The Babylon Bee is America’s best site for political satire, with several appearances in my collection of libertarian humor.
The site is great even when libertarians get mocked.
Check out the following three stories.
We’ll start with one about a vapid millennial (who presumably took part in this poll).
Local socialist millennial man Matthew Hatter lamented Monday that there are no concrete examples of socialism he can point to in order to have some kind of idea how it would turn out. “If only there were other countries that have tried socialism before,”
Hatter said to a friend at an ethical coffee shop… “Like, say some countries in South America tried socialism before and everybody starved to death,” he said. “Or if there were major superpowers who implemented socialism and then, like, 100 million people died—that would be really bad. We could look to these ‘books of history’ and decide that wouldn’t be the route for us.” …Hatter said he’s just glad that if socialism turns out to be terrible, no other country would be dumb enough to follow in our footsteps.
Some people are familiar with socialism, of course.
And this next bit of satire from Babylon Bee indicates that they’re planning ahead.
The nation’s Democratic leaders announced Tuesday they are reversing course on Trump’s proposed border wall, since “it will keep people in once we switch to socialism.” “We thought the border wall was a bad, racist idea,” said Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
…But that got me thinking…when we switch to socialism, everyone’s gonna try to run away. But what if there’s a big, solid object along the border? Then they can’t run away. I mean, they could try to climb, but we could shoot them.” Senator Bernie Sanders said in his experience, walls are “absolutely necessary” to keep a socialist country’s citizens from fleeing. “The Soviets had it right: big wall in Berlin, the symbolic Iron Curtain, shooting people who try to flee. It’s all necessary to a healthy socialist state.”
Sounds like they read the advice that Walter Williams gave – tongue in cheek – to California’s politicians.
Our third and final example from Babylon Bee involves the Democrats’ electoral plan.
Laying their cards on the table with the midterms approaching, the nation’s Democrats have united to send a clear message: socialism is America’s only hope of ending the current nightmare of economic prosperity.
“We’re living in a hellscape—but there is an escape,” 2020 presidential hopeful Joe Biden said… “democratic socialism is what’s going to free us from our horrific, flourishing, present conditions. You do the math.” …“Kill anyone who disagrees!” Maxine Waters bellowed from the background.
The Foundation for Economic Education just published a column with 10 of the jokes that East Germans told about their dictatorial government.
Here are my three favorites.
- Why do Stasi officers make such good taxi drivers? — You get in the car and they already know your name and where you live.
- What’s the best feature of a Trabant? — There’s a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when you’re pushing it.
- What would happen if the desert became a socialist country? — Nothing for a while… then the sand becomes scarce.
Speaking of satire, Hasbro apparently has produced a socialist version of their famous Monopoly board game.
Sounds fake, but you can find it on Amazon.
John Ellis of PJ Media is quite amused.
Hasbro’s new “Monopoly: Socialism,” though, sounds like a hoot and a great way to continue to teach my kids why socialism is for the math-, economics-, and history-challenged among us. …the game sounds awesome! …the only game played in my house on game night henceforth will be Hasbro’s Monopoly: Socialism. …I get to incorporate both fun and education into family game night.
We’ll close out with another appearance by Libertarian Jesus.
Very appropriate given what I wrote about two weeks ago.
If you’re interested, other examples of Libertarian Jesus can be found here, here, and here.
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