If we follow socialism, nation will implode

Socialism, really? President Ronald Reagan once said that Democracy is only one generation away from extinction. With the current situation one must ask if that generation has arrived. This nation is probably facing its greatest challenge since 1776, both internally and externally. The list is long. Externally we are facing China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. Internally we have civil unrest, COVID-19, and those in government who want to lead us down the path of socialism.

If we elect to follow socialism, I have no doubt this nation will literally implode. You hear the phrase “Democratic Socialism.” It makes no difference how much lipstick you put on it, there is nothing democratic about it. Under socialism, manipulation is the name of the game.

Like many families, we fled Eastern Europe in the early 20th century to escape the very thing being proposed by certain lawmakers within our government. Too many folks in this country have not the slightest idea of the pitfalls of this style of government. Everything, and I mean everything, will change. You may choose to disbelieve it, but my family has first-hand knowledge. The Nobel Prize-winning author of the book ”Gulag Archipelago,” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, penned a sentence that has stayed with me for many years. He wrote “liberalism leads to radicalism, radicalism leads to socialism, and socialism never says no to communism.” The gentleman definitely had first-hand knowledge. DEAN MORGAN

YUMA