Naive and Power Socialists

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I distinguish between naive socialists and power socialists.

Naive socialists have economically illiterate compassion.

Power socialists want to use envy and the compassion of naive socialists to gain political power to smash their enemies and control everyone.

Apatheia Ⓥ 🇺🇸 @DanKellyFreedom
Posted on X, July 16, 2025

Sadly, this account no longer exists. Perhaps it was a bot or something.

Regardless, the distinctions and descriptions resonate with me. And it is a little more polite than the more common, “useful idiots”. This comes in handy when you are discussing politics with your mother-in-law or others with the potential to disrupt domestic harmony.

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8 thoughts on “Naive and Power Socialists”

  1. I would make that “economically illiterate compassion using other people’s money”. Socialists like to think they believe in charity, but their pretend-charity doesn’t involve spending their own money or time, only that of others who actually contribute to society.
    This, by the way, is why charity is far less a thing in Europe.

  2. I distinguish between naive DEI proponents and power DEI proponents.

    Naive DEI proponents have economically illiterate and unrealistic compassion.

    Power DEI proponents want to use envy and the compassion of naive DEI proponents to gain political power, to smash their enemies and to control everyone.

    • Which part of DEI don’t you like? Is it the diversity, equity, or inclusion part?

        • I suggest you return to whatever cave or bridge you attended troll school at and request a refund of your tuition.

      • The racist and sexist parts. For example, my company once sent out an email where they stated they did an internal study of how much they paid people. They proudly reported they were paying non-white people more than white people by a small percentage. They also reported they were paying women a similar percentage less than men. But they would continue to work toward paying women what they deserved. They created special scholarships and coaching programs that were only available to people of color. No whites need apply.

        Here are a couple tests to perform so perhaps you can understand.

        1) If you celebrate black pride but will not tolerate white pride you are racist.
        2) If you celebrate gay pride but will not tolerate heterosexual pride you are prejudiced against heterosexuals.

        I am against prejudice. People should be judged as individuals. DEI, as implemented in this country, is the opposite of that.

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  4. Fundamentally true. The left is comprised almost exclusively of evil people seeking power and VAST numbers of the proverbial “useful idiots” that provide them the political power base from which to wage their war on freedom. The first group needs to be hanged…in wholesale numbers. The second group needs to be either properly educated…or failing that institutionalized.

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