Tag Archives: Communism

Obama’s Labor Commissar Extolles Collectivism

Posted on June 2, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Tom Perez, Obama’s current Secretary of Labor, has urged college grads to eschew their own individual desires and goals in favor of blind submission to the collective… as dictated by the state, of course: Congrats to @oberlincollege grads today. Remember: … Continue reading →

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The Progressive Endgame

Posted on May 9, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The veritable Ace of Ace of Spade HQ recently commented on the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre’s quote that “gun rights have become a metaphor for something larger: a feeling, this sense of something that’s slipping away, a yearning for individual rights.”  … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Anarchists, Margin Taxes, and Progressive Oligarchs

Posted on May 8, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Class Warfare!!1!      Not all is well is the Progressive utopia of … Continue reading →

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Victims of Communism Day, 2014

Posted on May 1, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Today is Victims of Communism Day. It is also “May Day,” where “useful idiots” march and demonstrate in free countries, while those who have to actually live under Communism are made to march lest they face dire consequences.      Watch the … Continue reading →

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Capitalism and a Free Society

Posted on April 11, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Margaret Thatcher chats with William F. Buckley about economic incentives, minimum wage and redistribution of wealth:

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In Collaboration We Trust

Posted on April 7, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The company GitHub used to have a circular rug in its Oval Office themed waiting room that was similar to the Great Seal of the United States.  Under threats from online bullies, the new CEO pulled the rug and replaced … Continue reading →

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Hospital Care in the “Socialist Paradise” of Venezuela

Posted on March 29, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Just when you thought that medical care in the “socialist paradise” of Venezuela couldn’t get worse… Welcome to #Venezuela Social Revolution. No enough beds to take care of patients #SOSVzla #sosvenezuela pic.twitter.com/fLx46RZpLt — MiamiSun (@jperezmiami) March 17, 2014      Coming to … Continue reading →

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Yet More College Leftists Threatening Physical Action

Posted on March 12, 2014 by The Political Hat

     It has been previously noted that the University of Michigan Black Student Union threatened “physical action” unless their “more-Left-than-Academics” demands were met, and how the university caved.      It turns out this was the first of many such threats of “physical … Continue reading →

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We Are Not The Masses

Posted on March 8, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The Progressives, and the broader Left in general, truly believe that people are but interchangeable widgets in a greater collective whole, i.e. the “Masses.”  They claim to speak for all of us, and for elected officials to speak for all … Continue reading →

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No Uncertain Terms

Posted on February 19, 2014 by The Political Hat

     More and more often, the rabid Left are being open and honest about their totalitarian goals.      Are we really so far along that the destruction of liberty is a fait accompli for the Progressives?

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