Like Socialism? Watch the HBO series "Chernobyl" Enlightening! First off, this post grew a little longer than I intended, but I think it is well worth the read. There are some spoilers below, but even so, the series is well worth the time to watch. The HBO series has 5 episodes and is VERY enlightening to those who don't understand how bad socialism really is. The show is obviously about the nuclear disaster, but there are very significant points to take away regarding the implementation of socialism/communism and rule by a political party. Here are a couple of things that stood out to me: 1) State controls everything - EVERYTHING! During the disaster and clean up, the KGB (government) was everywhere monitoring what the scientists and lower party officials were doing and talking about... to make sure the true details of the disaster didn't get released. The head of the KGB was also being monitored by his own agency - he called it "the circle of accountability" - essentially, the gov't openly spies on everyone to ensure the ruling political party is informed on everything. This is where we're headed. 2) The gov't had no problem sending thousands  of people (some estimates are upwards of 90,000) to their deaths by sending them to work on the clean up efforts. Many of these people died over the next several years - they and their families were not cared for by the socialist "healthcare for all" system. This should be a wake up call for anyone who thinks gov't provided healthcare is a good idea. 3) The state only cared about keeping people pacified as opposed to keeping them informed of and safe from the danger from radiation, or anything else. The DS and media are doing this to us now. See anything about NXIVM in the MSM lately? What about the harmful effects of vaccines? 4) Chernobyl melted down during a test of the safety systems - these systems were more cost effective rather than safe. The state/party ordered the safety test, which required the reactor's output to be diminished - this took place toward the end of the month. The state's monthly production quotas required increased electricity from the Chernobyl plant to power the local factories. The reactor's output had to be reduced quickly - too fast to safely do so - and the safety test caused the incident. The operators in the reactor control room told the supervisor about the safety concerns of reducing power too quickly (and later increasing power too quickly) - he threatened them with unemployment and worse if they didn't do what they were told. He caused the meltdown by essentially doing what the "Party" told him to do... so he wouldn't be punished for not performing. And he was an incredible asshole. He refused to believe the reactor exploded, even after he saw proof of it with his own eyes. He sent a worker to the roof to look down at the reactor core and report back if it had exploded - the guy sent to the roof needlessly died a very painful death a few days later after his face rotted off his head from direct exposure to the core. I guess he had no choice but to follow orders. When a single political party becomes dominant without checks and balances (such as the Bill of Rights, free and fair press), the gov't will control EVERYTHING and EVERYONE. 5) Every building was in disrepair -  hospitals, apartment buildings, homes, basically anything designated "for the people." The exception to this was the Party/Government buildings. The gov't/party will not take care of their "subjects," but will take care of themselves... they do not care about the quality of life of the people. 6) Lies - the Party/Government lied about everything to everyone regarding the nuclear disaster. The Soviets could not allow the appearance of weakness, laziness or stupidity at home or abroad. Tell a lie often enough and with enough passion and it will become the truth as perceived by the sheeple. 7) A scientist went to a library to conduct research on how that specific reactor exploded - she made a list of materials she would like to view and gave it to the librarian. The librarian passed it to the party official at the library who screened the content of the request and only allowed her to see a few of the items she requested... and those were redacted or missing pages. The party controlled all of the information available. She figured out the gov't/party was aware of the potential problem all along, but refused to take appropriate action to prevent the disaster. Information is compartmentalized and restricted under the control of the party/gov't. Sound familiar? Obama DOJ/FBI/CIA/NSA/DoS?  8) A scientist publicly provided the truth (a year and a half after the incident) of why Chernobyl exploded during a trial for those the party were going to hold accountable - the truth was all of the reactors in the Soviet Union had the same fatal flaw due to gov't/party misinformation and cost cutting measures. He and his family was basically erased from society and the history books, but they didn't kill him. He later committed suicide. And the Soviets didn't make the necessary modifications to other nuke plants until 2 years later. The truth is not a forcing function under socialism. 9) Obvious, but I have to point this out for anyone who doesn't get the gist of this so far - the government/ruling political party controls EVERY aspect of everyone's life. The gov't/party controls all infrastructure, production, resources, media, healthcare, information, etc. They are powerful enough to give you what they think you need and powerful enough to take everything away from you, including your possessions and life. Everything belongs to the state. Period. Overall, the series was an eye opener as to how bad things can get if We the People allow it to happen... and it was VERY gripping. It was a great series to watch... and only 5 episodes makes it short enough to not take up all of your life. Do they even teach how the Russian Revolution happened and why in our schools anymore? Spoiler: a political party promised a lot of free stuff to all of the people if they joined the party and ousted the current government. Sound familiar?  Thanks for your time - now go forth and educate a liberal dumbass! WWG1WGA!