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*Jasper, William F. (September 11, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33175-socialism-for-your-benefit-or-theirs Socialism: For Your Benefit — or Theirs?] ''The New American''. Retrieved September 11, 2019.</ref> and its destructive effects on society often are irreversible.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (May 10, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/10/blue-state-blues-venezuela-south-africa-show-socialism-difficult-to-undo/ Blue State Blues: Venezuela, South Africa Show Socialism Difficult to Undo]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 10, 2019.<br>See also:

*Jasper, William F. (September 11, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33175-socialism-for-your-benefit-or-theirs Socialism: For Your Benefit — or Theirs?] ''The New American''. Retrieved September 11, 2019.</ref> and its destructive effects on society often are irreversible.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (May 10, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/10/blue-state-blues-venezuela-south-africa-show-socialism-difficult-to-undo/ Blue State Blues: Venezuela, South Africa Show Socialism Difficult to Undo]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 10, 2019.<br>See also:

*Demaggio, John M. (July 20, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/453913-has-socialism-already-failed-in-the-united-states Has socialism already failed in the United States?] ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 20, 2019.</ref> Socialism is fully compatible with "big business," or [[crony capitalism]].<ref>Philipp, Joshua (August 7, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-corrupt-romance-between-big-business-and-socialism_2977800.html The Corrupt Romance Between Big Business and Socialism]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved August 7, 2019.</ref>

*Demaggio, John M. (July 20, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/453913-has-socialism-already-failed-in-the-united-states Has socialism already failed in the United States?] ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 20, 2019.</ref> Socialism is fully compatible with "big business," or [[crony capitalism]].<ref>Philipp, Joshua (August 7, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-corrupt-romance-between-big-business-and-socialism_2977800.html The Corrupt Romance Between Big Business and Socialism]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved August 7, 2019.</ref>

 

As a social theory, the modern [[Democratic party]] uses [[identity politics]] to create a new "oppressed class" of victims which replaces the traditional worker/peasant/proletariat victims of the imaginary "oppressor class" - "the [[bourgeois]]".<ref>https://youtu.be/PkNzYttjSHE</ref> Socialism preys on people who fall victim to the [[sin]]s of [[envy]] and [[covet]]ousness, and raises [[Iconoclasm]] and [[nihilism]] as exalted [[virtue]]s.  Left-wing professors and universities have played a large role in advancing socialist ideology.<ref>Lott, Maxim (January 18, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialism-rising-universities-and-radical-profs-helping-steer-leftward-shift-in-politics Socialism rising: Universities and ‘radical’ profs helping steer leftward shift in politics, critics say]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 18, 2019.</ref>  Many individual socialists and groups display juvenile, adolescent, and cult-like behavior.

As a social theory, the modern [[Democratic party]] uses [[identity politics]] to create a new "oppressed class" of victims which replaces the traditional worker/peasant/proletariat victims of the imaginary "oppressor class" - "the [[bourgeois]]".<ref>https://youtu.be/PkNzYttjSHE</ref> Socialism preys on people who fall victim to the [[sin]]s of [[envy]] and [[covet]]ousness, and raises [[Iconoclasm]] and [[nihilism]] as exalted [[virtue]]s.  Left-wing professors and universities have played a large role in advancing socialist ideology.<ref>Lott, Maxim (January 18, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialism-rising-universities-and-radical-profs-helping-steer-leftward-shift-in-politics Socialism rising: Universities and ‘radical’ profs helping steer leftward shift in politics, critics say]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 18, 2019.</ref>  Many individual socialists and groups display juvenile, adolescent, and cult-like behavior.

As an economic theory, socialism is an [[authoritarian]] system which advocates strict [[economic planning|command and control]] of [[income]]s and distribution or rationing of goods and services, including food and healthcare. High taxation to expropriate wealth from the supposed "oppressor class" is common to all socialist regimes. Removal of incentives and demonizing the [[profit]] motive, while expecting common people to produce goods and services, and supply tax revenues to government, for little or no pay is a [[psychotic]] dream.  After exterminating "corporations" and "the rich," the cost burden of government - which controls everything - naturally falls to an impoverished working class, the unemployed, and homeless which previously paid no taxes. And no one can retain anything for themselves because the profit motive is disincentivized or outlawed. Due to its core [[anti-democratic]] and authoritarian precepts, socialism is considered [[treason]]ous to [[America]]'s central ideal of [[liberty]].

As an economic theory, socialism is an [[authoritarian]] system which advocates strict [[economic planning|command and control]] of [[income]]s and distribution or rationing of goods and services, including food and healthcare. High taxation to expropriate wealth from the supposed "oppressor class" is common to all socialist regimes. Removal of incentives and demonizing the [[profit]] motive, while expecting common people to produce goods and services, and supply tax revenues to government, for little or no pay is a [[psychotic]] dream.  After exterminating "corporations" and "the rich," the cost burden of government - which controls everything - naturally falls to an impoverished working class, the unemployed, and homeless which previously paid no taxes. And no one can retain anything for themselves because the profit motive is disincentivized or outlawed. Due to its core [[anti-democratic]] and authoritarian precepts, socialism is considered [[treason]]ous to [[America]]'s central ideal of [[liberty]].

 

Socialism at all times has never amounted to more than a [[criminal]] gang that enlists the aid of academics and disgruntled, naive youth and the misfits of society. One of the most well known socialist regimes of the 20th century was the [[Nazi Party|National Socialist German Workers' Party]] (Nazi Party), headed by [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref>http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/adolf_hitler.htm</ref> Through [[affirmative action]] programs, Nazism granted workers and peasants access to educational and employment opportunities previously only available to the German bourgeois and [[nobility]] (the "oppressor class").  

Socialism at all times has never amounted to more than a [[criminal]] gang that enlists the aid of academics and disgruntled, naive youth and the misfits of society. One of the most well known socialist regimes of the 20th century was the [[Nazi Party|National Socialist German Workers' Party]] (Nazi Party), headed by [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref>http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/adolf_hitler.htm</ref> Through [[affirmative action]] programs, Nazism granted workers and peasants access to educational and employment opportunities previously only available to the German bourgeois and [[nobility]] (the "oppressor class").