No human socialism to date has been able to overcome the selfishness quotient. Nor, if Judeo-Christian theology is correct, and I have found it to be more reliable than any modern physics, will it be able to do so.
What these folks are trying to do, bluntly, is to have God without a God.
However I am not as hard on socialists as I used to be, bless their bleeding hearts so to speak. They’re looking for the right thing in the wrong place. Men can not gin up blessings. However they can count on the promise of a God who, when approached in the right way, will bestow blessings.
The simplest definition I’ve been able to come up with as the definition of Marxism/Collectivism/Socialism is this: Something for Nothing.
To borrow a few words from Jim Morrison;
“Let me tell you about heartache and the loss of god
Wandering, wandering in hopeless night.
Out here in the perimeter,,,,,,,, there are no stars,
Out here, we is stoned.
Immaculate.”
Without faith in God there is only faith in man. The godless socialist distrusts Man (or themselves) and therefore places their faith in Government or a collection of men.
Pure capitalism is the truest expression of human nature ever. Voluntary transactions and “caveat emptor” are being replaced with conformity and victims.
Socialism attempts to remove any and all potential crisis from peoples lives in order to keep them from searching for the Divine. It attempts to literally brainwash people into believing that they are not individuals capable of making personal decisions but are part of any number of “Groups” that make up the whole of society. The Soviets made sure their populace had sufficient supplies of vodka while they stood in line for bread. American “Progressives” are trying their best to keep people stoned and distracted with an endless stream of “entertainment”.
The argument against Socialism is very simple and I have yet to hear a conservative politician effectively make the argument.
Who do you trust?
Do you trust yourself (whether you have faith in God or not)? or do you trust the Government?
It’s insane that Democrats in America are even considering a self proclaimed socialist as their candidate but I would not be surprised to see the MSM get behind Sanders as this thing plays out.
“Let me tell you about heartache and the loss of god”
Liberals believe that collective Humanity IS God and that liberal intellectuals are His brain.