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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Americans have been deceived by the notion that individual desires preempt the needs of society; by the Ayn-Rand/Reagan/Thatcher aversion to government regulation; by the distorted image of 'freedom' as winner-take-all capitalism; by the assurance that the benefits of greed will spread downwards to everyone.

This is a foolish, unsupported assertion. The entire article is based on a false premise. You need read no more after this untrue statement because all that follows has no foundation in fact or truth.

7 posted on 11/03/2015 2:25:13 AM PST by olezip
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To: olezip

Socialism is the system of public ownership that immorally seizes by force and against the will of the private owners, private property. Socialism also immorally seizes the means of production by seizing the land, regiments labor, substitutes taxation for savings as a means of capital formation and replaces the entrepreneur for the bureaucrat. The socialist State decides what the labor the individual should perform, where it should be done and how much should be earned. This allows individuals to be paid for not working.

The power to make decisions will be taken away from the individual and concentrated in the hands of Big Government. Because the sinful nature of man will be concentrated into the few, they will make corrupt decisions that will eventually destroy America which they have so planned and controlled.


12 posted on 11/03/2015 2:46:14 AM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: olezip
as winner-take-all capitalism;

as opposed to government take all socialism. in free market capitalism the individual has an chance to better his condition and the economic level of everyone in the society, even the homeless, is improved by that selfish striving. In socialism only a tiny caste of upper level bureaucrats and the rulers can improve themselves, essentially by theft, and everyone else is poor and has no hope of improving himself except by bribery and extortion. The more socialist a society the more corrupt it must be. When a bureaucrat who provides no goods or services directly must be placated in order to get anything done then there will be bribery and extortion. It must be. The cost of goods and services is very high and the availability of goods and services is very low.

17 posted on 11/03/2015 3:19:27 AM PST by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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To: olezip
Americans have been deceived by the notion that individual desires preempt the needs of society; by the Ayn-Rand/Reagan/Thatcher aversion to government regulation; by the distorted image of 'freedom' as winner-take-all capitalism; by the assurance that the benefits of greed will spread downwards to everyone.

Wow, people actually buy that!?

Being Godless sure does put one in the dark.

33 posted on 11/03/2015 5:31:34 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Now I understand why my grandparents quit voting.)
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