“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” – Winston Churchill
Socialism is a terrific idea in theory. Who would not want everyone in society to have a house with a white picket fence, the job of their dreams, 2.5 kids and a dog? But plain vanilla socialism has failed every single time it has been implemented — the Soviet Union, Cuba, Yugoslavia, Venezuela — and it turned each of those countries (and others) into a totalitarian state.
In a socialist state, success is pushed down, and failure is elevated. This is how equality of outcome is created. In the Soviet Union’s version of plain vanilla socialism, we were taught to hate the wealthy and empathize with the poor. This empathy was easy for us because everyone (with the exception of the tiny ruling-class bureaucrats) was poor.
Capitalism does not offer the sexy, utopian promise of socialism, but it works in practice. Capitalism has lifted billions out of poverty; but it is now under threat, ironically, from those who have benefited the most from it — academics. Universities  have been among the biggest beneficiaries of the wealth created by capitalism. 
As Margaret Thatcher once said, “Socialism is a great idea until you run out of other people’s money.”
Universities used to be spartan gyms for our minds, places where opposing ideas collided and gave birth to new ones and where our thinking got challenged through healthy debate. This growth came with healthy pain, the type that accompanies and stimulates intellectual growth.
Today, many universities have been turned into day spas, where, for <a href="https://www.collegeessayadvisors.com/ivy-league-tuition-and-fees-2022-23/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$300,000</a>, a student’s mind will be pampered and coddled. Now they are “safe places” from opposing ideas, which are <a href="https://www.thefire.org/news/absurd-uva-microaggressions-case-shows-just-how-badly-schools-can-abuse-professionalism-codes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considered</a> as microaggressions. This is where free speech goes to die, unless it calls for the genocidal extermination of Jews; then you can speak your mind.
It seems today’s college administrations are afraid to upset their spa customers (I mean students). They do not seem to be focused on challenging their thinking and producing the brightest but are instead fixated on making students feel better about themselves.
I was not surprised to learn that socialism is slowly poisoning our universities, but I was surprised by its new avenue — the socialization of grades. Professors at a local law school are required to grade to a B+. When professors submit their grades, if the average is below a B+, the system will reject it. The university is afraid of making students feel bad about a low, albeit deserved grade and wants every student to have a high grade-point average upon graduation.
However, what is inflation for one group is deflation for another. This practice punishes hard working students, as their work may result in a lower grade than they deserve, compared to classmates who are preoccupied with attending “TikTok University” during lectures.
Universities are on a quixotic mission to right a wrong — they are fighting against grade inequality. This is what socializing (equalizing) outcomes looks like. In fact, this seemingly innocent practice of equally high grades has the familiar ring of a Karl Marx slogan that I heard endlessly in the Soviet Union: “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.” Law students need a B+, so they get a B+. 
With each graduating class, our capitalistic (equal-opportunity) society is being slowly diluted by equal-outcome dogma (socialism).
Grade inflation appears to be happening in virtually <a href="https://www.gradeinflation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">every college</a> across the country. Colleges should not receive all the blame for this, however. Unfortunately, it starts in high schools, where super grade inflation is on the rise — grades have gone up while reading and math skills have fallen, with <a href="https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/secured/documents/Evidence-of-Grade-Inflation-in-English-Math-Social-Studies-and-Science.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">minorities experiencing</a> the largest grade inflation. 
Bad grades are a necessary part of education. How else would you know you had not learned something as well as you thought you had? I failed English as a freshman in college. I had been in the US for two years. My English was objectively horrible. I’m glad I didn’t receive special (woke) treatment for being “fresh off the boat.” I studied a lot harder, retook the class and passed it my senior year. If I had not, my English would not have improved and I would not have written several books or received national awards for writing.
The beauty of the Declaration of Independence is that you are guaranteed the “pursuit of happiness” — you are given an equal chance to pursue it. You are not guaranteed the outcome, just the opportunity. There is enormous value, and yes even happiness and meaning in the pursuit of happiness. This pursuit will often take you down a harder road, but it will result in the best version of you and bring a sense of pride and accomplishment.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-semitism-wokeness-and-why-a-strong-america-is-essential-to-israels-survival-part-2-wokeness-is-destroying-america-one-student-at-a-time">READ: Anti-Semitism, Wokeness, And Why A Strong America Is Essential To Israel’s Survival, Part 2: Wokeness Is Destroying America — One Student at a Time</a>
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Newly inaugurated Argentinian President Javier Milei blasted Western leaders and warned of the dangers of “collectivism” during a Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting. 
World leaders gathered in Davos, Switzerland, beginning on Monday, where they will hold speeches and panel discussions on issues ranging from artificial intelligence (AI) and climate policies to the ongoing wars between Ukraine and Russia and Israel and Hamas. On his way to Davos, Milei said he was attending the WEF conference to advocate for freedom, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/17/argentina-president-javier-milei-urges-davos-elite-to-reject-socialism.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CNBC. 
“Today, I’m here to tell you that the Western world is in danger,” Milei began his remarks at the WEF meeting. “And it is in danger because those who are supposed to have to defend the values of the West are co-opted by a vision of the world that inexorably leads to socialism and thereby to poverty.”
“Unfortunately in recent decades, motivated by some well-meaning individuals willing to help others and others motivated by the wish to belong to a privileged class, the main leaders of the Western world have abandoned the model of freedom for different versions of what we call collectivism,” Milei added. “We’re here to tell you that collectivist experiments are never the solution to the problems that afflict the citizens of the world. Rather, they are the root cause.”
The Argentinian libertarian president then said that there is no better than his country “to testify to these two points.” 
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Javier Milei: “We are here to tell you that collectivist experiments are never the solution to the problems that afflict the citizens of the world. Rather, they are the root cause.”
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Milei took center stage in Argentina last year, winning a shocking victory in November as he rode a wave of anti-establishment sentiment. He <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/javier-milei-argentina-president-inauguration-9574d812" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged</a> to gut federal government agencies and slash government spending by around 40%, warning against Argentina’s high inflation rate, which has blown up to more than 200%, and the socialist policies that put the country in a dire economic position.   
After taking office, the Argentinian president <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/17/economy/milei-argentina-speech-world-economic-forum/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">devalued</a> his country’s currency and is pushing to abolish Argentina’s central bank and privatize its pension system. 
At the conclusion of his speech, Milei added, “Do not surrender to the advance of the state! The state is not the solution; the state is the problem itself.” 
“Long live freedom, dammit!” he said. 
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Javier Milei Slams Western Leaders In Speech At WEF: They Have ‘Abandoned The Model Of Freedom’

Javier Milei Slams Western Leaders In Speech At WEF, Says They Have 'Abandoned The Model Of Freedom'

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Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro</a> said that leftist governments in Latin America will eventually crash into the “rocks of reality” as their socialist policies wreck their countries, in the latest episode of his YouTube show <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/you-should-be-worried-about-the-pink-wave" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Facts.”</a>
In the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpSfP_Xm708" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode</a>, Shapiro pointed to the “wonderful” election of Right-leaning libertarian Javier Milei in Argentina as a sign that the leftist governments that had risen to power throughout the region during so-called Pink Waves were faltering.
“That Pink Wave isn’t an iron wall, as it was with Soviet-occupied Eastern Europe – it is popularly elected Leftist governments in South and Latin America that have increasingly pursued not only economic redistributionism and nationalism of industry, but outright tyranny and anti-Americanism,” Shapiro explained. 
Shapiro pointed out how the American press often talked of the danger of authoritarianism abroad while ignoring the threat of socialism, which has taken hold of many Latin American countries.
Throughout the rest of the episode, Shapiro explained the history of the first and second Pink Wave in Latin America and how it was propelled forward by the Sao Paolo Forum, a conference of leftist parties in the region that was founded in the 1990s to rebrand socialism and communism after the Soviet Union collapsed.
The first Pink Wave took place after the Cold War with leaders like Hugo Chavez taking power in Venezuela and Lula da Silva being elected in Brazil in 2003. This wave later floundered in the years following the Great Recession in 2008. However, after 2018, leftist parties again began to take back power in countries like Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Honduras, and Chile.
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The consequences of leftist rule in these countries have been disastrous, Shapiro said. For example, countries like Venezuela and Argentina have faced rampant inflation, while corruption constantly plagues countries like Mexico and Bolivia.
“The pink tide that has risen, receded, and risen again will ultimately crash against the rocks of reality as it has in the past. Corruption and lack of rule of law create the preconditions for dissatisfaction with any government, but Left-wing governments in Latin and South America have channeled that dissatisfaction into anti-democratic centralization of power and impoverishment of their own citizenry,” Shapiro concluded, saying that he hoped that Milei’s election was only the beginning of a shift away from Left-wing politics in the region.
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Michigan Democrat Rep. Shri Thanedar renounced his membership in the largest socialist organization in the United States after the far-Left group promoted an anti-semitic rally in the wake of barbaric terrorist attacks on Israel from Hamas.
&#8220;Today, I am officially renouncing my membership in the Democratic Socialists of America,&#8221; Thanedar wrote in a <a href="https://twitter.com/RepShriThanedar/status/1712181950176186851?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a>. &#8220;After the brutal terrorist attacks on Israel, which include the indiscriminate murder, rape, and kidnapping of innocent men, women, and children, I can no longer associate with an organization unwilling to call out terrorism in all its forms.&#8221;
The New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, which its <a href="https://www.dsausa.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> claims has over 92,000 members and chapters in all 50 states, promoted a rally in Times Square on Sunday alongside other organizations. At that rally, roughly 1,000 demonstrators celebrated Hamas&#8217; deadly attacks on Israel that has so far left more 1,200 Israelis — and 22 U.S. citizens — dead, and nearly 3,000 injured.
&#8220;Sunday&#8217;s hate-filled and anti-semitic rally in New York City, promoted by the NYC-DSA, makes it impossible for me to continue my affiliation,&#8221; Thanedar continued. &#8220;I stand with Israel and its right to defend itself.&#8221;
&#8220;There is no place for moral equivocation in the face of unadulterated evil as we have seen from Hamas,&#8221; he said, in part. &#8220;My ideals have not changed at all. I strongly believe that ending my association with DSA serves my constituents&#8217; interests as they expect me to represent them by helping to build a better, more just world, not fanning the flames of hatred.&#8221;
Thanedar&#8217;s response toward the socialist group&#8217;s demonstration joined a number of other political lawmakers who have distanced themselves from remarks that were said at the event.
&#8220;We are here in solidarity with the Palestinian people who are fighting 75 years of Israeli settler colonialism, settler violence, and 16 years of military blockade of Gaza,&#8221; Munir Atalla, a 30-year-old Palestinian Youth Movement group member, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nypd-to-conduct-perimeter-searches-around-synagogues-mayor-urges-religious-leaders-to-hire-extra-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> said. &#8220;What we saw yesterday was the people of Gaza breaking out of their open-air prison.&#8221;
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), one of the now five DSA members in Congress, reportedly called the &#8220;bigotry and callousness expressed&#8221; during the rally &#8220;were unacceptable and harmful in this devastating moment.&#8221;
&#8220;It should not be hard to shut down hatred and antisemitism where we see it. That is a core tenet of solidarity,&#8221; she said in a news release on Monday <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/10/aoc-pro-palestine-nyc-rally-00120684" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by POLITICO.
She added the event &#8220;also did not speak for the thousands of New Yorkers who are capable of rejecting both Hamas&#8217; horrifying attacks against innocent civilians as well as the grave injustices and violence Palestinians face under occupation.&#8221;
DSA member and New York Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani (D-Queens) also criticized the rally.
&#8220;My support for Palestinian liberation should never be confused for a celebration of the loss of civilian life,&#8221; Mamdani said in a statement. &#8220;I condemn the killing of civilians and rhetoric at a rally [on Sunday] seeking to make light of such deaths.&#8221;
NYC Democratic Mayor Eric Adams condemned the organized rally.
&#8220;At a moment when innocent people are being slaughtered and children kidnapped in Israel, it is disgusting that this group of extremists would show support for terrorism,&#8221; Adams reportedly wrote in an X-post on Monday. &#8220;I reject this. New York City rejects this. Do not use our streets to spread your hate.&#8221;
NYC-DSA officials reportedly claimed they did not organize the rally, adding the group opposes harming and targeting civilians.
Steering Committee Member Nadia Tykulsker said the group promoted the event &#8220;at the request of a coalition partner because we believe in equality and justice for all Palestinians and Israelis, and we know that war will take more lives.&#8221;
&#8220;It is shameful that politicians in our state are exploiting this moment to target a socialist organization and divide the vibrant left in New York — whose sole aim in politics is to grow the power of working people for freedom against exploitation and oppression — instead of focusing our attention where it should be: on the atrocities and tragic loss of life in the region,&#8221; she added.

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Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, the man who became known as &#8220;Joe the Plumber&#8221; during the 2008 presidential campaign, has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 49, his family announced Sunday.
In 2008, then-candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/barack-obama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barack Obama</a> infamously told “Joe the Plumber” that he believed, “When you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” That interaction cemented in many Americans’ minds that Obama and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democratic Party</a> were quickly becoming socialist. In turn, &#8220;Joe&#8221; became somewhat of a media fixture on the Right as GOP candidate Sen. John McCain used the gaffe to highlight the differences between him and his Democratic opponent.
After that moment thrust him into unexpected fame, Joe went on to marry his wife Katie and have three children. In July 2023, Joe announced his illness.
&#8220;Our hearts are broken. We lost a beloved husband, father, son, brother and friend. He made an impact on so many lives,&#8221; Katie <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joe-plumber-rose-fame-confronting-obama-2008-campaign-trail-dead-49" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement given to Fox News.
Katie explained, &#8220;I don’t think of him as losing his battle. Because he knew Jesus, his battle was won.&#8221;
&#8220;My heart goes out to everyone whose lives are impacted by cancer,&#8221; she added. &#8220;There are so many ups and downs but we tried to find joy in every day. He fought long and hard, but is now free from pain.&#8221;
His surviving wife also described why she fell in love with him.
&#8220;When I met Joe he was already known by everyone else as ‘Joe the Plumber’ but he wrote something to me that stood out and showed me who he truly was: ‘just Joe,’&#8221; she said to Fox News. &#8220;He was an average, honorable man trying to do great things for the country he loved so deeply after being thrust into the public eye for asking a question.&#8221;
After the announcement of his passing, conservatives memorialized the man on X — formerly known as Twitter.
&#8220;Horrible news,&#8221; writer Derek Hunter said. &#8220;My good friend Joe Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, passed away this morning at the age of 49 from pancreatic cancer. He was a good man and an exceptional friend. Please consider helping his widow and young children here.&#8221;
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Horrible news. My good friend Joe Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, passed away this morning at the age of 49 from pancreatic cancer. He was a good man and an exceptional friend. Please consider helping his widow and young children here <a href="https://t.co/oFczc0urX2">https://t.co/oFczc0urX2</a>
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&#8220;RIP To Joe &#8216;The Plumber&#8217; Wurzelbacher,&#8221; Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton said. &#8220;Joe was @JudicialWatch legal client who the courts allowed Ohio state bureaucrats to abuse without consequence after they rifled through his gov&#8217;t files for his daring to ask a tough question of Barack Obama.&#8221;
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RIP To Joe &quot;The Plumber&quot; Wurzelbacher. Joe was <a href="https://twitter.com/JudicialWatch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JudicialWatch</a> legal client who the courts allowed Ohio state bureaucrats to abuse without consequence after they rifled through his gov&#39;t files for his daring to ask a tough question of Barack Obama. 
On Sunday, October 12, 2008,…
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&#8220;This is sad,&#8221; Ryan Girdusky, founder of the 1776 Project Pac said. &#8220;I met Joe back in 2009 in Missouri and he couldn’t have been a nicer guy. My condolences to his family and loved ones.&#8221;
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This is sad. I met Joe back in 2009 in Missouri and he couldn’t have been a nicer guy.
My condolences to his family and loved ones. <a href="https://t.co/j4ZmlLyA60">https://t.co/j4ZmlLyA60</a>
&mdash; Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1696219350150029707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A fundraiser set up to assist his family has already raised <a href="https://www.givesendgo.com/G9Y76" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than $147,000</a>.

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&#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/global-warming" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Global warming</a>&#8221; is out, &#8220;global boiling&#8221; is in, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced Thursday.
“Humanity is in the hot seat,” Guterres <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/27/scientists-july-world-hottest-month-record-climate-temperatures" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a press conference. “For vast parts of North America, Asia, Africa and Europe, it is a cruel summer. For the entire planet, it is a disaster. And for scientists, it is unequivocal – humans are to blame.&#8221;
The science is settled, according to Guterres, but it would seem the fear-based propaganda hasn&#8217;t worked in scaring enough of the world into submission. And so, Guterres and his team have changed the talking points.
“All this is entirely consistent with predictions and repeated warnings. The only surprise is the speed of the change. Climate change is here, it is terrifying, and it is just the beginning,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.&#8221;
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The words &quot;global warming&quot; didn&#39;t work.
The words &quot;climate change&quot; didn&#39;t work.
So now the UN Chief is using the words &quot;global boiling&quot; to push his radical green agenda. <a href="https://t.co/rzYZJSZgzI">pic.twitter.com/rzYZJSZgzI</a>
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It&#8217;s easy to imagine that Guterres and the gang at the UN have a yellow notepad that looks something like this:
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Would it surprise you to find out that Guterres is the former president of the Socialist International and a firm believer that the planet can only be saved by a team of &#8220;experts&#8221; and government control?
No, it probably wouldn&#8217;t surprise you; you&#8217;re a Daily Wire reader equipped with critical thinking skills. It&#8217;s easy to draw those conclusions if you pay attention.
Yet, it&#8217;s worth <a href="https://www.socialistinternational.org/fileadmin/uploads/si/Documents/Congresses/Paris_1999/AG_Address_Paris_1999.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reviewing</a> anyway that in 1999, Guterres gave an address outlining his desire for global socialism, and how his vision for the world would depend upon international organizations like the UN, global regulations, and cooperation between non-government actors.
He ended his speech, saying, &#8220;Dear friends and dear comrades &#8230;&#8217;We must not abandon utopia because the antagonism between ideas and reality is both the major dilemma of democratic socialism and its fascinating driving force.'&#8221;
Guterres is still pursuing that &#8220;utopia&#8221; and is using &#8220;global boiling&#8221; to enact it — with a sense of urgency, too. Don&#8217;t think, just do it, Guterres seems to be saying.
&#8220;It is still possible to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C and avoid the very worst of climate change but only with dramatic, immediate climate action,&#8221; he said Thursday. &#8220;We have seen some progress &#8212; a robust rollout of renewables and some positive steps from sectors such as shipping &#8212; but none of this is going far enough or fast enough. Accelerating temperatures demand accelerated action.&#8221;
Yet Guterres is wrong. The experts are not all-seeing Gods who can predict the future, much less the weather. As best-selling author George Gilder has long touted, the sort of central planning supported by Guterres cannot account for &#8220;human creativity, which always comes as a surprise to us. If creativity didn’t come as a surprise, we wouldn’t need it, and socialism would work.&#8221;
What can work?
Gilder is out with a new book, titled &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-after-Capitalism-George-Gilder/dp/1684512247" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Life After Capitalism</a>.&#8221; The book isn&#8217;t against capitalism — rather it argues that its critics and many of its defenders get capitalism wrong. The driving force of capitalism is not greed, rather it&#8217;s &#8220;creativity and faith in the future.&#8221;
In the book, which casts doubts on global <del datetime="2023-07-27T23:03:02+00:00">warming</del> boiling, Gilder writes, &#8220;Let&#8217;s assume, hypothetically, that Co2 somehow becomes a problem. Capitalism deals with problems by pursuing opportunities.&#8221;
Socialism deals with problems through more government control.
&#8220;Government mandates and directorates and global resets will not shape the future,&#8221; Gilder predicted in &#8220;Life After Capitalism.&#8221;
&#8220;They can only retard progress, and only so far as we let them, if we live in democratic countries. What will really shape the future is human creativity, and a new wave of technological entrepreneurs,&#8221; he added.
Gilder also warned, &#8220;More than ever in America, we face the prospect of a life after capitalism in its most negative sense: a life of scarcity, deprivation, and fear.&#8221;
And that is exactly what Guterres has to offer: Our time left to save the planet is scarce — so is clean air. So we must deprive ourselves of modern technologies, conveniences, and abundant resources of energy. If you don&#8217;t, everybody you know will die from &#8220;global boiling.&#8221; The experts will save the day.
What a load of bunk. Socialists never change, but the words they use to sell their ideology does.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

United Nations, Antonio Guterres

‘Global Warming’ Is Out. ‘Global Boiling’ Is In, United Nations Secretary-General Says

'Global Warming' Is Out. 'Global Boiling' Is In, United Nations Secretary-General Says

Capitalism

Climate Change

General

George Gilder

Global Warming

United Nations

On the afternoon of December 28, Luis Fernando Camacho was riding in his car and was a half block from his home when an unmarked white van pulled in front of him. Armed men dressed in black jumped out. They rushed Camacho’s car, smashing his windows and demanding he get out.
Camacho calmly replied, “I’m here. You don’t need to do any more.”
The men responded with violence, throwing Camacho to the ground. They handcuffed his arms behind his back and drove him away.
Not having any more information, one would be forgiven for thinking that Camacho must be a drug kingpin or some other nefarious actor. But no, he is the current governor of the department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Bolivia has nine &#8216;departments,&#8217; their version of states, and Santa Cruz is the largest and most populous of the departments. Not only that, but it is also the richest and most productive department in Bolivia. In 2021, Camacho won his election with 55% of the vote and became governor of the department.
Camacho came to prominence politically in 2019. Protests had erupted throughout the nation in response to alleged overt electoral fraud. The common refrain in Santa Cruz during the protests was, “We will not be Venezuela!” Camacho took on a leadership role in the opposition to then-President, Evo Morales.
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With the country roiled in protests, Camacho traveled to La Paz, the capital, and went to the Government Palace with a Bible and a letter of resignation for the president to sign, but Morales had already fled.
Many high-ranking officials resigned, including the president and the vice president. The Bolivian constitution was followed to find the line of succession and Jeanine Añez, the second vice president of the Senate, became interim president.
But even though most of the leadership resigned and fled, their socialist party remained in control of many of the systems of power in Bolivia.
In 2020, elections were held, and the socialist party won back the presidency. A few months after regaining power, they arrested the interim president Añez, and she remains incarcerated to this day. She has been accused of inciting the supposed coup d’état of Evo Morales with additional counts of terrorism and sedition.  
And now, they have taken Camacho prisoner as well. They have sequestered the opposition leader to the socialist government. The men dressed in black with assault rifles driving an unmarked van were actually police officers sent by the federal government to arrest Camacho. Allegedly, no arrest warrant was presented at the time of his sudden arrest, but <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64113400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an arrest warrant was drafted back in October.</a> The civic leaders in the city of Santa Cruz, however, do not like to call it an arrest since he is the rightfully elected governor of the department of Santa Cruz. Instead, they call it a political kidnapping.
In response to the arrest, the people of Santa Cruz immediately started protesting and demanding the release of the governor they elected. They have said that the federal government is politically persecuting the entire department of Santa Cruz by this arrest and they are willing to defend democracy no matter the cost.
As the protests continued, there were increasing claims of abuse and violence from the police against the protesters. Videos have surfaced of police lighting cars on fire, destroying street lights, and even lighting their own motorcycles on fire. The claim is that if the police can demonstrate violence on the part of the people of Santa Cruz, then they can bring in the military to turn Santa Cruz into a police state.
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Burned out cars now litter the streets, and the city looks as though a war has already started. Tear gas is used so often that neighborhoods have started putting out barrels with water, ready to extinguish the grenades.
And yet, in the face of this oppression and violence, the people of Santa Cruz continue to protest and march, saying that they will not stop until the political prisoners are released. At this point, though, it does not seem like the federal government is budging, either. The government is attempting to intimidate and terrorize the people so that nobody would dare to stand up to them.
This creates a very dangerous situation for the people of Bolivia. When tensions are high, any little mistake can cause an incredible amount of loss of life. Governor Camacho has a blood disorder for which he requires medical treatment. If, by accident, Camacho were to die, the Bolivian people would not believe that it was an accident. They would believe he was murdered by the government. This could quickly devolve into an actual civil war.
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That is the tight-rope that the civic leaders in Santa Cruz are attempting to traverse. They are attempting to balance peacefully protesting to obtain the release of the governor that they elected. While at the same time, if they push too hard and can be blamed for some violence, then the government will have a pretext for sending the military in to oppress the population.
But the Bolivian people have done it before, and they can do it again. They joined together with one voice to protest socialist leader and dictator Evo Morales, and he had to resign. The people of Santa Cruz need the rest of Bolivia to join them, and they have started to do just that. More and more cities and departments are protesting and marching in solidarity with Santa Cruz, but more importantly, against oppression. Even as the government tries to scare the population into submission, the Bolivian people are coming together once again to fight against this socialist tyranny.
Michael Warren lived in Santa Cruz, Bolivia for five years and continues to have close contact with family and friends there. He recently released a new book titled Live Deliberately. A professional land surveyor, he lives in Sacramento, California with his wife, Esther, and their two kids, Daniel and Zoey.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

BOLIVIA-POLITICS-OPPOSITION-ARREST-CAMACHO-DEMONSTRATION

‘We Will Not Be Venezuela’: Bolivians Erupt In Protest Following Arrest Of Governor, Socialist Opposition Leader

Protests

There exists in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a> a small contingency of fringe radicals intent on holding their party hostage simply out of personal vendettas or in order to make grandstanding declarations, only to come up short. At the same time, the party establishment runs roughshod over their far-fetched dreams of shaking up the system.
Of course, we&#8217;re talking about &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/the-squad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Squad</a>&#8221; — comprised of Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashia Tlaib (D-MI), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), among others.
In light of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-concessions-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-gave-to-republican-holdouts-to-win-their-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20 McCarthy holdouts</a> securing essentially all of their demands last week, it would appear that leftists are wondering when these so-called &#8220;progressives&#8221; will start battling the Democratic leaders effectively as well. According to some, the holdouts provided a roadmap for victory.
That raises the question, when is the last time — if ever in living memory —that Republicans were credited by their opponents for their political strategy?
&#8220;In the last week, the Republican right fought Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become Speaker of the House and showed everyone how to play political hardball to build power,&#8221; Jacobin writer Neal Meyer <a href="https://jacobin.com/2023/01/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-bid-far-right-congressional-strategy-lessons-for-left/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">observed</a>. &#8220;The Left, with growing socialist caucuses at the state level and a growing bench of progressive representatives in DC, needs to learn some lessons.&#8221;
Meyer —obviously — does not support the goals of the Freedom Caucus. He wants America to become more socialist.  Yet, he gives credit to the GOP representatives who successfully negotiated Congress to become more conservative.
&#8220;They deserve every decent person’s scorn,&#8221; Meyer said of folks like Congressmen Chip Roy (R-TX) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL). &#8220;But when it comes to tactics, one has to admit that they know how to play.&#8221;
The author also does a terrific job of highlighting the concessions secured:
<blockquote>McCarthy agreed to add three members from the Freedom Caucus to the House Rules Committee. That will allow the far right to help shape the issues to be considered by the House. McCarthy’s own PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund, agreed not to intervene in open primaries against far-right candidates. McCarthy agreed to bring back the Holman Rule, which allows legislators to propose defunding specific federal programs, to fire specific federal officials, and to slash officials’ pay.
Most significantly, he agreed to bring back the “motion to vacate the chair,” which will allow just one Republican to call for a snap vote to remove the speaker.</blockquote>
The Jacobin writer is correct to say that the ability of only one Republican to be able to bring forth a vote to remove McCarthy, or another Speaker, is the &#8220;most&#8221; significant victory.
Why?
Well, that&#8217;s what gives the conservative base actual leverage under a McCarthy speakership. Should he backtrack on his promises, then McCarthy will almost assuredly find himself without the gavel shortly thereafter.
This &#8220;motion to vacate the chair&#8221; is actually a return to how Congress operated before ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) won back the position in 2018.
Meyer claims that the goals sought by the 19 members of the Freedom Caucus and their one ally outside the group are &#8220;detestable.&#8221; Yet, he is fair enough to recognize that &#8220;every one of the concessions granted to the Right bolsters the morale of its base and will strengthen its hand in Congress in the months to come.&#8221;
Indeed, looking at the rhetoric of AOC, Omar, and the others who promised to change D.C. to help the marginalized, you have to wonder if they mean it at all. They certainly have little to no victories to show their supporters. Pelosi and other party leaders have, for lack of a better term, dog-walked &#8220;The Squad.&#8221;
In typical leftist fashion, Meyer states that conservatives now can &#8220;propagandize&#8221; from &#8220;bully pulpits.&#8221; He wants the Left to copy them to spread democratic socialist propaganda from the same position.
Of course, that would imply that he wants the Left to mislead Americans to adopt a collectivist society and fundamentally change the way our capitalist system operates. That&#8217;s how socialism always works — the implementation of it relies not on truth and data, rather, it depends on willfully selling a false product to the masses that sounds nice to useful idiots but does not deliver as promised.
Most Republican voters, at least those who support the reforms introduced last week, simply want the federal government to tell the truth, for Republicans to stay true to their campaign promises, and want to stop the Left in its tracks while offering a conservative vision of the country.
If you&#8217;re a Democratic voter who supports a socialist agenda, you must be asking if you have any real representation in Congress at all. For the first time in a while, the grassroots don&#8217;t have that problem.
Of course, well done is better than well said. So the real fruit of the Speaker&#8217;s battle will be seen in the years to come based on whether or not we start to see the federal government shift more conservative.
It&#8217;s a long battle, but at least it seems there are Republicans who are not only &#8220;prepared to fight&#8221; but win for their voters. &#8220;The Squad&#8221; can&#8217;t say the same right now.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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Congress

McCarthy Holdouts Teach ‘The Squad’ How To Fight And Win

McCarthy Holdouts Teach 'The Squad' How To Fight And Win

Chip Roy

conservative

Politics

The Squad

Bernie Marcus, who along with his business partner Arthur Blank built Home Depot into a giant financial success, slammed Americans who don’t want to work.
Marcus, whom <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/bernard-marcus/?sref=MTy2GeXk">Bloomberg</a> estimates has a net worth of $5.25 billion but has, with his wife, donated over $2 billion to over 500 organizations through their Marcus Foundation, spoke in an <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5680bb94-4fda-4bb5-887a-62ca1b4341fd">interview</a> with Financial Times.
“I’m worried about capitalism,” Marcus stated. “Capitalism is the basis of Home Depot [and] millions of people have earned this success and had success. I’m talking manufacturers, vendors and distributors and people that work for us [who have been] able to enrich themselves by the journey of Home Depot. That’s the success. That’s why capitalism works.”
Marcus continued that thanks to “socialism,” “nobody works. Nobody gives a damn. ‘Just give it to me. Send me money. I don’t want to work — I’m too lazy, I’m too fat, I’m too stupid.’”
Marcus wasn’t worried about any criticism he might elicit about his comments, especially from those he termed “woke.” He declared, “We used to have free speech here. We don’t have it. The woke people have taken over the world. You know, I imagine today they can’t attack me. I’m 93. Who gives a crap about Bernie Marcus?”
Marcus reserved much of his harsh criticism for those who have reached great wealth but then sit on their money, “Too timid to jump in, these are people who took great risks in whatever they did, but they’re afraid to take this risk [to get] into the charitable world and help other people. Why, I don’t know,” he said.
Some of the recipients of the Marcuses’ largesse include the construction of the Georgia Aquarium, for which they gave $250 million, millions for an autistic center in Atlanta, and research into autism, cancer, stroke, and veterans’ PTSD.
Marcus, who has supported former President Trump and donated to both Trump and Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis, called President Biden “the worst president in the history of this country.” He called Trump’s policies “spot on,” but added, “It’s going to be very interesting in ‘24 because I think that DeSantis will challenge him. And may the better man win.”
After his 90th birthday, hearing that critics were targeting him for supporting Trump, Marcus <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008008667978">fired back</a> on Facebook, “In the next ten years, God willing, I will accomplish more to save this world than my critics will do even if they had forty lifetimes.”

World?s Largest Aquarium Set To Open

‘Nobody Gives A Damn’: Home Depot Co-Founder Slams Americans Refusing To Work Thanks To Socialism

Home Depot Founder Slams Americans Refusing To Work Thanks To Socialism

Bernie Marcus

Home Depot

U.S.

My family escaped socialism in Venezuela when I was two years-old. Now, as Venezuelan-Americans, we deeply appreciate America, which affords us freedom, opportunity, and equality. 
Many members of my family have migrated to Peru, Argentina, and Poland over the past 18 years in hopes of a better life, but none of these countries compare to the United States, where I have received extraordinary opportunities.
American students who idealize socialism (or even communism) would do well to listen to those who have experienced, and fled from, this corrupt and oppressive system. Unfortunately, just the opposite is happening on U.S. college campuses where fictitious notions of life under socialism flourish. Not only this, but any information pointing to the realities of living under such regimes is often denied, shut down, or completely blocked.
I am currently a student at Florida International University and see first-hand the hypocrisy from my peers when it comes to understanding the difference between capitalism and socialism. 
They advocate for socialism while enjoying Starbucks lattes, new iPhones, and Spring Break trips. Capitalism makes these luxuries a reality for middle class Americans, but too many students fail to understand, or simply refuse to admit, that these are benefits unavailable to those living under socialism.
I am astonished and dismayed by the number of my peers who support socialism, the very system that forced so much of my family to flee Venezuela and that keeps the ones who still live there in poverty. I know this because much of my family remains in Venezuela, making me keenly aware of how much I benefit from living in a free, democratic, and capitalist system.
Venezuelans have a <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A__www.rescue.org_article_what-2Dhappening-2Dvenezuela-5F-5F-3B-21-21PxibshUo2Yr-5FTa5B-211NQbVVu33eOcM8b0e2bOH4CpSWdl-2D1ffiEfZ-2DYlrjPjpLgtvTvfNxFEpmxKQanJDU29jZmEiipmfjIFvRzE95hr6WIA-24&amp;d=DwMGaQ&amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;r=4ZqltSlZiDsMCU7IpmmkNNOw7u0yhtIthLsXpJuMtvU&amp;m=zTC2mntWum-SA5yFwyLHE8TIHJ9jmhSAQPcYgwYwpi8&amp;s=Ch_AejtSz3gYj07seqjw_-wBhNeT5xait9Maj96B0a8&amp;e=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hard time affording</a> the basic necessities of life, let alone $6 Frappuccinos and $1,000 laptops. 
One Christmas, I called my family in Venezuela and, to my surprise, my little cousin was screaming for joy that he had been gifted a warm cup of milk. The reality is, far from providing them with economic opportunity and meaningful equality, socialism has instead kept my family in Venezuela in terrible poverty.
Despite this stark difference, my classmates are uninterested in learning from me and those that have actually experienced socialist dictatorships, and are too entitled to realize just how much they benefit from living under the economic and governmental system of the United States.
In fact, one of my peers confronted me during class over an Instagram post wherein I criticized dictatorships in Cuba and Venezuela. She felt offended that I had expressed disapproval for communist regimes and said that America was no better. Most of the class agreed with her, citing supposed systemic oppression in the United States.
One of the reasons young Americans view socialism and communism more favorably than capitalism is because the education system glosses over – or completely falsifies – their horrors. In particular, college faculty tend to romanticize socialist regimes. For example, a Northeastern Illinois University philosophy professor <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A__www.campusreform.org_article-3Fid-3D10887-5F-5F-3B-21-21PxibshUo2Yr-5FTa5B-211NQbVVu33eOcM8b0e2bOH4CpSWdl-2D1ffiEfZ-2DYlrjPjpLgtvTvfNxFEpmxKQanJDU29jZmEiipmfjIFvRzE9MBU9W6o-24&amp;d=DwMGaQ&amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;r=4ZqltSlZiDsMCU7IpmmkNNOw7u0yhtIthLsXpJuMtvU&amp;m=zTC2mntWum-SA5yFwyLHE8TIHJ9jmhSAQPcYgwYwpi8&amp;s=X7_39uOfs3j3_Og1Za5IVyI8phXcikEy1rw6PvRNEcg&amp;e=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> in 2018 that the redistribution of wealth was the key to “sexual fulfillment.” Nikole Hannah-Jones, infamous creator of the 1619 Project and <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A__thedig.howard.edu_all-2Dstories_two-2Diconic-2Damerican-2Dwriters-2Djoin-2Dhoward-2Dcreate-2Dcenter-2Dhelp-2Deducate-2Dnext-2Dgeneration-2Dblack-2Djournalists-5F-5F-3B-21-21PxibshUo2Yr-5FTa5B-211NQbVVu33eOcM8b0e2bOH4CpSWdl-2D1ffiEfZ-2DYlrjPjpLgtvTvfNxFEpmxKQanJDU29jZmEiipmfjIFvRzE9swEIaVM-24&amp;d=DwMGaQ&amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;r=4ZqltSlZiDsMCU7IpmmkNNOw7u0yhtIthLsXpJuMtvU&amp;m=zTC2mntWum-SA5yFwyLHE8TIHJ9jmhSAQPcYgwYwpi8&amp;s=zBEPsAllfBT1GwdVUPqZCfGCOAhnfmGsqZzmYSpiYYI&amp;e=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faculty</a> at Howard University, <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A__www.campusreform.org_article-3Fid-3D17831-5F-5F-3B-21-21PxibshUo2Yr-5FTa5B-211NQbVVu33eOcM8b0e2bOH4CpSWdl-2D1ffiEfZ-2DYlrjPjpLgtvTvfNxFEpmxKQanJDU29jZmEiipmfjIFvRzE9ULU1oEU-24&amp;d=DwMGaQ&amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;r=4ZqltSlZiDsMCU7IpmmkNNOw7u0yhtIthLsXpJuMtvU&amp;m=zTC2mntWum-SA5yFwyLHE8TIHJ9jmhSAQPcYgwYwpi8&amp;s=u9opi2SmKMBOTG8KRlPX28SDWaWGltzxpj0E_LvwzJQ&amp;e=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> Cuba one of the “most equal” countries. “Cuba actually has the least inequality, and that’s largely due to socialism, which I’m sure no one wants to hear,” Hannah-Jones <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A__nypost.com_2021_07_19_nikole-2Dhannah-2Djones-2Dsaid-2Dcuba-2Dmost-2Dequal-2Dwestern-2Dcountry_-5F-5F-3B-21-21PxibshUo2Yr-5FTa5B-211NQbVVu33eOcM8b0e2bOH4CpSWdl-2D1ffiEfZ-2DYlrjPjpLgtvTvfNxFEpmxKQanJDU29jZmEiipmfjIFvRzE9jtPX6DM-24&amp;d=DwMGaQ&amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;r=4ZqltSlZiDsMCU7IpmmkNNOw7u0yhtIthLsXpJuMtvU&amp;m=zTC2mntWum-SA5yFwyLHE8TIHJ9jmhSAQPcYgwYwpi8&amp;s=YB9F3Hz6o0qCFZ5AnFeS3rCaQjJUi7beVCxaiyVbf_w&amp;e=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a podcast interview. And just last year a professor at Riverside City College in California <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A__www.campusreform.org_article-3Fid-3D18035-5F-5F-3B-21-21PxibshUo2Yr-5FTa5B-211NQbVVu33eOcM8b0e2bOH4CpSWdl-2D1ffiEfZ-2DYlrjPjpLgtvTvfNxFEpmxKQanJDU29jZmEiipmfjIFvRzE9dtjDHeU-24&amp;d=DwMGaQ&amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;r=4ZqltSlZiDsMCU7IpmmkNNOw7u0yhtIthLsXpJuMtvU&amp;m=zTC2mntWum-SA5yFwyLHE8TIHJ9jmhSAQPcYgwYwpi8&amp;s=M99Wvc3Oo_WtVWEd0-KCzaCGJpEZb4c3YCKzZvhPcBM&amp;e=">said</a> that “Soviet socialism saved and improved tens of millions of lives.”
Equality does exist in Venezuela: all individuals have equally poor outcomes. This is not the type of equality Americans should be praising. We must fight to expose the truth about living under socialism.
My parents witnessed Venezuela’s socialist dictatorship destroy all possibility and hope for progress in our native country. This shaped their admiration for American culture. We remain unequivocally grateful to God and the United States for the chance to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. These values are in stark contrast to Venezuela&#8217;s corrupt and oppressive regime.
I will keep doing everything I can to educate my peers and, sadly, professors about the present and historical reality of socialism, and open their eyes to the tragedy it has caused in Venezuela and <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A__communistcrimes.org_en-5F-5F-3B-21-21PxibshUo2Yr-5FTa5B-211NQbVVu33eOcM8b0e2bOH4CpSWdl-2D1ffiEfZ-2DYlrjPjpLgtvTvfNxFEpmxKQanJDU29jZmEiipmfjIFvRzE9Qi56-5FKQ-24&amp;d=DwMGaQ&amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;r=4ZqltSlZiDsMCU7IpmmkNNOw7u0yhtIthLsXpJuMtvU&amp;m=zTC2mntWum-SA5yFwyLHE8TIHJ9jmhSAQPcYgwYwpi8&amp;s=xT2hbluJvhiYYJi1bjy_-RdITazLdjLs2qDdzhVsaGk&amp;e=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">worldwide</a>. Unfortunately, the truth seems to fall on deaf ears on U.S. college campuses today.
Melissa Da Gama is a correspondent with the Leadership Institute’s Campus Reform and a student at Florida International University.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

VENEZUELA-TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO-MIGRATION-SHIPWRECK-PROTEST

Socialism Destroyed My Country. It Can Destroy America Too.

Campus Reform

Venezuela

On Saturday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Joe Biden</a> displayed his so-called decency and desire for unity by calling a group of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/socialism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">anti-socialist</a> protesters outside his rally &#8220;idiots.&#8221;
The president, rallying in Joliet, Illinois, was greeted by dozens of protesters holding signs, including ones that said: &#8220;Socialism sucks.&#8221;
&#8220;I love those signs when I came in — socialism. Give me a break, what idiots,” the president barked at attendees before defending Social Security.
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According to The Hill, other demonstrators also held pro-life signs, as well as more extreme ones that <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3721308-biden-on-people-calling-him-a-socialist-give-me-a-break-what-idiots/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;Where&#8217;s Nancy?&#8221; but Biden did not address those messages in his remarks.
During his speech, Biden also stated, &#8220;No one ever doubts I mean what I say, sometimes, of course, I say all that I mean.&#8221;
It is always hard to judge ourselves accurately, but that is a pretty out-of-touch statement for even an &#8220;allegedly&#8221; senile old man to make.
People always doubt what Biden has to say.
For example, everybody knew the president was full of it on Wednesday night when he claimed, &#8220;We need to start looking out for each other again, seeing ourselves as &#8216;We the People,&#8217; not as entrenched enemies.&#8221;
Just three days later, Biden proved those doubters correct by calling fellow Americans he claims to represent &#8220;idiots.&#8221;
Biden&#8217;s November speech echoed remarks given by the president in September.
During that speech, Biden encouraged Americans to make a very difficult choice.
&#8220;And now America must choose: to move forward or to move backward?&#8221; he <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/09/01/remarks-by-president-bidenon-the-continued-battle-for-the-soul-of-the-nation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;To build the future or obsess about the past?  To be a nation of hope and unity and optimism, or a nation of fear, division, and of darkness?&#8221;
He claimed that &#8220;MAGA Republicans have made their choice,&#8221; and opted for &#8220;anger&#8221; and &#8220;chaos&#8221; while living &#8220;not in the light of truth, but in the shadow of lies.&#8221;
&#8220;But together — together, we can choose a different path,&#8221; the president offered. &#8220;We can choose a better path.  Forward, to the future. A future of possibility. A future to build and dream and hope.&#8221;
Shortly after that plea, the administration effectively <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/political-prosecution-pro-life-activist-mark-houck-fights-back-pleads-not-guilty-to-federal-charges-after-controversial-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sicced</a> the full weight of the Department of Justice against a father of seven, pro-life Catholic, and arrested the man at his house for an incident that had been thrown out of court.
Now, Biden is bringing political opponents together by calling them &#8220;idiots.&#8221;
He has also updated his warning from &#8220;MAGA Republicans&#8221; to &#8220;Mega MAGA Republicans&#8221; while claiming that if Republicans win on Tueday, democracy is as good as dead in the water.
Readers are forgiven, if contrary to his remarks on Saturday, they doubt Biden always means what he says.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Joe Biden

So Much For Unity: Biden Calls Anti-Socialism Protesters ‘Idiots’

2022 Midterms

Democracy

Elections

Executive

United States

Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, colloquially known as ‘Lula’, defeated incumbent President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jair-bolsonaro">Jair Bolsonaro</a> in a tightly contested election on Sunday night, and will be the next President of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brazil">Brazil</a>.
With 99% of the vote in, the self described socialist defeated the populist conservative Jair Bolsonaro by a margin of <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-brazil-election/">50.9% &#8211; 49.1%</a>. The election went to a run-off between the top two finishers after no candidate secured a majority in the first round: Lula led the pack with 48% to Bolsonaro’s 43%, but Bolsonaro outperformed polling which suggested that Lula would walk away with the contest in the first round.
Lula is a founding member of Brazil’s left-wing Worker’s Party. He was a perennial presidential candidate before finally coming to power in the 2002 Brazilian elections, and held office from 2003-2010. Lula is also a populist and something of an icon in Latin America, where his ideology, Lulism, is a popular strand of socialist thought.
Lula’s defeat of Bolsonaro follows a trend of left-wing governments coming to power across Latin America, described by some observers as a second ‘<a href="https://theglobalamericans.org/2022/09/pink-tide-2-0-the-same-trap-awaits/">pink tide</a>’ reminiscent of a similar political shift in the first years of the 21st century. In the final days of the campaign, President Bolsonaro spoke to Daily Wire Host Ben Shapiro about the potential stakes of the election.
“We in Brazil cannot possibly join the Venezuela club, or league of countries, which now includes Chile, Argentina, and Nicaragua. Brazil is the most important country in South America, so if Brazil succumbs to the left-wing, that’s the end of South America,” he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVytVgGNxU8">said</a>.
Brazil is the 7th most populous nation in the world, home to over 215 million people, and it is also the world’s 12th largest economy &#8211; it is by far the largest nation in Latin America.
While his administration has been described as ‘moderate left,&#8217; Lula also supported Hugo Chavez’s rise to power in Venezuela and was aligned with him and other left-wing leaders in Latin America. Lula also played a role in negotiating the Obama Administration’s Iran Nuclear Deal, and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/10/lula-brazil-iran-us-suleimani-peace-war">condemned</a> the killing of Qassem Soleimani during the Trump Administration.
Lula’s government was also plagued by several corruption scandals, although the largest scandal would emerge after he left office. His successor and former chief of staff, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/world/americas/brazil-dilma-rousseff-impeached-removed-president.html">Dilma Rouseff</a>, was impeached and removed from office in 2016 in connection with the largest corruption investigation in Brazil’s history, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35810578">Operation Car Wash</a>. The scandal involved a massive money laundering and bribery scheme centered around a state owned oil company, Petrobras, and by the time the smoke cleared 3 former presidents had been jailed on corruption charges, including Lula.
Normally, that conviction would have been disqualifying: Brazil has a <a href="https://www.as-coa.org/articles/explainer-brazils-clean-record-law">‘Clean Slate’</a> law that blocks politicians convicted of certain felonies from running for office. Lula was <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-01/lula-banned-from-brazil-presidential-race-by-election-court">blocked</a> from running in 2018, and many observers believe that was a major reason why Bolsonaro won that election.
But, in a controversial decision a justice on Brazil’s Supreme Court <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56326389">voided</a> Lula’s convictions in 2021, restoring his eligibility for office. Documents leaked after Lula’s trial suggested that the judge in the case, Sergio Moro, improperly collaborated with the prosecution. Moro would go on to serve in Bolsonaro&#8217;s cabinet as the Minister of Justice and Public Security.
Lula was also reportedly tried in the wrong jurisdiction &#8211; the trial took place in a court in Curitiba in the state of Paraná, but the alleged crimes were committed in Brasilia, the nation’s capital, and Lula was a resident of Brasilia at the time of prosecution so his trial supposedly should have been conducted there. The decision was highly controversial and did not exonerate Lula of wrongdoing, but any lingering miasma of disrepute was not enough to stop Lula from crossing the finish line.
The incumbent, Bolsonaro, is a populist conservative, sometimes called ‘the Tropical Trump’, who came to power after the aforementioned corruption scandals soured public opinion on the then dominant Worker’s Party, after surviving an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-brazil-presidential-candidate-stabbed-rally-ashe-schow">assassination attempt</a>.
Bolsonaro is well known for his hardline stances on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazilian-president-bolsonaro-criminals-will-die-hank-berrien">crime</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazil-government-champions-return-to-tradition-sexual-abstinence-before-marriage">social issues</a> like same sex marriage and abortion. He’s also taken steps to <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-08-10/brazils-bolsonaro-pledges-privatizations-if-re-elected-mum-on-petrobras">privatize</a> government owned business, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/13/1116989125/brazil-firearm-ownership-booms-gun-laws-loosen-bolsonaro">increase civilian access to firearms</a> and open up parts of the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/what-brazils-election-means-amazon-rainforest-2022-10-26/">Amazon rainforest</a> to economic development. Bolsonaro has also pursued closer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazil-surges-toward-american-conservatism-kassy-dillon">economic and political ties with the United States</a> compared to previous Brazilian governments.
Bolsonaro has also made international headlines for his stance COVID-19 &#8211; from very early on he actively <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stand-your-ground-hugs-from-brazil-brazilian-right-wing-president-cheers-joe-rogan">opposed lockdowns</a> and even prevented local governments from imposing restrictions. The Brazilian economy fared better than many people predicted and recovered to pre-pandemic levels by early 2021, but critics of Bolsonaro have <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/americas/brazil-bolsonaro-covid-19-intl-hnk">accused him</a> of downplaying the danger of the virus and causing hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths. 600,000 Brazillians died from COVID, the second highest death toll reported in any nation, although on a <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/">per capita basis</a> Brazil’s death rate was comparable to the rate seen in neighboring Chile and the United States, and only as half as high as Peru’s.
Bolsonaro has regularly criticized the integrity of Brazilian elections, and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/30/bolsonaro-trump-brazil-election-democracy/">raised concerns</a> about fraud before the vote. Unlike in the United States, however, the Brazilian President is selected by national popular vote, and it will be difficult to overcome the nearly 2 million ballot advantage Lula amassed even if some local fraud is demonstrated. The Biden administration <a href="https://rollcall.com/2022/10/28/democrats-warn-of-consequences-if-bolsonaro-denies-vote-results/">rebuked</a> Bolsonaro preemptively several days before the election, and prominent Democrats have suggested that the US will “re-evaluate its relationship” with the largest democracy in Latin America if Bolsonaro challenges the results of the vote.
President Biden put out an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/10/30/statement-by-president-joe-biden-congratulating-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-as-president-of-brazil/">official statement</a> congratulating Lula after his victory, stressing that the election was “free, fair and credible.”

Former President Lula Narrowly Wins Brazil’s Presidency In Stunning Comeback

Ex-Con Defeats Incumbent In Brazilian Presidential Election

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