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Name changes dont bother me. I transitioned peacefully when Siam decided to continue its national life as Thailand. Ditto when Burma became Myanmar. Theres a little bit of name-changing going on at every wedding. The only name change I find puzzling is the one right now boiling over in the streets of Hamburg.

Can anyone tell me what the all-of-a-sudden anti-capitalists were before last week? Is it the new name for communists? And, if so, how on earth did they ever succeed in getting all the media to fall into line and describe the destroyers of Hamburg as anti-capitalists? It came across as though the lawyer for all the worlds communists appealed to some Media Central Command and begged to be known hereafter by a name that doesnt trigger nearly as much negativity as communists, whereupon Central Command agreed and complied!

I asked a millennial if he knew why the wielders of the wrecking ball in Hamburg, the same ones we used to call communists, now were dubbed anti-capitalists. He replied that there are many things you can be other than communists if youre against capitalism. Im still thinking about that one. Certainly its possible, but I couldnt help much if the professor demanded an essay-answer.

Whoever the suddenly-arrived anti-capitalists are, its hard to give them a robust welcome. Hitler and Mussolini brownshirts and blackshirts were perfect gentlemen compared to these nouveau-thugs in the early stages of their takeover tyranny. The media tell us a handful of these anti-capitalists conceal their identity as they go about their destruction, and among their objectives is to project the illusion that all hundred-thousand of the overwhelmingly law-abiding and orderly demonstrators are part and parcel of their mob. Thats a gargantuan lie, but it worked in Hamburg. Who are these predators? Whats their political past? Whos paying them? What are their intentions? Above all, where is the medias curiosity?

Obviously theyre not shy about their disdain or hatred for capitalism. And if they dont want to be thought of as communists, theyre practicing very unsafe politics. One hopes theyre more prudent in their sexual lives than in their political exhortations. They interest me more than Ill ever interest them. Theyre literally living on what I find to be the most fascinating playing field in the entire world of politics.

Please note that these anti-capitalists are doing their cavorting and proclaiming in a country that is one of capitalisms major success stories. After World War II, Germany became a living laboratory of real-life communism (East Germany) versus real-life capitalism (West Germany). Good breeding prevents me from jumping up and down upon the result when all those millions of Germans chose sides. Never has a visiting American presidents unsolicited advice been more enthusiastically obeyed than when President Ronald Reagan hollered, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

The other side of the coin is just as embarrassing to the anti-capitalists. Were not hallucinating when we detect a preference for socialism, collectivism or communism lurking in the heart of those who smash windows and burn cars in the name of anti-capitalism. Is there no awareness or respect for the reality of Venezuelas sad plight while all this anti-capitalism is raging onward? That most-fascinating political playing field I referred to is simply this. How can there still be full-throated advocates of socialism after weve witnessed 39 socialist economies fail with never one single success?

Ive asked that question every time good fortune tosses me into the company of those who prefer socialism, and the answers I get explain why theres so much fascination here. Take it all in from the top. There have been many capitalist success stories. I dont know of a single failure. Im certain theres never been one in a major way in a major country. Why, then, should we listen to socialists who cant point to a single success?

Get your desperate hands off Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Those Scandinavian successes are all capitalist successes. They have high taxes and broad welfare, but the means of production are in private hands and those countries are free, freer than America in some respects.

If you had a cat that tore up 39 of your sofas would you buy an additional sofa for him to play and prey upon? The answers I get from the avowed communists and socialists and anti-capitalists are fascinating.

They dont deny the facts. They cant. Instead, they say, The Russians were unprepared for socialism. The Poles were too coerced. The Chinese were too brutal. The Hungarians were too technocratic. The Czechs were too wedded to the West. The Albanians were too backward. And then they get to their political punchline thats supposed to knock your socks off, even if youre wearing pantyhose. However, they insist, We are the ones who know how to do it right!

We still have a presidential election scheduled for 2020. Your vote is sorely wanted.

We may wind up hating the anti-capitalists, but right now I think the appropriate emotion toward them is pity.

I suspect our anti-capitalist brothers and sisters are those who cannot see a fat man standing beside a thin man without concluding that the fat man got that way at the expense of the thin man!

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