Browder]] assumed party leadership after 1929 and actually dissolved the party in 1944, replacing it with the Communist Political Association. For this independent move he was in turn expelled and Stalin brought back Foster as head of the party. Foster published a highly revisionist "new history" of America, which was highly praised in Moscow, translated into many languages and made a handbook of anti-American propaganda all over the world. Of it Browder wrote, "This extraordinary book interpreted the history of America from its discovery to the present, as an orgy of 'bloody banditry' and imperialism, enriching itself by 'drinking the rich red blood' of other peoples." Foster was retired in 1958 and replaced by Gus Hall.

Gus Hall (1910-2000) was secretary general of the Party, 1959-2000. Hall was born to a family of Finnish immigrant workers in the mining camps of northern Minnesota. His parents were active participants in Finland's workers' socialist movement and the [[IWW]]. In 1927, Hall joined the Communist Party. By the early 1930s, he was involved in trade union activity, especially as an organizer in steel. In 1959 he became party leader and ran for president four times in 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984, the last two times with [[Angela Davis]].

[[Louis Budenz]] started as a Communist and ended as a leading anti-Communist, beginning with his involvement in the Toledo, Ohio, Electric Auto-Lite strike of 1934. Although the intensity of Budenz's later opposition to Communism during the McCarthy era made his former involvement in the CPUSA difficult to understand, his entry into the Party was the logical result of his involvement in the Auto-Lite strike. Intrigued by the idea of an "Americanized" socialism, Budenz's desire to assimilate leftism and nationalism spurred him to join the American Workers' Party (AWP) and, later, the Communist Party. Fervently patriotic, Budenz's interest in the CPUSA was based on the group's adoption of an approach that focused on the American experience. When the CPUSA realigned itself with Russia in 1945, Budenz left the organization. Following his departure, Budenz acted as an informant in the Red Scare, assisting the government in the condemnation of many of his former Communist sympathizers.<ref>Roger Chapman, "Louis Francis Budenz's Journey from the Electric Auto-Lite Strike to the Communist Party and Beyond," ''Northwest Ohio Quarterly'' 2001 73(3-4): 118-141. 0029-3407</ref>

==Modern Times==
The CPUSA has played a minor role in recent years, since it represented the "Old Left" and could not accept the anarchism of the young radicals of the "New Left." In the 2004 general election, the CPUSA endorsed [[Democratic]] Presidential nominee [[John Kerry]] and in 2008 [[Barack Hussein Obama]].<ref>[http://cpusa.org/article/articleview/975/1/147/ Editorial: Eye on the Prize] CPUSA, July 15, 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=99104 Communist Party official shares White House's ambitious agenda] WorldnetDaily, May 24, 2009</ref><ref>[http://iperceive.net/communist-party-usa-pac-chair-endorses-obama/ Communist Party USA PAC Chair endorses Obama] Iperceive.net, October 12, 2008</ref>

===Social Networking===
The CPUSA uses the [[Internet]] in order to grow its ranks, with little success. In addition to a home page, they have created social networking to further its ideology. They utilize a FaceBook.com account <ref>[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Communist-Party-USA/53167307346 Communist Party USA ] FaceBook</ref> as well as a Twitter.com account. CPUSA aligns itself with Young Communist League and they have a page on Myspace.com.<ref>[http://www.myspace.com/yclusa Official Myspace Page of the Young Communist League, USA] MySpace</ref> Also traditional forms of print media, they publish the ''People's Weekly World'' newspaper.

===Socialism===
From [[Gus Hall]], former National Chair from 1910-2000,
{{cquote| "We Communists believe that socialism is the very best replacement for a capitalist system that has served its purpose, but no longer meets the needs and requirements of the great majority of our people."}}

[[File:WTOphoto.jpg|right|thumb| Communist Party USA protest the World Trade meeting in Seattle, 1999]]

==Unions==
Coal miners in the United States and indeed in most countries were the most radical of all workers and their support was critical for Communism. The brief history of the National Miners Union (NMU) during 1928-31 sheds light on the role of the CPUSA in the Pennsylvania anthracite [[coal mining]] industry and on the polarized views of the CPUSA as either a functionary of Soviet and Communist International (Comintern) policy, or as a progressive response to regional and local interests. The NMU provided a militant alternative to the American Federation of Labor ([[AFL]]) and United Mine Workers of America ([[UMW]]), but failed to meet the CPUSA goal of defeating the AFL and UMW and taking control of the union movement. Although theoretically supporting revolutionary goals, NMU activists rejected them as impossible and impractical and focused on immediate issues such as working conditions, wages, benefits, and social reform. The NMU's failure to take control of strikes, the rise of labor violence, internal dissension, police harassment, press hostility, and nationwide anti-Communist attitudes contributed to the demise of the red union.<ref>Walter T. Howard, "The National Miners Union: Communists and Miners in the Pennsylvania Anthracite, 1928-1931." ''Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography'' 2001 125(1-2): 91-124. 0031-4587</ref>

The American Federation of Labor ([[AFL]]) demonstrated its respectability and Americanism by articulating a strong patriotism and fervent anti-Communism. From 1917 onward, the AFL used such groups as the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy and the [[National Civic Federation]] to circulate its views. Moreover, it cooperated covertly with the [[American Legion]] (a society for veterans of World War I) and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], energetically investigating and purging itself of Communist labor activists. Beginning in 1935 the anti-Communist campaign of the AFL was stepped up in response to the Comintern's Popular Front strategy and the rivalry with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, which was heavily infiltrated by Communists. This use of anti-Communism moved the AFL to the right. Whereas during the 1920s it had presented itself as a bulwark against Bolshevism, during the [[Cold War]] after 1947 it characterized itself as a defense for free enterprise and strongly opposed the [[Soviet Union]]. After the CIO expelled its Communists in the late 1940s, the two union coalitions merged and redoubled their international activities to fight Communism.

The unionization of the Ford Motor Company's giant River Rouge complex inaugurated a brief era during which workers held much of the power to determine the pace and staffing of production. Their shop-floor power was sustained by a dense system of stewards and committeemen, the "abdication" of the foremen, who formed their own independent trade union, and by the growth of Communist Party influence in the new United Automobile Workers (UAW) Local 600. But in a protracted struggle after World War II, Ford management recaptured much of its lost authority. The company negotiated a more favorable UAW contract in 1946, smashed the foremen's union in 1947, and began a decentralization/automation program that shifted jobs and production away from the more militant units of the Rouge complex in the early 1950s. Corporate efforts to rewin control of the shop floor were aided by the UAW national leadership, which focused its energies on company-wide monetary and fringe benefit contract improvements, and by the eruption of Cold War political conflicts within Local 600, which discredited Communist-led militancy and facilitated the accommodation of the local to the UAW's more orthodox brand of unionism in the late 1950s.<ref>See William Andrew, "Factionalism and Anti-Communism: Ford Local 600." ''Labor History'' 20 (1979): 227-55; Nelson Lichtenstein, "Auto Worker Militancy and the Structure of Factory Life, 1937-1955." Journal ofAmerican History 67 (September 1980): 335-53 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1890412 in JSTOR]</ref>

==Secret apparatus==
In the 1930s CPUSA membership became largely native-born, and more educated people joined, including many scientific and technically trained professionals. American Communists considered the capitalist corporations which employed them as "morally illegitimate" institutions. When Soviet intelligence officers approached and asked that the scientific secrets of these corporations be shared with the Soviet Union, few had moral objections.

Soviet intelligence agencies were able to use over 400 American [[citizen]]s during the 1930s and up to 1946. The CPUSA was not just a recruiting ground for Soviet intelligence, it functioned within Soviet espionage as an auxiliary organization. Earl Browder, with the active assistance of a dozen high-level CPUSA officials, and numerous rank-and-file members, supervised CPUSA cooperation with the OGPU and GRU. Browder was given personal credit for recruitment of eighteen agents in a 1946 OGPU memo.

In the 1930s, the chief Soviet espionage organization operating in the U.S. became the [[GRU]]. Browder assisted the GRU in building a network of operatives and informants in Washington, including [[Alger Hiss]], [[John Abt]], [[Lee Pressman]], [[Greg Silvermaster|Nathan Gregory Silvermaster]] and [[Harry Dexter White]].

In the late 1930s Soviet agents sought to provide Moscow with a wide range of information on innovative weapons. After 1942 Soviet interest was focused on [[atomic energy]] and other scientific developments.

* see also [[Silvermaster group]]

==Popular Front==
{{Main|Popular Front}}
The CPUSA was adamantly opposed to fascism during the Popular Front period. In fact, the Popular Front was motivated by a fear of fascism, and the possible threat to the Soviet Union that [[Nazi Germany]] posed.

The CPUSA strongly supported the left-wing "Republican" side in the [[Spanish Civil War]] in the late 1930s, and encouraged its young people to enlist in the "Abraham Lincoln Brigade" to go and fight there. About 800 did so.

===Ethnics ===
The CPUSA drew a large fraction of its members from certain ethnic groups, such as Finns, Jews and Italians.
[[File:Stalin-140508 27880t.jpg|thumb|Joseph Stalin.]]
Before World War I, Finnish immigrants in Michigan and Minnesota waged internal disputes as the Finnish Socialist Federation fought the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] for dominance. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Communist Party and the Communist Labor Party gained a strong following, and fought both the Socialists and the conservative Lutherans. Thousands of Finnish radicals voluntarily migrated to Soviet Russia. [[Stalin]] executed most of them in the 1930s. John Wiita (1888-1981), alias Henry Puro, fled from the U.S. to Canada to escape prosecution; in Canada he helped create the Workers' Party of Canada in 1921-22, which eventually became the Communist Party of Canada (CPC). Wiita was also editor of the Finnish socialist newspaper ''Vapaus'' (Liberty) from 1919-23. Wiita returned to the United States in 1923 and readopted his real name. He became a major figure in the Finnish-American Communist movement in the in the 1920s. In 1943, however, he left the Party after becoming disillusioned by the treatment of American Finns in Soviet Karelia, Stalin's purges, the Nazi-Soviet Pact, and the Soviet annexation of Karelia from Finland in the Winter War.<ref>J. Donald Wilson, "The Canadian Sojourn of a Finnish-American Radical," ''Canadian Ethnic Studies'' 1984 16(2): 102-115.</ref>

===Blacks===
[[File:Scotts5.JPG|left|thumb|Excerpt of letter from [[NAACP]] Chairman [[Roy Wilkins]] to [[William L. Patterson]], Executive Director of the [[CPUSA front]] organization, [[Attorney General's list|Civil Rights Congress]]. The letter reads in part, "We remember that in the [[Scottsboro case]], the NAACP was subject to the most unprincipled vilification. We remember the campaign of slander in the ''[[Daily Worker]]''..." [http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/hawaii-obama.pdf p.43] ]]
In 1928 the 6th Congress of the Comintern in Moscow resolved that the black population of the American South was a subject nation, thus capable of engendering a "[[national movement|national revolutionary movement]]," and ordered the CPUSA to give high priority to mobilizing blacks. In ''[[Toward Soviet America]]'' [[William Z. Foster]] wrote, "the right of self-determination will apply to Negroes in the American Soviet system. In the so-called Black Belt of the South, where the Negroes are in the majority, they will have the fullest right to govern themselves."<ref>''[[Toward Soviet America]]'', William Z. Foster, Coward-McCann, New York, 1932, p. 304.</ref> The party made the 1931 Scottsboro lynching case its favorite publicity issue, making the maltreatment of African Americans a matter of international concern for the first time, and locked it into the American radical-liberal political agenda. The [[Communist front]] organization, the [[International Labor Defense]] (ILD), solicited and raised a considerable amount of money for the defense of the "[[Scottsboro Boys]]" but the full amount was not used for the Scottsboro defendants.<ref>[http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/who.frank.marshall.davis.pdf Who Was Frank Marshall Davis?], by Herbert Romerstein, USASurvival, p. 8.</ref> Several prominent African-American intellectuals and celebrities, such as [[Paul Robeson]], [[Langston Hughes]], [[Richard Wright]] and [[Frank Marshall Davis]] became radicalized at this time as a result of the Scottsboro case, and the official Moscow directed position of the CPUSA to overthrow state and federal governments had an appeal because of maltreatment in the courts and the ever-present threat of lynching.

After 1930 the Party strongly supported creation of a Negro Soviet Socialist Republic, weeded out racism among its white members and tried to enlist a large black membership. It enlisted only a small black membership, which tried to take over the [[Civil Rights Movement]]. Only one major figure in the Civil Rights Movement was a Communist, [[Stanley Levison]] (1912-1979), who was a top advisor to [[Martin Luther King]].<ref>See "Levison, Stanley (1912-1979)" in [http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/kingpapers/article/levison_stanley_1912_1979/ ''King Encyclopedia'' online]</ref>
[[File:Stanley Levison and King.jpg|thumb|Clockwise from bottom left, at a 1966 S.C.L.C. meeting in Atlanta: [[Stanley Levison]], Jones, Cleveland Robinson, James Bevel, King, and Andrew Young (back to camera).]]

Benjamin J. Davis, Jr. (1903–64) came from a middle class Georgia family and was a black graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School. As a lawyer in Atlanta Davis was radicalized when he represented Angelo Herndon in the 1930s during Georgia's prosecution of Herndon. Davis joined the American Communist Party and became an organizer rather than an intellectual revolutionary. Moving to New York City, Davis served as editor of the party newspaper the ''[[Daily Worker]]'' during 1936-43, and was elected to the New York City Council in 1943 and reelected in 1945. During World War II, Davis followed the party line of defeating fascism before attacking domestic discrimination. On the New York City Council, he found it difficult to reconcile his party membership with elective office. He gained political strength as a [[Democrat]], but his Communist connections brought increasing unpopularity. Convicted of violating the Smith Act, he served three years in prison. Davis remained active in Communist affairs until his death in 1964, balancing party allegiance and political activism.

===Intellectuals===
The Party had a small but influential following among intellectuals and artists, especially in New York City in the 1930s and early 1940s. In 1935 the Party leaders created the "[[League of American Writers]]," downplaying the Party connection and overtly Marxist dogmas in an attempt to attract liberal, middle-class writers of established stature; after several years as a prestigious and broadly based organization, however, the league broke into hostile factions of progressives and Communists over such international issues as the Moscow show trials and the Hitler-Stalin Pact.

A bitter the conflict broke out between anti-Soviet liberals and anti-Stalinist Marxists on one side, and pro-Soviet "progressives," a group that sympathized with the CPUSA in the People's Front during 1935-39. The anti-Soviet faction, led in part by philosopher [[John Dewey]], had a solid grasp of Stalinism allowing the liberals, the anti-Stalinist Marxists, and the ex-Marxists like [[James Burnham]] and [[John Dos Passos]] to join forces. The disillusionment of American independent Marxists with the Stalinist USSR grew rapidly after 1938. They decided the party line of the CPUSA was lacking in "scientific morality," and became embittered by Stalin's purge trials. By 1940, they no longer distinguished between Stalin and Marxist Russia, but considered Marxism there a failed experiment. The anti-Stalinist views of such critics as [[Sidney Hook]], [[Max Eastman]], [[Whittaker Chambers]] and [[James Burnham]] grew into a rationale for Cold War anti-Communism by the 1950s.<ref>See Judy Kutulas, ''The Long War: The Intellectual People's Front and Anti-Stalinism'' (1995)</ref>

Most of the intellectual broke with the Party—usually in 1939 when Stalin made an alliance with Hitler. The writers often wrote memoirs, including [[Howard Fast]]'s ''The Naked God'' (1957), [[Richard Wright]]'s ''American Hunger'' (1977), [[Elizabeth Bentley]]'s ''Out of Bondage'' (1952), and—by far the most influential—Whittaker Chambers's ''Witness'' (1952). Typically the memoirs show a common pattern of chronicling their authors' conversion to, disillusionment with, and repudiation of Communism, often followed by an overt effort to fight against the Communist movement. These memoirs also discuss the religious aspects of both joining and leaving the Communist Party, and their authors' subsequent roles as expert witnesses against Communism in court cases. Howard Fast's later memoir, ''Being Red'' (1990), differs from his earlier ones in that it builds upon the standard narratives common to ex-Communist memoirs to explore a larger view of the native tradition of American radicalism and its meaning for the author.

===Hollywood===
John Howard Lawson (1894-1977) was a [[Hollywood]] screenwriter who helped found the Screen Writers Guild in 1933 and after 1934 was the leader of the Hollywood branch of the Communist Party. One of the first serious New York playwrights lured to Hollywood, Lawson was already committed to radical causes and revolutionary politics before he came to Hollywood, and leftism pervades his shows.<ref>Jonathan Chambers, “How Hollywood Led John Howard Lawson to Embrace Communism and how he Turned Hollywood Red.” ‘’Theatre History Studies’’ 1997 17: 15-32. 0733-2033</ref>

See [[Hollywood values]]

===Rural Reds===
Marxism rarely flourished in rural America, but it did have a base in Sheridan County, northeastern Montana, from 1918 to 1934. Communism "saturated local political, social, and cultural life," created a chasm between "the Reds" and non-Reds, or "main streeters," and contributed to tension in the community. The Communist Party drew its greatest following from the farming and mining areas of the county, in particular those areas settled heavily by Danes and Norwegians. Rural cooperatives were the focus of Marxist activity and supported a vibrant counterculture of "farmer-based radicalism." Communists played on anticapitalistic sentiments, doing so effectively even in churches. Main streeters correctly associated Communism with criminality, a connection that clearly impeded the spread of Communism in the county.<ref>Gerald Zahavi, "'Who's Going To Dance With Somebody Who Calls You A Mainstreeter': Communism, Culture, and Community in Sheridan County, Montana, 1918-1934." ''Great Plains Quarterly'' 1996 16(4): 251-286. 0275-7664</ref>

==Supporting Hitler==
Although membership in the CPUSA rose to about 75,000 [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/sova.html] by 1938, nearly a third of its members left the party after the signing of the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact]] [[nonaggression pact|Nonaggression Pact]] of 1939 pact with [[Hitler]]. A committed core remained in the ranks.

In 1939-41 the CPUSA attacked enemies of Hitler, even accusing [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] of provoking aggression against Hitler. The CPUSA went so far as to denounce the [[Polish]] government as "fascist" after the German and Soviet invasion.

[[Benjamin Gitlow]], a Communist who later broke with the Party, wrote in 1940: "Stalin's hopes, through the activities of the American Communist Party, to create a public opinion in tbe United States that would favor a war ...Stalin is perfectly willing to let Americans die in defense of the Soviet Union even if they are not members of the Commumist Party...." <ref>Benjamin Gitlow, ''I Confess'', New York: E P. Dutton, lnc., 1940, pgs. 485-486.</ref>

==World War II==
Communist unionism during the war was best exemplified by the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU). Its leadership was one of the most consistent proponents of Communist Party labor policies in the CIO and the rank-and-file consisted of a large number of Communists, Communist sympathizers and fellow travelers. While neither a puppet of Soviet foreign policy nor a carbon copy of CIO unionism, Communism in the ILWU was different from other forms of American unionism, even when similar policies were pursued, and Communist union activities were motivated by political considerations, even when these activities appeared to be regular union practices.<ref>Michael Torigian, "National Unity on the Waterfront: Communist Politics and the ILWU during the Second World War." ''Labor History'' 1989 30(3): 409-432. 0023-656x</ref>

===American Labor Party===
Stalin publicly disbanded the Comintern in 1943. A Moscow NKVD message to all stations on September 12, 1943 detailed instructions for handling intelligence sources within the CPUSA after the disestablishment of the Comintern. Earl Browder had been both Chairman of the CPUSA and recruiter for the [[NKVD]] (in the [[Venona project]] he is known as Agent "HELMSMAN"). He was expelled from the leadership when Soviet policy shifted. His crime had been to follow Moscow’s orders in 1941 and "disband" the party in a show of unity with the US Government. But the NKGB thought his services worth keeping, and they succeeded in covertly financing him, by setting him up as a representative of Soviet publishers. Even then, that didn't work, as Browder was dropped after violating the Party Line again in favor of [[Titoism]]. Lovestone said of Browder, "There, but for an accident of geography, walks a dead man".

As the [[Presidential election of 1944]] approached Browder and [[Sidney Hillman]] teamed up to capture the [[American Labor Party]]. Hilman’s [[CIO]] enjoyed a favored position before the [[National Labor Relations Board]].

==Cold War==
President Truman's Executive Order 9835 of 22 March 1947 tightened protections against subversive infiltration of the US Government, defining disloyalty as membership on a list of subversive organizations maintained by the Attorney General.

Truman’s denunciations of the charges against Alger Hiss, Harry Dexter White, and others, all of whom appear under code names in decrypted messages translated before Truman left office, suggest that Truman was never briefed on the Venona program, or if he was briefed, did not grasp its significance. Truman insisted Republicans trumped up the loyalty issue, and that wartime espionage had been insignificant and well contained by counteritelligence agencies.

It was the belief of opponents of the CPUSA such as [[J. Edgar Hoover]], long-time director of the FBI, and [[Joseph McCarthy]] and other [[anticommunism|anti-Communists]] that the CPUSA constituted an active conspiracy, was secretive, loyal to a foreign power, and dedicated to the clandestine infiltration of American cultural and political institutions.<ref>This is the "traditionalist" view of conservative scholars such as Harvey Klehr and John Earl Haynes. Senator [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], Chairman of the Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy wrote in 1997, "President Truman was almost willfully obtuse as regards American Communism."</ref>

===Purged from Unions===
[[File:Michael Quill.jpg|thumb|left|Michael Quill.]]
In an incident that typifies the combination of local and national pressures that drove the [[CIO]] to expel Communists from union leadership between 1946 and 1950, Michael Quill, the international president of the Transport Workers Union (TWU), led an effort between 1948 and 1949 to drive Communists from Miami's TWU Local 500, Florida's largest CIO affiliate. Accused by the ''Miami Daily News'' of conspiring with Latin American Communists and threatened with a House Un-American Activities Committee investigation, Local 500 became vulnerable to a takeover by the anti-Communist leadership of [[Walter Reuther]]'s anti-Communist [[United Auto Workers]]. Faced with pressure from both the national CIO leadership and rank-and-file members, Quill first severed his own affiliations with the Communist Party and then removed Communist Party member Charles Smolikoff and his allies from Local 500 leadership positions. Quill's expulsion of Smolikoff exemplifies the bargain the CIO made with America in the late 1940s and early 1950s in which the CIO protected itself from anti-Communist hysteria but lost the militancy and progressive political visions of committed Stalinists.<ref>Alex Lichtenstein, "Putting Labor's House in Order: The Transport Workers Union and Labor Anti-Communism in Miami during the 1940s". ''Labor History'' 1998 39(1): 7-23. 0023-656x</ref>

===Subversive Activities Control Act ===
In the "Findings and declarations of fact" of the [[United States Congress]] in the [[Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950]], in 50 [[U.S. Code]] Chapter 23 Subchapter IV Sec. 841, that,

:"The Congress finds and declares that the Communist Party of the United States, although purportedly a political party, is in fact an instrumentality of a conspiracy to overthrow the Government of the United States...the policies and programs of the Communist Party are secretly prescribed for it by the foreign leaders...members of the Communist Party are recruited for indoctrination with respect to its objectives and methods, and are organized, instructed, and disciplined to carry into action slavishly the assignments given them....Its role as the agency of a hostile foreign power renders its existence a clear present and continuing danger to the security of the United States. It is the means whereby individuals are seduced into the service of the world Communist movement, trained to do its bidding, and directed and controlled in the conspiratorial performance of their revolutionary services.<ref>[http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50/usc_sec_50_00000841----000-.html Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, 50 U.S. Code Chapter 23 Subchapter IV Sec. 841]</ref>

===1950s===
Soviet leader [[Nikita Khrushchev]] made a stunning secret speech in Moscow in 1956 that exposed Joseph Stalin's crimes and errors while putting forth a revised version of Leninism that emphasized the idea of "peaceful coexistence" between the United States and the Soviet Union. Copies soon reached the CPUSA and created deep divisions. The Party was already in crisis because of McCarthyism. The CPUSA's National Executive Committee (NEC) convened to discuss Khrushchev's remarks, giving only secondary attention to Stalin's crimes and full attention to Khrushchev's comments about peaceful coexistence and the role of insurrection in the transition to socialism in countries with powerful capitalist classes. In the end, Khrushchev's report led to demoralization within the CPUSA, emboldened the Right's rejection of Marxism, and damaged the credibility of Leftism.<ref>Harris, Jerry. First Reaction: U.S. Communist Leaders Confront The Khrushchev Revelations. Science & Society 1997-98 61(4): 502-512. 0036-8237</ref>

==Further reading==
* Alexander, Robert J. ''The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s.'' (1981). 342 pp.
* Avakumovic, Ivan. ''The Communist Party in Canada: A History.'' (1975). 309 pp.
* Barrett, James R. ''William Z. Foster and the Tragedy of American Radicalism.'' (2000). 352 pp.
* Belknap, Michal R. ''Cold War Political Justice: The Smith Act, the Communist Party, and American Civil Liberties.'' (1977). 322 pp. [http://www.questia.com/read/106799674?title=Cold%20War%20Political%20Justice%3a%20%20The%20Smith%20Act%2c%20the%20Communist%20Party%2c%20and%20American%20Civil%20Liberties online edition]
* Cherny, Robert W. "Prelude to the Popular Front: The Communist Party in California, 1931-35." ''American Communist History'' 2002 1(1): 5-42 online at [[EBSCO]]
* Cochran, Bert. ''Labor and Communism: The Conflict That Shaped American Unions.'' (1977). 394 pp.
* Dyson, Lowell K. ''Red Harvest: The Communist Party and American Farmers.'' (1982). 259 pp.
* Isserman, Maurice. ''Which Side Were You On? The American Communist Party during the Second World War.'' (1982). 305 pp.
* Isserman, Maurice. "Three Generations: Historians View American Communism." ''Labor History'' 1985 26(4): 517-545. 0023-656x
* Keeran, Roger. ''The Communist Party and the Auto Workers Unions.'' (1980). 340 pp.
* Klehr, Harvey; Haynes, John Earl; and Anderson, Kyrill M. ''The Soviet World of American Communism.'' (Yale U. Press, 1995). 378 pp., by leading conservative historians
* Klehr, Harvey. ''The Heyday of American Communism: The Depression Decade.'' (1984). 511 pp. by a leading conservative historian; argues that the CPUSA of the 1930s blindly followed directives from Moscow with little individual initiative.
* Klehr, Harvey E. ''Communist Cadre: The Social Background of the American Communist Party Elite.'' (1978). 141 pp. by a leading conservative historian
* Kraditor, Aileen S. ''"Jimmy Higgins": The Mental World of the American Rank-and-File Communist, 1930-1958.'' (1988). 283 pp. by a leading conservative historian
* Kutulas, Judy. ''The Long War: The Intellectual People's Front and Anti-Stalinism, 1930-1940.'' (1995). 334 pp. [http://www.questia.com/read/104678140?title=The%20Long%20War%3a%20%20The%20Intellectual%20People's%20Front%20and%20Anti-Stalinism%2c%201930-1940 online edition]
* Levenstein, Harvey A. ''Communism, Anticommunism, and the CIO.'' (1981). 364 pp.
* Lyons, Paul. ''Philadelphia Communists, 1936-1956.'' (1982). 244 pp.
* Johnson, Manning, [http://www.archive.org/details/ColorCommunismAndCommonSense ''Color, Communism and Common Sense''] (1958), The Allience, 1958.
* Naison, Mark. ''Communists in Harlem during the Depression.'' (1983). 355 pp.
* Nelson, Bruce. ''Workers on the Waterfront: Seamen, Longshoremen, and Unionism in the 1930s.'' (1988). 352 pp. Communists made a major effort to infiltrate these unions
* Ottanelli, Fraser M. ''The Communist Party of the United States: From the Depression to World War II.'' (1991). 307 pp., a standard scholarly history
* Pedersen, Vernon L. ''The Communist Party in Maryland, 1919-57.'' (2001). 254 pp.
* Ryan, James G. ''Earl Browder: The Failure of American Communism.'' (1997). 332 pp. [http://www.questia.com/read/9898172?title=Earl%20Browder%3a%20The%20Failure%20of%20American%20Communism online edition]
* Schwartz, Lawrence H. ''Marxism and Culture: The CPUSA and Aesthetics in the 1930s.'' (1980). 151 pp.
* Solomon, Mark. ''The Cry Was Unity: Communists and African Americans, 1917-36.'' (1998). 403 pp. [http://www.questia.com/read/30337557?title=The%20Cry%20Was%20Unity%3a%20Communists%20and%20African%20Americans%2c%201917-36 online edition]
* Starobin, Joseph R. ''American Communism in Crisis, 1943-1957.'' (1972). 331 pp.
* Steinberg, Peter L. ''The Great "Red Menace": United States Prosecution of American Communists, 1947-1952.'' (1984). 311 pp. [http://www.questia.com/read/9607014?title=The%20Great%20%22Red%20Menace%22%3a%20United%20States%20Prosecution%20of%20American%20Communists%2c%201947-1952 online edition]
* Stepan-Norris, Judith, and Maurice Zeitlin. ''Left out: Reds and America's Industrial Unions'' (2003) [http://www.questia.com/read/105526078?title=Left%20out%3a%20%20Reds%20and%20America's%20Industrial%20Unions online edition]
* Weinstein, Allen. ''Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case.'' (1978). 675 pp. by a leading conservative historian
===Scholarly journal===
*''American Communist History'' a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the Historians of American Communism. [http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14743892.html]
===Primary sources===
* Johnpoll, Bernard K., ed. ''A Documentary History of the Communist Party of the United States.'' (8 vol. 1994). 6784 pp.

==See also==
* [[Big government]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[socialist]] [[Nanny state]], leads to [[communist]] [[Police state]] - Don't think [[Communism]] is incompatible with [[Islam]].
* [[Gun control]] - key element to create a police state
* [[Joel Barr]]
* [[Harry Gold]]
* [[David Greenglass]]
* [[List of Communist publications]]
* [[Soviet spies in America (1921-1948)]]
* [[Joseph McCarthy]]
* [[Harry Hay]]
* [[Frank Marshall Davis]]

==External links==
*[http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/publications/digest/992/beichman.html Article: Guilty as charged by Arnold Beichman, survey of Soviet documents on Communists in America] [[Hoover Institute]] - Hoover Digest 1999.
*[http://www.enotes.com/major-acts-congress/communist-control-act Communist Control Act of 1954], Carl Auerbach
*[http://www.marxists.org/subject/usa/eam/cpaofficials.html Marxist Internet Archive]
*[http://www.marxists.org/history/usa/eam/cpa/communistparty.html PARTY HISTORY.]
* [http://www.cpusa.org Communist Party of the USA home page]

==References==
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Libertarianism

2017-08-12T00:18:30Z

Ottovonbismarck: You can't stop me

'''Libertarianism''' is a [[Political Philosophy|political philosophy]] that believes in minimizing or entirely eliminating government interventionism in many aspects of life including economic, personal, and in foreign policy matters. Libertarians tend to oppose legal restrictions on social behavior that doesn't affect anybody else. The [[French]] [[term]] of ''[[Laissez faire|Laissez-Faire]]'', or ''let us do'', is a term that describes some aspects of the libertarian belief.<ref>"Libertarians are neither. Unlike Liberals or Conservatives, Libertarians advocate a high degree of both personal and economic liberty. For example, Libertarians advocate freedom in economic matters, so we're in favor of lowering taxes, slashing bureaucratic regulation of business, and charitable -- rather than government -- welfare. But Libertarians are also socially tolerant. We won't demand laws or restrictions on other people who we may not agree because of personal actions or lifestyles.

Think of us as a group of people with a "live and let live" mentality and a balanced checkbook." [http://www.lp.org/article_85.shtml]</ref> Libertarianism tends to emphasize a form of individual ''liberty'', and tends to support rights of private property.

The first systematic libertarian was [[Herbert Spencer]] (1820-1903), an English political philosopher whose books such as ''The Man Versus the State'' (1884) had a major impact in Europe and America in the late 19th century.<ref>Chris Matthew Sciabarra, "The First Libertarian," ''Liberty'' (Aug 1999) [http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sciabarra/essays/spencer.htm online]</ref> The chief American representative was [[Yale]] professor [[William Graham Sumner]].

[[Ronald Reagan]] stated in 1975, "I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism....The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is....Now, I can’t say that I will agree with all the things that the present group who call themselves Libertarians in the sense of a party say, because I think that like in any political movement there are shades, and there are libertarians who are almost over at the point of wanting no government at all or anarchy. I believe there are legitimate government functions. There is a legitimate need in an orderly society for some government to maintain freedom or we will have tyranny by individuals."<ref>see [http://www.reason.com/news/show/29318.html "Inside Ronald Reagan: A Reason Interview" (July 1975)]</ref>

In the United States, libertarians are typically fiscally conservative and socially liberal using the common US meanings of liberal and conservative. A faction of libertarians exist in the GOP, and are typically more ardent than other members of the GOP in keeping the principle of fiscal sanity and are less willing to "sell out" those principles for political expediency. They support an isolationist foreign policy and are to the left of most Democrats on social and foreign policy issues. The foremost libertarian figure in the GOP is former long-time Congressman [[Ron Paul]].
== Libertarian Philosophy ==

Libertarianism is best summed up in the Non-Aggression Principle, which states that government (or "private police agencies" in the anarcho-capitalist variant) should only exist to protect life, liberty, and property from force and fraud.

Libertarianism is closely related to liberalism, if this word is interpreted according to its original meaning of [[classical liberal]]ism. Libertarians in America tend to be [[liberal]] on social issues but [[conservative]] on economic issues. Libertarians generally oppose government regulation of drugs, prostitution, and marriage (including bans of [[same-sex marriage]]). The Libertarian Party officially supports legalized [[abortion]], however, libertarians themselves are divided on the issue, since government protection from force depends on the personhood of the unborn baby (or fetus). However, libertarians are uniformly opposed to government funding for abortions (such as through [[Planned Parenthood]]). Furthermore, they oppose restrictions on [[pornography]]. However, they also oppose [[universal health care]], [[taxes]] and the [[welfare state]]. They are strong supporters of [[school choice]], and oppose continuing the [[public school]] system. Some libertarians support [[school vouchers]], while others are skeptical due to the issue of government influence over [[private education]].

Libertarians support an expansive view of liberty as the proper basis for organizing civil society. They tend to define liberty as the freedom to do whatever one wishes up to the point that one's behavior begins to interfere with another's person or property through coercive means. At the point of interference, each party would become subject to certain principled rules for adjudicating disputes, generally accepting that one who has demonstrated a proven lack of respect for the rights of others should be subject to sanctions, including possible constraints on their freedom. They believe that liberty is the right of every individual.

Libertarians generally defend the ideal of freedom from the perspective of how little one is constrained by authority, i.e., how much one is allowed to do (also referred to as negative liberty). This ideal is distinguished from a view of freedom focused on how much one is able to do (also called positive liberty).

=== Libertarianism and irreligion/religion ===

''See also:'' [[Atheism and politics]]

According to Murray N. Rothbard, who writes for the [[Ludwig von Mises Institute]], most libertarians at the present time are [[Atheism|atheists]].<ref>[https://mises.org/library/myth-and-truth-about-libertarianism Myth and Truth About Libertarianism], Mises Daily</ref> [[Ayn Rand]] was a libertarian and atheist.

Rothbard also declares:
{{cquote|There are many libertarians who are theists, Jewish or Christian. Among the classical-liberal forebears of modern libertarianism in a more religious age there were a myriad of Christians: from John Lilburne, [[Roger Williams]], Anne Hutchinson, and [[John Locke]] in the 17th century, down to Cobden and Bright, [[Frédéric Bastiat]] and the French laissez-faire liberals, and the great [[John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton|Lord Acton]].<ref>[https://mises.org/library/myth-and-truth-about-libertarianism Myth and Truth About Libertarianism], Mises Daily</ref>}}

Both [[Ron Paul]] and [[Rand Paul]] are religious libertarians.

== Libertarian Factions ==

Libertarians tend to use the word "libertarian" (small "l") to refer to the philosophy, and "Libertarian" (capital "L") to refer to the party. Thus, more libertarians exist than members of the [[Libertarian Party]]. Two general factions exist in the libertarian movement. The first are those libertarians who apply the principles of right to person and property to an absolute. They believe that no person, group, or government is above the right to violate these two things. They thus believe that government itself is illegitimate because it violates person and property. These libertarians subscribe to [[anarcho-capitalism]], as first named by [[Murray N. Rothbard]]. They believe that law and security can be handled by private means in the free market. The other faction believes in a very limited government. They are often referred to as [[Minarchism|minarchists]]. Libertarian minarchists want the state to only enforce law and order but generally nothing else. [[Ayn Rand]] was a minarchist.

Libertarians tend to view liberalism as a philosophy advocating less government interference in private morality and more government control of business, and view conservatism as a philosophy advocating more government interference in private morality and less government control of business, while they view libertarianism as advocating less government control in all areas. However, there have been fusionist attempts to mix libertarianism and with social conservatism. This is noted in particular by [[paleolibertarianism|paleolibertarians]]. They believe that social conservatism is a natural entity in a free society, but do not believe that it can be enforced by state interventionism. For instance, they may personally oppose [[homosexuality]], but advocate for [[marriage privatization]] rather than believing that government should sanction "marriage" exclusively between a man and a woman.

Outside the United States, the term "libertarian" refers to [[Anarchism|left-wing anarchism]].

== Libertarian Thought in America ==

While there are libertarian factions within the [[Democratic]] and [[Republican]] [[parties]], neither party is particularly well aligned with libertarian thought. While the Republican Party sometimes adopts libertarian-sounding rhetoric of small government in economic affairs, many libertarians see it as being a force that has increased government interventionism in these affairs. Libertarians generally, for example, are opposed to the [[USA PATRIOT Act]], which they believe increases government power and removes protections on the liberty and privacy of the public. Most conservatives, on the other hand, view it as a necessary government program and believe security to be more important than personal liberty and privacy. Libertarians point out that such a view contradicts those of the founding fathers, such as Benjamin Franklin, who summarized it most eloquently, "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Libertarians are also generally opposed to the [[Iraq War]], unlike the majority of conservatives.

While all libertarians agree in general on the principles of the desirability of maximizing individual liberty and avoiding excessive government interference with the operation of the free market, individual libertarians have opinions that differ wildly within these general principles.

The libertarian movement generally praises the [[United States Constitution]], regarding it as the proper scope of the national government. They believe that the Democratic and Republican parties have overstepped constitutional limits. Anarcho-capitalist libertarians, on the other hand, view the implementation of the constitution as the very reason the national government is the size it is today.

== Notable Libertarians ==
Libertarian-oriented writers include [[Frédéric Bastiat]], [[William Leggett]], [[John Stuart Mill]], [[Henry David Thoreau]], [[Lysander Spooner]], [[Herbert Spencer]], [[William Graham Sumner]], [[Carl Menger]], [[Ludwig von Mises]], Rose Wilder Lane, [[Albert Jay Nock]], [[Henry Hazlett]], and [[Isabel Paterson]]. Science fiction writers; [[L. Neil Smith]], [[J. Neil Schulman]], and [[Brad Linaweaver]]. Several popular financial writers including [[Harry Browne]] and [[Howard J. Ruff]]. Browne would later run for President, twice, on the Libertarian Party ticket. Ruff declared his political philosophy as libertarian but as a socially conservative [[Mormon]] made an exception on issues like abortion and prostitution, where he disagreed with the libertarian view. Nobel Laureate economists [[Milton Friedman]], [[F.A. Hayek]], [[Ronald Coase]], Gary Becker, James Buchanan, [[George Stigler]], and Vernon Smith. Humorist [[Dave Barry]], actor/comedian [[Drew Carey]], actor [[Denis Leary]], former MTV VJ [[Lisa "Kennedy" Montgomery]], actor [[Kurt Russell]], investigative reporter [[John Stossel]], and the late rocker [[Frank Zappa]] have all referred to themselves as being aligned with or openly supporting the Libertarian Party. Many Republican congressmen and senators hold libertarian positions, such as [[Walter B. Jones]], [[Rand Paul]], and [[Justin Amash]].

The most influential libertarian of the 20th century was [[Milton Friedman]] (1912-2006), a leader of the [[Chicago School of Economics]].

*[[Glenn Beck]], political commentator, describes himself as a libertarian.
*[[Ed Clark]], the Libertarian Party's 1980 nominee for President. Clark obtained the highest popular vote percentage to date for a Libertarian candidate.
*[[Barry Goldwater]], Republican presidential nominee in 1964 often described himself as libertarian, although whether or not this was true has been disputed by conservatives.
*[[Robert A. Heinlein]], science fiction author, whose 1966 novel ''The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress'' was an influence on the movement.
*[[Karl Hess]], speechwriter for [[Barry Goldwater]] credited with penning Goldwater's famous 1964 statement "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice". Hess later became a major figure in the Libertarian Party.
*[[Gary Johnson]], businessman, former Governor of New Mexico (as a Republican), and 2012 and 2016 Libertarian Party nominee.
*[[Alex Jones]], radio host and activist, describes himself as a libertarian.
*[[Samuel Edward Konkin III]], a significant figure in 1970s libertarianism, whose influence waned considerably after the rise of the Libertarian Party as he opposed political parties and voting as being against libertarian principles. He proposed instead a purely marketplace-based route to a free society, such as [[tax resistance]] and doing business "off the books".
*[[Robert LeFevre]], significant in promoting libertarian philosophy in the 1950s and 1960s before it was a well-defined movement, with his "Freedom School" seminars on political and economic philosophy.
*[[Mario J. Lucero]] and [[Isabel Ruiz Lucero]], the cofounders of [[Heaven Sent Gaming]].
*[[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]], the creators of [[South Park]], proclaimed that they are libertarians. South Park is vulgar, supports evolution, and sometimes attacks social conservative positions like religion. However, they also make fun of liberals' positions such as political correctness, environmentalism and atheism.<ref>[http://www.reason.com/news/show/116787.html] Parker and Stone, Reason Magazine</ref> The phrases "South Park Conservative" (the name of a book) and "South Park Republican" are used to describe the followers of these beliefs.
*[[Ron Paul]], Republican congressman from Texas, 1988 Libertarian Party and 2008 & 2012 Republican Party presidential candidate. Ron Paul is considered to be of the Constitutionalist and [[paleolibertarianism|paleolibertarian]] schools of libertarian thought.
*[[Penn and Teller]], stage magicians turned libertarian evangelists preaching [[atheism]] and promoting libertarian philosophies, including controversial positions such as legalization of prostitution and drugs in their Showtime series, which sports a name that cannot for reasons of good taste be expressed here.
*The novelist [[Ayn Rand]] advocated a philosophy of ''Objectivism'', embodying some libertarian thought, although differing from libertarianism in many ways. Some of her novels, such as ''Atlas Shrugged'', have become icons of some people in the libertarian movement, while others find her materialism and atheism incompatible with moral ethics and natural rights and law.
*[[Murray N. Rothbard]] was nicknamed "Mr. Libertarian." He brought to life the anarcho-capitalist movement. Rothbard was an economist of the [[Austrian School of Economics|Austrian School]].
*The Canadian rock band [[Rush]], which has been together since 1968, often explores libertarian themes in their lyrics, like in "Free Will", "Tom Sawyer" and "Something for Nothing". Drummer and Lyricist [[Neil Peart]] claims to be a "left leaning libertarian.",<ref>[http://www.theadvocates.org/celebrities/neil-peart.html]</ref>
*The psychiatrist [[Thomas Szasz]], opponent of the therapeutic state and compulsory mental institutionalization.

== See also ==
* [[Herbert Spencer]]
* [[Democratic Freedom Caucus]]
* [[Republican Liberty Caucus]]
* [[Libertarian Party of Canada]]

==Further reading==
* Boaz, David. '' The Libertarian Reader: Classic and Contemporary Writings from Lao Tzu to Milton Friedman'' (1998) [http://www.amazon.com/Libertarian-Reader-Contemporary-Writings-Friedman/dp/0684847671/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223323253&sr=8-18 excerpt and text search]
* Doherty, Brian. ''Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement'' (2008) [http://www.amazon.com/Radicals-Capitalism-Freewheeling-American-Libertarian/dp/1586485725/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259466101&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]
* Hamowy, Ronald, ed. ''The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism'' (Sage, 2008), 644pp, sponsored by the Cato Institute; [http://www.sage-ereference.com/PublicBrowse.html Online at some academic libraries] also [http://books.google.com/books?id=yxNgXs3TkJYC&dq=intitle:Encyclopedia+intitle:of+intitle:Libertarianism&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]
* Murray, Charles. ''What It Means to Be a Libertarian'' (1997) [http://www.amazon.com/What-Means-Libertarian-Charles-Murray/dp/0767900391/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223322878&sr=8-16 excerpt and text search]
* Tilman, Rick. ''Ideology and Utopia in the Social Philosophy of the Libertarian Economists'' (2001) [http://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Libertarian-Economists-Contributions-Economics/dp/0313315582/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223322878&sr=8-5 excerpt and text search]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/libertarian/faq/ Libertarian FAQ]
* [http://dmoz.org/Society/Politics/Liberalism/Libertarianism/ Open Directory libertarian links ]
* [http://chelm.freeyellow.com/black_index.html Black Libertarians]
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* [http://www.l4l.org/ Libertarians for Life]
* [http://www.independent.org/ The Independent Institute]
* [http://www.mises.org/ Ludwig von Mises Institute]
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* [http://www.cato.org/ Cato Institute]
* [http://reason.org/ Reason Foundation]
* [http://www.heritage.org/political-process/report/dispassionate-assessment-libertarians A Dispassionate Assessment of Libertarians], by [[Russell Kirk]], [[Heritage Foundation]]
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United Kingdom Independence Party

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[[File:UKIP campaigning in Newport High Street.jpg|300px|thumb|UKIP candidate Stephen West campaigning in Newport, Isle of Wight for Hampshire Police & Crime Commissioner in 2012.]]
The '''United Kingdom Independence Party''', also known by the acronym '''UKIP''' (pronounced "you-kip", its followers affectionately known as "Kippers"), is a [[Euroskeptic]] political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1993, it campaigns for [[British]] withdrawal from the [[European Union]] (EU). Its support-base is made up substantially of social conservative, traditional conservative and libertarian voters who are opposed to the surrender of British sovereignty. The party was dominated by [[Nigel Farage]], who served on-and-off as party leader since its creation. It is also one of the fastest-growing British political parties; according to a YouTube interview with Farage in May 2015, the party has 47,000 members.

==Political influence==
UKIP's top goal, of leaving the EU, was achieved when the British people voted to leave the EU in [[Brexit|a referendum]] held on June 23, 2016.<ref>Armstrong, Paul (July 15, 2016). [http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/24/europe/eu-referendum-nigel-farage/ Nigel Farage: Arch-eurosceptic and Brexit 'puppet master']. ''CNN''. Retrieved October 4, 2016.</ref>

Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage is arguably the most successful British politician of the modern age for successfully advocating and then winning a referendum for leaving the EU.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/06/24/buzzfeed-nigel-farage-britains-successful-politician-generation/ BuzzFeed: Nigel Farage ‘Britain’s Most Successful Politician in a Generation’]. ''Breitbart''. June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref> He noted in 2017 that Conservative Party Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] had adopted the exact same political positions as he had a few years earlier.<ref>Merrick, Rob (May 7, 2017). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/election-latest-nigel-farage-theresa-may-stolen-ukip-policies-brussels-bashing-immigration-a7722346.html Nigel Farage says Theresa May is winning because she has stolen all his policies]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved May 7, 2017.</ref>

==Political positions and stances==
[[File:Nigel Farage of UKIP.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Nigel Farage in 2008. Farage successfully supported taking Britain out of the EU, and he supports limiting immigration, small government, and British sovereignty.]]
Under the leadership of Nigel Farage, UKIP broadened its political agenda. It now has policies on tax, defence, the health service, education, electoral reform and constitutional reform.

UKIP attracts alienated voters especially on the right who are critical of the centralized and undemocratic structure of the [[EU]]. UKIP has endorsed a British centre-right economic agenda. It proposes a flat tax and opposes national identity cards. It is sceptical of the more extreme claims of [[AGW]] and critical of carbon-permits and other EU environmental policies as economically and environmentally harmful.<ref>http://www.ukip.org/page/ukip-manifesto</ref>

In 2017, UKIP added banning the [[burqa]] and [[Sharia Law]] to its agenda.<ref>Deacon, Liam (April 23, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/23/ukip-promises-to-ban-the-burqa-and-sharia-law/ UKIP Promises to Ban the Burqa and Sharia Law]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 24, 2017.</ref>

UKIP is frequently accused by the [[establishment]] and leftists of being a "racist" party and is associated with racist parties by the liberal media, such as the [[politically correct]] TV networks (such as the [[BBC]]) and newspapers (such as ''[[The Guardian]]''). Most claims of UKIP being "racist" are defended by pointing to a couple of minor disgraced UKIP councillors or party members – these people have often been expelled from the party. UKIP membership is in fact open to all, regardless of ethnic origin, and in the 2010 and 2015 elections, UKIP fielded a significant number of candidates who are members of ethnic minorities.<ref>http://www.manzoor4mep.co.uk/</ref><ref>http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/politics/election_2010/southampton_test/candidates/7984351.Pearline_Hingston__UKIP__Southampton_Test/</ref><ref>http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/tottenham</ref>

==Key people==
Reference<ref>http://www.ukip.org/people_key</ref>
* Party Leader, Paul Nuttall
* Deputy Leader, Peter Whittle
* Party Chairman, Paul Oakden
* Party Treasurer, John Bickley
* General Secretary, Jonathan Arnott

==Incomplete list of election results==
In the 2008 European elections UKIP came second, with 16.5% of the vote and 13 of the UK's 78 seats in the [[European Parliament]]. In the Parliamentary election of May 6, 2010, UKIP got 3.1% of the vote, a total of 917,232, an increase of 50% on the previous parliamentary election vote. However, owing to the electoral system, they still did not receive any MPs; therefore, the party is fervently in support for [[proportional representation]], forging an unlikely alliance with the Green Party of England and Wales (an eco-socialist party) and the [[Liberal Democrats]] (an allegedly centrist party, although a significant proportion of its policies come from the social democratic – ''i.e.'' [[socialist]] – trend). UKIP has 2 members in the [[House of Lords]].

In 2013, UKIP achieved a milestone in the local elections when 147 councillors were elected across the UK adding to the 50-60 councillors that were already in place.

The 2014 European Parliament elections were a milestone for UKIP, as the received 27.49% of the vote as well as 24 seats, making it the largest UK party sitting the EU parliament, both in popular votes and seats, even larger than the Conservative and Labor parties.<ref>[http://www.bbc.com/news/events/vote2014/eu-uk-results UK European election results]. ''BBC''. Retrieved September 8, 2016.</ref>

Despite claims that UKIP was a "protest vote" in the European elections due to their avid euroscepticism, UKIP won 12.9% of the popular vote in the 2015 General Election in the United Kingdom. However, due to the inconsistent electoral system in the United Kingdom, they received just 1 seat out of 650. It has less than 500 councillors out of 20,000 and 3 (out of 780) members of the House of Lords. Under a system of [[proportional representation]], UKIP would have 82 seats, instead of just 1.<ref>McKernan, Bethan. [http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/heres-how-the-election-results-would-look-under-a-proportional-voting-system--gJenQmaW2gW Here's how the election results would look under a proportional voting system] ''The Independent''. Published May 2015</ref>

==See also==
*[[European migrant crisis]]

==Further reading==
* Daniel, Mark. ''Cranks and Gadflies: The Story of UKIP'' (2005) 199pp [http://books.google.com/books?id=My7bPb1XnVIC excerpt and text search]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ukip.org/ UKIP - official website]

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Nigel Farage

2017-08-12T00:16:00Z

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