Socialism Sucks, in a Nutshell

My friend Rob sends along this article that really sums up pretty much everything that is wrong with the European version of socialism, which differs from its older totalitarian sibling in Russia, because it has merged with the 60's era postmodern moral equivalency to make it really something wacky.

A 25-year-old waitress who turned down a job providing "sexual services'' at a brothel in Berlin faces possible cuts to her unemployment benefit under laws introduced this year.

I mean, oh my God. Now, I'm a rather libertarian sort, so legalized prostitution isn't necessarily something I'm against. But, this is just awful.

Under Germany's welfare laws, any woman under 55 who has been out of work for more than a year can be forced to take an available job – including in the sex industry – or lose her unemployment benefit. Last month German unemployment rose for the 11th consecutive month to 4.5 million, taking the number out of work to its highest since reunification in 1990.

So, how's that euro working out for ya? Well, we'll leave aside the fact that unemployment continues to climb despite the promises of reunification with the east, despite the supposed economic windfall of the German-France mini-empire, also known as the European Union. Despite all the promises of a better life under  Schroeder's Socialists Party, unemployment continues to go up and away. But, I'm not going to talk about the economic idiocy of socialism, since in 2005 it really should be f*****g self evident.

No, what I want to talk about is the mission creep that is inherent in the 60s liberalism. So, first you have this idea of free love. After all, we are told that Europe is so much freer than the U.S. because they show boobies on TV  and 14 year-olds can put back a cold one without any problems from the authorities. So, naturally, they legalize prostitution. The modern left, though, can't just legalize something. If something is legal, then it must be OK and who are we to judge and all that. Well, if something is ok and we have declared that is not immoral, well, by God, it's a right to do what you want AND have it funded by the government. We have many examples here in the U.S. of this thought process. How many times have proposals to shut down the National Endowment of the Arts been labeled "censorship"? No, we aren't denying you your right to say stupid things or paint obscene pictures. We are merely saying that you need to fund such projects yourself. And just like the feminists desire to not only have legal abortions, but federally funded abortions here in the states, the German left said that if prostitution is legal, then it deserves equal rights at the public trough. So, you have a woman, who turns down a job as a whore, and her unemployment check is going to be withheld. There has got to be something absurdly poetic about having your ability to avoid work funded by the government. I guess if you are gonna be an entitlement whore, you might as well be a good sport and be a real whore as a favor to the economy.

Any Rand would have LOVED this story. I mean, if it's legal, it's not immoral; if it's not immoral, then it's your right, and if it's your right, then we must fund it and make sure it is treated equally under the eyes of the law, or rather the bureaucrats. Rand always said that these baby-steps in socialism would lead to, at best, a benign, yet equally evil tyranny. That when you didn't take complete control over your individuality and therefore take responsibility for it as well, then don't be surprised if the government, in funding your security, might just ask for something in return. In Germany, who knew that what they'd ask for in return would be far more than just a kiss and a thank you (but, they'll gladly pay market value!). I hesitate to use the term "sex slave", but what exactly is it when you are threatening someones ability to feed their family unless they go work for Heidi Fleiss?

(obvious caveats: yes, I know unemployment insurance that gives you a year before requiring you to actually take a job only breeds dependence and that Germany's unemployment problem has everything to do with regulation and the punishment of companies for actually hiring people. And this woman may have been waiting until the very last minute to find work. I understand all that as I noted above. Socialism's problems should be self evident to anyone with half a brain. Still, you can't help but sympathise with this poor woman.)

UPDATE: Loyal reader 40_llamas wonders if this is to outrageous to be true. Couldn't find anything on Google that blew a hole in it and the news source, The London Telegraph, is a big straight arrow newspaper in Britain. It's more respectable than your average tabloid. So, I checked Snopes and they have an article on this and they show its status as "undetermined" which means they don't know whether it is true or not. They say that they found one article in German that says the scenario is technically possible depending how one interprets the law. They seem to think Telegraph article is one that sounds worse when translated than what actually took place, but, again, there's no evidence otherwise. This supposedly happened to a real live individual. It should be easy to follow up on. More if I hear about it. The fact that it is a technical possibility still means my points above still stand.

Comments

[dude]

INSANE...
How many old German people who were victims during WWII are going to see the same shit happen again...do as you don't want to, how would anybody want to have sex with someone who doesnt appeal to them be it emotion, physical or intellectual...would the relevant ministers (more sinister that most ministers)of germany's social welfare like their legal age children or family risk social diseases (that can lead to DEATH) to make a buck, the German people don't need this shit...looks more like Nazi's in lambs clothing...my sixteen year old daughter wants to remain a virgin and if she wants to THAT IS HER RIGHT, when does some facist government tell you who has access to your body, decadent bastards, just don't tell that to the New Zealand government.
Rise up German brothers and Sisters

[40_llamas]

Reading this story and our resulting outrage -the outrage that any sane person would feel when hearing that the satae was selling someone into prostitution- a little alarm keeps ringing. No one is that dumb. There's got to be more to this story. I'm waiting for Paul Harvey to speak up and say "...and now for the rest of the stoy."
It's not possible; even democrats aren't that dumb...There's got to be more. I have no I dea what it could be; no idea what could justify forcing someone into prostitution.

I'm the first one to tell you that people are dumb, democrats especially, but they're not this dumb; are they?

Are you sensing that I'm struggling with this one?

[Russ Goble]

Dude, you may have hit the nail on the head by calling it fascism. Socialism and Fascism are two sides of the same coin. They aren't that different. They both advocate that the state knows best. Once you buy into that wholehardely, then don't be surprised when you wake up with tyranny lying next to you.

Yeah, Derek, maybe you are right. But, I've seen nothing to prove otherwise. Googling now. Nothing on Google to prove otherwise. Found something on Snopes, but they haven't reach a conclusion. Will post an update in the main article.

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[CaptainReality]

Sarkozy is going to kill all the pinkos in France, and jam their bodies into the staircases of the Eiffel Tower. He's then going to douse them in Polish spirit, and light them. He will sit back in the Parc du Champ de Mars, eating chicken McNuggets and escargot, drinking some foul spirit like Pernod or Ricard, and watching the reds burn.

After they're all dead, he'll use their bones to decorate the buffet cars of the TGV; just like that crazy ossuary in Prague.

All socialists worldwide will face a similar fate. You see, they are unable to understand economics like you or I, because they are all half orang-utang. That's why they have smelly orange dred-locks and enjoy sitting and looking at trees. Until some scientist creates a virus that targets the half orang-utang socialists, there really is no alternative to culling. Sarkozy knows this.

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