Why I am not a socialist

During the last 10 days of April 1945, as Hitler’s “Thousand Year Reich” made its last stand against the Soviet army, a quarter-million soldiers and civilians perished in Berlin. Finally, on April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide, bringing more or less to an end a regime of unequaled bestiality. As May Day dawned, Soviet forces were in control of the city. One week later, on May 8, 1945, the remnants of the German General Staff signed the articles of surrender, and the war in Europe, which had begun in September 1939, was over.

-- www.wsws.org

Gotta love the part where the author says "bringing more or less to an end a regime of unequaled bestiality." Let me qualify that statement. I just need to add something like "Except for fill in other atrocity here, bringing an end to a regime of unequaled bestiality."

Few things offend me more than blatent hypocracy. Follow that link and you will see that socialist goverments top the list of bloodletting in the 20th century. In fact, religous idealism and socialist idealism dominate the list. Socialism, like religious zealots, thrive in ignorance. Socialism is an evil that should be contained if not stamped out. While I do not support the Iraq war, I am proud that my country took a stand against the true forces of evil in Korea and Vietnam, and held back the forces of the USSR during the cold war. While the United States has its own share of problems, they pale in comparison to some other popular alternatives.