3718 Is Socialism Needed? – Call In Show – June 13th, 2017

Question 1: [1:42] – “"With the situation in places like Puerto Rico, Cuba and El Salvador, more and more skilled professionals are leaving the country for the US. I personally know some of these individuals and when I ask them "Why did you leave?" it was for things we in the US tend to take for granted such as a turn signals, fire response and access to medical care. Can it be said that a certain amount of 'collective effort' or 'socialism' is necessary to provide a floor of infrastructure and services so that the higher earners of a culture and country do not flee for a better quality of life?"Question 2: [33:49] – “Currently vocal activist groups are seeking to limit parental authority by casting spanking as wrongful conduct. They are beating the drum about spanking not benefiting children, that it does not work, and even claiming it is harmful. The studies they use are not scientific and fly in the face of common sense. The propaganda is regular and the liberal media regularly publish stories trying to sway the public, re-define and demonize spanking, the parental use of force.”“The goal of these groups are to allow for gov't intervention in the family through criminal or gov't dependency actions which allow for the removal of children from parents who may use force to discipline as with spanking. Do you believe that ultimately kids must obey their parents? If you can't use force, you have no authority over anyone. It is easy to understand police authority and the fact that ultimately they can use force. We don't refer to police use of authority as violence or aggression. Do you believe parental authority should include spanking, the use of force to create some physical discomfort? If not, are you not supporting the "socialized" parenting? Are you aware that if a kid goes to a juvenile delinquency center the gov't can use force for their disobedience? Are you aware that all this anti-spanking propaganda is also aimed at diminishing the family unit by diminishing parental authority? Do you think we should ban spanking for all parents simply because some abuse the privilege? No one would suggest that with police, but with the public, liberals always seek the lowest common denominator to treat everyone the same and increase gov't control. Have you considered that your position actually supports socialist and communist ideologies?”Question 3: [1:23:05] – “As a professional engineer and an innovator I find myself working in an industry dominated by people who are, as a colleague of mine very aptly puts it, ‘professional careerists.’ Engineers who rise in an organization just by being on all the right committees and giving management the answers they wanted to hear. They don’t have original thoughts or make decisions. My question is whether you think that this is just a natural phenomenon in a mature industry or is it the result of modern culture? Regardless, as an individual motivated by a desire to be creative what should I be doing with my career?”Question 4: [2:06:22] – “Why should I spend my life trying to do any good, even if we can recognize a simply material-mutualistic benefit to it? When people are so clearly insane they can't recognize great threats to society and their own lives and livelihoods, can't see evil staring them in the face, and you get no rapport but either perplexity or hostility thrown back in your teeth when you dare to mention it, and it would be easy enough to abuse their folly... What more fundamental reason then to try to do good to one and all rather than exploit the wankers and leave them by the side of the road?"Your support is essential to Freedomain Radio, which is 100% funded by viewers like you. Please support the show by making a one time donation or signing up for a monthly recurring donation at: http://www.freedomainradio.com/donate