Donald Trump Jr.’s Halloween tweet proves socialists have no concept of humor or a basic understanding of the economic system they claim to support.
On Halloween, Donald Trump Jr. posted a photo of his daughter, Chloe, and joked that he was going to be be redistributing her candy to the kids who stayed home instead of trick-or-treating to teach her about socialism:
I’m going to take half of Chloe’s candy tonight & give it to some kid who sat at home. It’s never to early to teach her about socialism. pic.twitter.com/3ie9C0jv2G
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 31, 2017
Despite the fact that Trump Jr.’s post was clearly a lighthearted joke, the internet was soon ablaze with people who were “schooling” the president’s son on what socialism actually means. As expected, to liberals, socialism merely means sharing out of the kindness of your own heart, not government programs to forcibly redistribute the wealth:
Calm down everyone. He's only joking.
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) November 1, 2017
He'd never really teach her that sharing is a good thing. https://t.co/RE6HsgnhCK
Imagine seeing your beautiful girl on Halloween & thinking: 'Ooh, I can use this to tweet about why sharing is bad' https://t.co/A9jDu9IVLC
— Bethany Usher (@bethanyusher) October 31, 2017
She was given that candy for free. Halloween is already socialism, you malignant potato. https://t.co/JRcvEqg6ej
— Jesse Berney (@jesseberney) October 31, 2017
I think sharing with those that are less fortunate than you is a universal human value. Perhaps you could try her that.
— Chris B. (@siliconvalleyex) October 31, 2017
You mean the candy that she got for free out of the goodness of strangers' hearts? 😂😂😂
— (((The Glare ™))) (@TheGlare_TM) October 31, 2017
The no-strings attached candy that she received from strangers? https://t.co/fHZt6B47lb
— Kevin J (@kevinmj76) October 31, 2017
My man, "socialism" was her getting that free candy in the first place. You taking half for reasons she can't understand is capitalism https://t.co/w9x9zB0xLA
— 💀👻The News👻💀 (@Bearpigman) October 31, 2017
Sources such as CNN, USA Today, the Guardian, and Twitter’s moments section all joined in sharing tweets that compared the horrors endured under socialism to Kindergarten-variety “sharing is caring.”
Although it apparently once went without saying, the difference between giving out Halloween candy to kids on the street because you want to participate in the neighborhood activity is not the same thing as being forced to give X-percent of your income in taxes to people or else be faced with jail time.
The blatant apologism for real socialism, however, should come as no surprise: support for socialism is on the rise with youth.
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