The Left Wing Does Not Get It

Ten years ago, Zapatista rebels took over the Chiapas area of southern Mexico. The Zapatista is a left wing rebel group that has never fulfilled its promises to the poor and mostly indigenous peoples of the area. The Zapatista rebels instituted collective communes and a redistribution of the wealth, such that it is. The entire economic/political system is a failure and people are emigrating out of the area controlled by the rebels. Read it here.

When will the left ever get the picture that extreme socialism is a failed philosophy? What more proof do you need than Cuba, Russia, China and now the Zapatista controlled part of Mexico? One 52 year old émigré from Zapatista controlled land stated it succinctly, "The ones like us who work hard end up working for those who don't." He “… got tired of waiting for life to get better. So he voted with his feet.” You would think that if an uneducated peasant can get it right, then surely the educated elite could do so as well. Not!!

Here’s a hat tip to the Los Angeles Times for running this article rather than eviscerating it or leaving it on the edit room floor.