{"product_id":"losing-freedom-socialism-and-the-growing-threat-to-american-life-liberty-and-free-enterprise-hardcover","title":"Losing Freedom: Socialism and the Growing Threat to American Life, Liberty and Free Enterprise - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinden Blue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLaura Dee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis author lost his freedom completely in Cuba a few days before the Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961. He also came close to being executed. He was lucky. His cell mates were not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLosing Freedom \u003c\/em\u003edescribes that ordeal and puts freedom in a historical context of the past 5,000 years where serfdom, slavery and subjugation have been the norm rather than the exception. Wars, conquest, destruction, killing and poverty have been prevalent. Freedom, when it existed, has frequently been lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEfforts to spread civilized behavior have improved things from time to time-think the Greeks and the Roman Republic. But even those bold efforts for more civilized behavior crumbled in the face of greed, arrogance, ambition, and plunder. Wars have frequently been efforts to take something by force that others have created and made valuable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo far, the United States of America has been more successful than any nation in history in nurturing lives and things of value and sustaining freedom. This is primarily because of the way our founders set things up in our Constitution and Bill of Rights-our governmental \"operating system\" which assures individual rights and freedoms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite our success, many now think Socialism offers a better way. Some young people who have had little serious exposure to civics, history, economics and life fall for it. This is dangerous to our posterity and to peace, well-being and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLosing Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e attempts to bring better understanding of civics, history and economics where our educational system has dropped the ball. The hoped for result is greater prosperity and peace in a world free from elite authoritarian government and socialistic economic systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLosing Freedom \u003c\/em\u003elooks at the history of bad governmental ideas including socialism and communism. It \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econcludes that socialism and freedom are simply contradictory-you can't have both. The book refers to the wisdom of our founders and other wise people who have challenged governmental bad ideas-ideas that simply don't work and usually end in disaster. Bad ideas limit and can destroy freedom. The USA is not immune to those perils.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284771684537,"sku":"9798318840722","price":47.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/tF3dEob0Wz9798318840722.webp?v=1779698848","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/losing-freedom-socialism-and-the-growing-threat-to-american-life-liberty-and-free-enterprise-hardcover","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}