[who_would_fardels_bear]

Pipes makes a good case that the "leviathan" version of Socialism is dead whereby the state owns everything, there is no competition, productivity is low, and there is not enough wealth to support a social safety net.

But what about the "lilliputian" version of "socialism"? The one that the entire Western World is encumbered by.

The government doesn't technically own the means of production, but the ever increasing number and complexity of regulations and tax incentives/penalties means that a larger and larger percentage of businesses are run pretty much the same way.

Competition is stifled, productivity suffers, and we don't have enough wealth left over to fund our ever-increasing social safety net.

We may have killed the dragon, but the ants will consume us bit by bit.

[wintertime]

We may have killed the dragon, but the ants will consume us bit by bit.
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There are armies of ants alive and well in the U.S.

Marxism is freedom’s most serious and dangerous threat. Marxists and their Useful Idiots are thoroughly entrenched in government, all our bureaucracies, media, the arts, and especially K-12 and college level education.

The most important weapon of the Marxists is our K-12 schools and colleges and universities.