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In 1976 a Russian pilot in the Communists’ Air Force flew a Russian MiG-25 Foxbat—believed to be the best jet fighter they had then—to Japan, asking for asylum in the United States. He had been schooled in the best Russian schools of socialism and was considered to be one of the best models they had of a completely socialistic man. But as he got a little older he began to see the inconsistencies in what the Communist Party leaders had told him. His material gains and his lifestyle were not anything like what they had promised him. And, while they had taught him that America was the “land of darkness”, he felt that, if he could keep this new MiG fighter intact, our government would want to dissect it and know its capabilities; thus, he would have something with which to bargain and hope to gain a better position in life in America than he had known in Russia. President Gerald Ford immediately granted him asylum; and our government assigned to him a man who began to show him our American way of life. The pilot later talked about how he just couldn’t believe how the meat markets here were full of all different cuts of meat and fresh vegetables; because in Russia, under their socialistic system, they could only get fresh meat once in a while—and had to stand in line for hours to get into the food stores to get some of it. Over time, he came to realize that life here was much, much better than it was in Russia; simply because people were free to make their own decisions about what they would work at, where they would work, and who they would work with. That gave people the incentive to work, and thus, our lifestyle of free enterprise was so very much better than those under socialism. He figured out that the socialists had lied to him about which system was best.
Socialism is an economic system where the government controls businesses. Since this, so-called, “pandemic” started, we have been getting a massive amount of control by government over areas of our lives which we’ve not experienced before as Americans: This is socialism. In many states, we can’t eat inside restaurants; we can’t get medical care—A friend of mine has been waiting for surgery to remove a kidney stone for ten days! He’s been in a lot of pain during that time. Do we like our new socialism in medicine? Another friend told us just today, he couldn’t find a beef roast anywhere in his town today; there are restrictions on where, when, and how you can shop in the few stores that are actually open. Do we like living in a socialistic economy? Many small business people have been put out of business by some governor’s edict declaring their business is not “essential”—whatever that means! Employment in America is at the lowest it’s been since the Great Depression of the 1930s: And that down from just last Fall when we had the highest employment our nation had ever known, as a result of President Trump’s expertise as a Free Enterprise businessman! Do we like our new socialistic economy?
A friend of ours, who grew up in Russia under Communism, had a word of warning for us when this epidemic started, and Kentucky’s Governor began to restrict church gatherings. He wrote:
“I was born in Communism and its sounds like a totalitarian threat to me. Not good.”
(Posted on April 11th, 2020 in response to the Governor Andy Beshear’s threat to churches about meeting on Resurrection Sunday.)
The Bible says,
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God…” (1st John 4:1)
Think about it; because if you don’t, someone else will do your thinking for you—and for your children! And you won’t like what that brings to you. I’m Don Pinson; this has been Think About It.