| We all know that France is a socialist country, and yet | | | | Are people so upset with socialism - that the strongest |
| when we watched them play at the 2010 World Cup | | | | amongst them, the best and the brightest, their |
| soccer tournament in South Africa it was very | | | | greatest soccer players, and their entire country long |
| interesting because the team members didn't work | | | | to be individuals - even to the point that they are willing |
| well together, they didn't pass the ball very much, or | | | | to lose the game, just so they can stay in control of |
| attempt to use the synergy of the team. And, perhaps | | | | the soccer ball every time they get it? If we look at it |
| because of this they didn't make it into the | | | | from this perspective, we see there are real problems |
| quarterfinals. In fact, they looked like a whole bunch of | | | | with socialism, that socialism takes away individuality to |
| individuals out for their own glory, rather than working | | | | the point where people will do anything to get it back. |
| together as the great soccer team they have been at | | | | They are even willing to lose just to enjoy the |
| past World Cups. There performance and ball hogging | | | | freedom of individualism. |
| style was perhaps the epitome of objectivism, not | | | | It is quite amazing when you think about it, and now |
| collectivism. | | | | that socialist country is throwing rotten fruit at their |
| And if the French soccer team were to have really | | | | soccer team after they came back losers, rather than |
| studied why they should work together, so that they | | | | winners at the World Cup. On one hand, everyone |
| could wind together, they would have done what was | | | | wants to be an individual, on the other hand they want |
| in their best individual interests and passed the ball. In | | | | to tell everyone else how to live their lives, and now |
| any case after watching all this, it had occurred to me | | | | they see they are caught between something that |
| that philosophically there is a real problem in France. On | | | | doesn't work, something they want to work, and no |
| one hand they want to tell all other nations like the | | | | way to achieve their goals. |
| United States to become socialist countries, they even | | | | Please consider all this and why the French Soccer |
| demanded that we vote for Obama. And yet | | | | Team lost their chance to get out of group play at the |
| something is a "miss" in their own society, and it | | | | 2010 World Cup. |
| showed on the soccer field. | | | | Think on it. |