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One of my old preachers posted this. I think it hits the nail on the head. I don't see anyone on the left or right being able to disprove any of this.


Socialists and most Democrats talk constantly about “fairness,” but their entire worldview depends on ignoring where wealth comes from in the first place.
They speak as if money just appears, as if jobs, companies, inventions, investments, payrolls, risks, long hours, sleepless nights, and personal sacrifice have nothing to do with prosperity.
To them, wealth is not created. It is discovered. It is sitting somewhere in a pile, guarded by bad people, waiting for government to swoop in and redistribute it to whoever claims to need it most.
That is the con.
They dress it up with words like equity, fairness, compassion, justice, and community.
But when you strip away the slogans, the message is always the same, someone else worked, someone else built, someone else sacrificed, and now government should take a bigger piece of it.
The worker pays. The inventor pays. The entrepreneur pays. The risk taker pays.
And then the people who did not build the thing stand there smiling, lecturing everyone about greed while demanding another serving.
The truth is, socialism does not lift people up by creating more opportunity. It drains the people who create opportunity, then congratulates itself for handing out a portion of what it seized.
That is why this cartoon works. It is not just a joke. It is a picture of the entire scam.
Democrats can call it compassion all they want, but forcing one group of people to fund another group’s lifestyle is not compassion. It is legalized resentment dressed up as morality.
The bottom line is simple.
A country that punishes producers and rewards dependency will eventually run out of producers.
Then the free stuff cafe closes, the bill comes due, and everybody finds out what “fairness” really costs.