Patch_W_Adams's St Louis Blog

Yesterday I had an interesting phone call, no it was not the one at 3 a.m.    It was from a Friend of mine and the First thing out of his mouth was,

"This is how it Dies...."  

 I was a little taken aback and blurted out...,"Who Died?"  

"Not Who, What......This is how Freedom dies and Socialism happens."

Now my Friend grew up in Communist Yugoslavia and he and I have had many debates on Socialism, Communism and Freedom.   He has told me his story many times how Tito's Communist Government after WWII came and took his Grandfather's Farm and divided it up.  They were left with one room in their house while other families lived in the others.   He is the one that told me Communism is a Pipe Dream and Socialism is really Communsim in Practice.   

He went on to say," Change comes packaged as something needed, something we can't do without.   And it comes fast so people don't have time to think.   Almost Overnight......When you go to sleep, you have a "free" Market and when you awake it's run by the Government."

My Response to Him was, " Now you know how the Colonists Felt 5 years before the Revolution. The Crown and Parlament stopped listening to the Colonists and Dictated Policy while stripping their Freedoms.  Taxation without representation"

He Replied, " There won't be a Revolution...."

"Funny,"   I chuckled,"  The King of England thought the same...thing.."