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Socialism in Art and Life

“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”

Winston Churchill

Those of us of a certain vintage may recall Rocky IV where Rocky fought a Soviet Superman, Captain Ivan Drago, portrayed with robotic efficiency and inhumanity by Dolph Lundgren.  I therefore found it interesting to come across the interview below in which Dolph Lundgren relates why his father advised him to come to America:

 

 

 

 

AC: Your dad was an engineer, your brother was an engineer. He wanted you to be an engineer.

DL: Well, my dad was the one who said, “Listen if you wanna be somebody, you gotta go to America because here, this country sucks.” There was socialism. He hated it. He was like, “I hate this place. You gotta get out of here.” So, I guess it was stuck in my head when I was a kid, and I ended up doing what he suggested.

AC: What do you pay in taxes in Sweden?

DL: Well, I don’t know. We used to pay 90 percent. 101 percent I think, at some point? (Laughter)

AC: So your dad was like a Rush Limbaugh fan living in the place that makes furniture that you put together with an allen wrench.

DL: He was.

AC: But he was like, “Screw this with all the taxes, you gotta move out and do your own thing.”

DL: Yeah, that’s what he said. Basically it’s a more socialistic society. Socialism, it’s more like, you know, people who have any special talent or any special drive, they try to keep them down rather than encourage that.

 

 

 

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clinicalresearcher
clinicalresearcher
Sunday, March 25, AD 2012 10:27pm

Didn’t Jesus believe in socialism?

Something along the lines of “what you do for the least of mine” or feeding the masses with fish and bread…

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