Posted on 08/16/2010 1:50:43 PM PDT by IbJensen
Why we must protect the family, private property and America from the dangers of socialism
1. Socialism and communism are the same ideology
Communism is but an extreme form of socialism. From the ideological standpoint, there is no substantial difference between the two. In fact, the communist Soviet Union called itself the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991) and communist China, Cuba and Vietnam define themselves as socialist nations.
2. Socialism violates personal freedom
Socialism seeks to eliminate “injustice” by transferring rights and responsibilities from individuals and families to the State. In the process, socialism actually creates injustice. It destroys true liberty: the freedom to decide all matters that lie within our own competence and to follow the course shown by our reason, within the laws of morality, including the dictates of justice and charity.
3. Socialism violates human nature
Socialism is anti-natural. It destroys personal initiative – a fruit of our intellect and free will – and replaces it with State control. It tends to totalitarianism, with its government and police repression, wherever it is implemented.
4. Socialism violates private property
Socialism calls for “redistributing the wealth” by taking from the “rich” to give to the poor. It imposes taxes that punish those who have been able to take greater advantage of their productive talents, capacity to work or thrift. It uses taxation to promote economic and social egalitarianism, a goal that will be fully achieved, according to The Communist Manifesto, with the “abolition of private property."
5. Socialism opposes traditional marriage
Socialism sees no moral reason for people to restrict sex to marriage, that is, to an indissoluble union between a man and a woman. Furthermore, socialism undermines private property, which Friedrich Engels, founder of modern socialism and communism along with Karl Marx, saw as the foundation of traditional marriage.
6. Socialism opposes parental rights in education
Socialism has the State, and not parents, control the education of children. Almost from birth, children are to be handed over to public institutions, where they will be taught what the State wants, regardless of parental views. Evolution must be taught. School prayer must be forbidden.
7. Socialism promotes radical equality
A supposed absolute equality among men is the fundamental assumption of socialism. Therefore, it sees any inequality as unjust in itself. Private employers are quickly portrayed as “exploiters” whose profits really belong to their employees. As a consequence, they rule out the system of wage earning.
8. Socialism promotes atheism
Belief in God, who unlike us is infinite, omnipotent and omniscient, clashes head-on with the principle of absolute equality. Socialism therefore rejects the spiritual, claiming that only matter exists. God, the soul, and the next life are illusions according to socialism.
9. Socialism promotes relativism
For socialism there are no absolute truths or revealed morals that establish standards of conduct that apply to everyone, everywhere, and always. Everything evolves, including right and wrong, good and evil. There is no place for the Ten Commandments, neither in the private mind nor in the public square.
10. Socialism mocks religion
According to Karl Marx, religion is "the opium of the people." Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union, agreed: "Religion is opium for the people. Religion is a sort of spiritual booze in which the slaves of capital drown their human image, their demand for a life more or less worthy of man." ■
May God protect America from socialism.
Well said.
1. Sounds good does not work.
2. Does not work.
3. Never has worked.
4. Will never work.
5. Repeat 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Socialism was the starying ideology of Adolph Hitler, to which he added racism, anti-semitism, military conquest and other improvisations.
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Yea, but opposing it are the Keystone Cops of the RNC and the apathy of business that think they can pay off the corruption so it won’t turn on them.
Not to be gloomy or anything.
I only need one reason. Socialism inevitably leads to totalitarianism, because in order for it to function, people cannot be allowed the freedom to opt-out.
Socialism doesn’t work, has never worked and cannot be made to work. Period
That this needs to be explained at all is a real commentary on our state controlled indoctrination system.
I can think of about a hundred million reasons.
#1—Socialism is Evil. It is Godless and corrupts the soul.
I agree with you, in that socialism IS evil.
It denies human nature (the “progressive” idea that the human being is “perfectible,” given the proper leadership, and the submission of the masses) while at the same time, supresses individuality and individual human rights.
I keep hearing (and even said myself, when I was younger) that socialism is theoretically a good thing, but once I actually gave it some serious thought, I realized that it’s simply unsustainable and will eventually lead to authoritarian or worse governments.
Mark
Actually there is a much simpler reason to reject it...
Eventually you run out of everyone else’s money.
“The only difference between a liberal and a communist is...the communist knows what he’s doing.” - Rush Limbaugh
The question; Are YOU a RUBE?...
I suppose you're right; how selfish of me. One more try couldn't possibly do any harm. Could it?
Exactly. In America, the communists are called Leftists. They organize the liberals, who are profound moral cowards who could understand, but carefully, mindfully, specifically and with great determination, refuse to understand, what they are actually supporting.
Socialism/Communism is evil incarnate. It’s men trying to play God with the State. It’s always going to end badly!
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