Another Edition of Socialism Humor May 18, 2019 by Dan Mitchell

Socialism is immoral.

The bad news is that a lot of young people nonetheless believe in this evil ideology.

But the good news is that there’s a lot of real-world evidence that socialism failsevery time it is tried.

I certainly do everything possible to educate people about the downside of this coercive system. Including an entire collection of anti-socialism humor.

Adding to that collection is the point of today’s column.

Let’s start with this item (which reminds me of a Michael Ramirez cartoon from 2013).

But if some people still want lots of freebies, President Eisenhower has a suggestion of where they can look.

Next we have some satirical polling data.

I haven’t seen his work before, but Pat Cross probably deserves to be an after-the-fact participant in my political cartoonist contest based on these two gems.

His first contribution is a scientific screw-up.

Followed by this this household screw-up.

I assume the guys in these cartoons are part of the “real socialism hasn’t been tried” community.

Too bad they couldn’t see into the future.

I’ve already mocked “democratic socialism,” so I naturally can’t resist sharing this bit of satire.

Speaking of “democratic socialism,” the next item in today’s collection mocks those who try to highlight Scandinavia while disowning Venezuela.

I’ve shared a comparison of pets on socialism vs. pets on capitalism.

Here’s the water version.

Next, we have a putative quote from Winston Churchill, and I added the caveat about “putative” because a quick online search suggests he didn’t actually say this.

But the sentiment is so accurate that it merits inclusion.

For what it’s worth, there’s a great quote about socialism and capitalism at the end of this column, which actually did come from Churchill.

I always try to conclude any collection of jokes with the one that made me laugh the most.

And that definitely is the case for this final image.

P.S. Some people complain that I share too many jokes about the topic. They say socialism is a real threat, not something to laugh about.

Given the horrible suffering that has been caused by various versions of socialism, I understand that sentiment.

But I’m reminded that the Soviet Union, which rivaled Germany’s national socialism and Mao’s China in terms of sheer brutality, was undermined by humor.

P.P.S. Don’t forget the special collections of Bernie humor and AOC humor.