There is much talk about socialism in today’s political world. Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are all admitted socialist. They use the term “progressives” which is a fancy word for economic socialist and philosophically enlightened.
There is a book written some time ago called The Forgotten Man. In the book there is a story. The story begins with person ‘A’ being in need. The need can be great or small. Person ‘B’ wants to fill that need so person ‘B’ takes money from person ‘C’ and gives it to person ‘A’. ‘A’ appreciates person ‘B’ and ‘C’ is forgotten. This is the story of classic socialism in a welfare society.
Socialism means the redistribution of wealth. Any need that exists is paid for by the government taking money from one person and giving it to another. Socialism seeks equality in result, so if one person makes $10,000 in a year and other makes $100,000 in a year, the $100,000 person gives $50,000 to the government, the government takes $10,000 and gives $40,000 to the other person. This, of course is a very simple example of socialism. With 330 million people it gets much more complicated and the government will end up taking 80% of the money to run the system.
Add to this the idea of progressivism. The progressives believe that there is something wrong with people, individually. They know what it is and they know how to fix it. Through regulation and wealth manipulation and through government services, people are made better, they believe. The result is a utopia where there is no violent, no bad feelings and no one is sad. Of course to manage all this means the people in charge much be highly paid for being so wise.
Socialism is evil. It is evil because money that is honestly earned is taken, by force, basically stolen, by the government who keeps 80% and distributes the other 20% in the name of fairness. Stealing from someone who has worked hard, either through taxes or regulation or fines is still theft. Just because the government does it does not means it is legal, not morally right.
Progressivism is also evil because it assumes that there are perfect and wise people who can fix everyone else. God is the only being who knows what I need and can give it to me. God is the only one who can improve me. Manipulating society or indoctrinating through education cannot improve anyone.
The reason socialism has never and will never work is because evil, godless, depraved and debauched people are always in charge. Their greed and selfish ambition drives them into corruption and debauchery and the system always falls apart from the top. Socialism kills business and eventually is broke and no one is left to take from. America’s capitalistic system gives everyone an equal chance and everyone can be very rich, if the socialist/progressive government would just get out of the way. Socialism kills the goose that lays the golden egg out of greed and selfishness.
There is a book written some time ago called The Forgotten Man. In the book there is a story. The story begins with person ‘A’ being in need. The need can be great or small. Person ‘B’ wants to fill that need so person ‘B’ takes money from person ‘C’ and gives it to person ‘A’. ‘A’ appreciates person ‘B’ and ‘C’ is forgotten. This is the story of classic socialism in a welfare society.
Socialism means the redistribution of wealth. Any need that exists is paid for by the government taking money from one person and giving it to another. Socialism seeks equality in result, so if one person makes $10,000 in a year and other makes $100,000 in a year, the $100,000 person gives $50,000 to the government, the government takes $10,000 and gives $40,000 to the other person. This, of course is a very simple example of socialism. With 330 million people it gets much more complicated and the government will end up taking 80% of the money to run the system.Add to this the idea of progressivism. The progressives believe that there is something wrong with people, individually. They know what it is and they know how to fix it. Through regulation and wealth manipulation and through government services, people are made better, they believe. The result is a utopia where there is no violent, no bad feelings and no one is sad. Of course to manage all this means the people in charge much be highly paid for being so wise.
Socialism is evil. It is evil because money that is honestly earned is taken, by force, basically stolen, by the government who keeps 80% and distributes the other 20% in the name of fairness. Stealing from someone who has worked hard, either through taxes or regulation or fines is still theft. Just because the government does it does not means it is legal, not morally right.
Progressivism is also evil because it assumes that there are perfect and wise people who can fix everyone else. God is the only being who knows what I need and can give it to me. God is the only one who can improve me. Manipulating society or indoctrinating through education cannot improve anyone.
The reason socialism has never and will never work is because evil, godless, depraved and debauched people are always in charge. Their greed and selfish ambition drives them into corruption and debauchery and the system always falls apart from the top. Socialism kills business and eventually is broke and no one is left to take from. America’s capitalistic system gives everyone an equal chance and everyone can be very rich, if the socialist/progressive government would just get out of the way. Socialism kills the goose that lays the golden egg out of greed and selfishness.
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