Posted on 12/24/2009 9:47:12 AM PST by Springfield Reformer
Socialism is immoral because at its core, once you strip away the camouflage of false compassion, it requires an acceptance that the government owns you, that when the rubber hits the road you are simply a number, and that if you are more productive than most other people you will be regarded as a cash cow to be milked for what some group of statists considers The Common Good. You can dress that up in the party dress of alleged compassion but it remains un-American and immoral.
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Bingo.
Also, what about “If you will not work, then you will not eat?”
Centralized planning is silly and useless without the physical power to enforce the plan. This is why socialism almost always leads to a police state unless the society is practically homogenous in it’s goals, such as Kibutzim, Sweden, etc,,
It is based on the idea that some other than individual knows what is best for them. Pure evil.
Thanks for all of the kind words about my post on taxes and socialism. Please check back at http://www.waronsocialism.com from time to time, I have several half done pieces that I need to get wrapped up.
Rob
” But if I dropped that bomb at Christmas, it would be nothing but a fight.”
You and all the rest of us.
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