It’s easy to recognized a socialist. Like you they believe:
From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
Ok, let’s back up. First, I apologize for my somewhat caustic reply. After reviewing the exchange, I think you’ve misinterpreted what I’ve said.
I was in no way defending socialism. What I was trying to explain to you, is how socialism (which I oppose to keep the record straight) takes hold. FDR for example, could have never sold congress or the American people the New Deal, if everything had been running smoothly, and the American people were enjoying prosperity at the time.
FDR sold the American people that bill of goods on the heels of a devastating depression. I repeat, no socialist system, no communist system, and no fascist regime has EVER risen up in a nation or state that was prospering. Socialism is ALWAYS, ALWAYS washed in on a tide of desperation.
In our own case in the 1930’s, the churches and charities had failed. That fact is simply indisputable. It wasn’t their fault, they had nothing left to give, but the fact is incontrovertible. Government stepped in, because a desperate population was willing to cling to any promise of relief, with little forethought about the future ramifications of FDR’s policies. I’ll save it for another post, but the similarities between the circumstances that brought about the new deal, and Hitler’s rise to power are striking. Again, desperate people lose their ability to discern. History shows us this time and time again.
These are political realities that we ignore at our own peril.