In a letter to the Tennessean Oct 24, Donald and Nan Chunn say that the Democratic Party embraces godless Marxism and that electing democrats offends our veterans who sacrificed fighting communism. This is not supported by facts.
Both of our wars to contain communism (Korea, Vietnam) were started by Democratic presidents and stopped by Republican presidents without wins.
Communism doesn’t evolve from socialism. It springs from autocracy when too many people are suffering, hopeless and confused. Socialism alleviates suffering and hopelessness, thereby averting communist revolution.
All political and economic systems are godless, regardless of sanctimonious claims.
Efforts by liberals to alleviate suffering and injustice have left us with valuable legacies, eg social security, civil rights, universal suffrage, medicare, medicaid, child-labor laws, 40-hour work week, affordable health care, environmental preservation, recovered economy twice. The main conservative legacy (Reagan, Bush 2, Trump) is ballooning National Debt. Our descendants will benefit from the liberal legacy but will be burdened by the conservative legacy.
Published in The Tennessean, Nov 1, 2018
Published in The Tennessean, Nov 1, 2018
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