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Line 1: − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − The two most infamous socialist regimes of the 20th century were the [[Bolsheviks]], headed by [[Vladimir Lenin]],<ref>http://www1.udel.edu/POSCISR/mwh/333/disc10/Lenintxt.html</ref> and the [[Nazi Party|National Socialist German Workers' Party]] (Nazi Party), headed by [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref>http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/adolf_hitler.htm</ref> The schism between these two competing leftist ideologies for global mastery resulted in [[World War II]].+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + − Both [[Communism]] and [[Nazism]] are [[totalitarian]] or [[statist]], subverting the rights of individuals to the [[collective]] of a [[single party]]. Nazism deviates from orthodox Marxist theory in substituting racial and ethnic conflict for economic [[class warfare]]. Nazism substituted "[[Jews]]" as the oppressor class, responsible for all societal woes. Contemporary American leftists substitute race war for class conflict.+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − The [[Second World War]] was a life and death struggle between two [[leftwing]] interpretations of socialism - both atheistic and subverting the rights of individuals to the state, one considering "equality" to apply only to members of a nation or race, the other [[multicultural]] and [[globalist]]. After the [[United States]] assisted the [[communist]] victory over [[National Socialism]] (see [[Popular Front liberalism]]), the [[Cold War]] was an effort to suppress the spread of global communism. Socialists consider all forms of [[capitalism]] as "[[fascist]]" (see [[Antifa]]).+ + + − + − Socialism traces its roots largely to the [[French Revolution]] and [[Paris Commune]], in visions of imaginary (often unrealistic) ideal societies, from thinkers who drew up elaborated designs and concepts for creating what they considered a more equal society, along collectivist lines or abolished [[private property]]; the primary ideas came from Jewish, British, and French thinkers like [[Karl Marx]], [[Henri de Saint-Simon|Saint-Simon]], [[Charles Fourier]], Louis Blanc, and [[Robert Owen]] preceded by [[Thomas More]], Tommaso Campanella, and Jean Meslier.+ + + + + + − ===As a political theory===+ − As a political theory, socialism relies on dehumanization and scapegoating to build a constituent base. For example, that "the rich," "white people",<ref>See [[Critical race theory]]</ref> "Jews," "millionaires and billionaires," "the top 1%," "capitalist scum" or "landowners" are responsible for all of humanity's ills. Socialism targets the youth of a nation and people without life experience using naive, simplistic, and "feel good" slogans ("[[Medicare for All]]," "tuition-free education," "free housing." etc., for example) that on the surface appeal to self-interest, while asking nothing of the hearers to contribute to the economic well being of their fellow citizens or society. Once in power, socialists compel compliance with [[authoritarian]] decrees (the "individual mandate" and "shared responsibility payment" of [[Obamacare]] for example) suppress any form of criticism, censor [[free speech]], and silence or exterminate opposition in order to maintain power for themselves. There is nothing [[democracy|democratic]] about socialism, and terms such as "[[democratic socialism]]" or "[[social democracy]]" are [[oxymoron]]s that are typical of Marxist double-speak and double-think. Socialist leaders often live in extreme luxury even as they fail to improve the lives of those they rule over,<ref>Lott, Maxim (March 11, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-socialist-from-chavez-to-castro-leaders-who-lived-the-high-life Lifestyles of the Rich and Socialist: From Chavez to Castro, leaders who lived the high life]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 11, 2019.<br>See also: − *Snowball, Timothy (May 15, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/443228-socialism-is-neither-a-fair-nor-progressive-political-philosophy Socialism is neither a fair nor 'progressive' political philosophy]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 15, 2019. − *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> − + − [[File:Antifa Dayton attacker.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Dressed in the signature[[black bloc]] of the [[SS]], Antifa terrorist Connor Betts during the [[Dayton nightclub attack]].<ref>https://www.cernovich.com/connor-betts-the-dayton-ohio-terrorist-was-a-far-left-wing-activist/</ref> Betts stated "I want socialism, and I’ll not wait for the idiots to finally come round understanding."]]+ − As a social theory, the modern [[United States|American]] [[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]], [[materialism]], and [[nihilism]] as exalted [[virtue]]s. Left-wing professors and universities have played a large role in advancing socialist ideologies.<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 state [[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. No one can retain anything for themselves because the profit motive is dis-incentivized 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]] cabal that enlists the aid of corrupt politicians and [[civil service system|civil servants]], [[monopolist]] [[oligarch]]s, academics, the disgruntled, naive youth, and remaining misfits of society against the ordinary worker or middle class.+ + + + + − Through [[affirmative action]] programs, Nazism and Bolshevism granted workers and peasants access to educational and employment opportunities previously only available to the German and Russian bourgeois and [[nobility]] (the "oppressor class") at the price of membership and loyalty to the party. The modern Chinese system is built upon the same model.+ − ==Historic types==+ − [[Image:Backrdv12n2.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The Russian caption reads, "Long live the great unbeatable flag of [[Karl Marx|Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels|Engels]], [[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]], [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]!"]]+ − There are three main kinds of Socialism, all of them are built on the premise of government control of the means of production. − ===Leninism===+ − + − Marxist Socialism, or '''Leninism''', as revised by [[Vladimir Lenin]] and practiced in the pre-[[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] Soviet Union, was the Socialistic theory developed by Vladimir Lenin during his rise to power. Lenin defined socialism as a transitional stage between capitalism and communism.<ref>"In striving for socialism, however, we are convinced that it will develop into communism", Lenin, State and Revolution, Selected Works, Progress publishers, Moscow, 1968, p. 320. (End of chapter four)</ref> Leninism is totalitarian, with no [[democracy]] and all decisions are made by the leaders of the Communist party. Lenin saw the Communist Party as an "elite" that was committed to ending capitalism and instituting socialism in its place and attaining the power by any means possible, including revolution. Lenin was quite mild on the belief, believing that, though controlling of resources was important, the people's will comes first.+ − + − Though [[Bolshevik]] Russia was somewhat more industrial than its former [[Russian Empire|Tsardom]], Lenin's death in 1924 sparked the overthrow of his vision of Marxist–Leninism and the instead the imposition of [[Stalinism]], the other violent, totalitarian belief that went against some of Lenin's ideas (many of Lenin's works were censored by Stalin post-1924). That said, however, there was some evidence that Stalin's totalitarian beliefs were if anything advancements of policies Lenin himself implemented, and that Lenin himself may have been even more ruthless than Stalin in certain respects.<ref>[https://newcriterion.com/issues/2019/10/leninthink Leninthink] at The New Criterion</ref>+ − + − ===="Democratic" Socialism====+ − [[File:Ellison-antifa.jpg|right|175px|thumb|[[Democratic National Committee]] Vice-Chair [[Keith Ellison]] promoted Anitfa.]]+ − The second form of Socialism (sometimes called "Revisionism") prevailed in Europe down to the 1970s, and is typified by the [[Fabian Socialism|Fabian Society]] and the British Labour Party. It was inspired by Socialism and closely linked to labor unions that had real power. The goal was for [[Industrial Democracy]], that is, for the government to own ("nationalize") major industries such as coal mining, railways, steel making, shipbuilding, airlines, and banking. Small businesses remained private. The idea was that labor unions controlled the government and therefore unions controlled working conditions and wages for the benefit of workers, regardless of the damage to long-term economic growth.+ − + − The Socialists were well organized and after 1918 they bitterly fought the breakaway faction that became the [[Communist]] movement. In recent years major Socialist parties (in Europe and Canada) have sometimes dropped the long-standing demands for state ownership of the means of production and have mostly accepted "Controlled Capitalism". However, they remain tied to labor unions and favor liberal policies regarding high taxes and public spending. Conservatives have been negative toward the economics of the second form of socialism. Conservatives complain socialists use government power to redistribute wealth. + − + − Within the [[European Union]], a form of [[democratic socialism]] was initially viewed as successful but eventually lead to lowered social equity and a downward spiraling economy, as well as general discontent. Although this acts as a drag on the economy, in democratic countries of the industrialized west, some socialist ideas have been put into practice with varying degrees of success. Beginning in 2010 many European countries were racked with rioting and social unrest as governments began to back away from out-of-control entitlements that began bankrupting them and lead to a world financial crisis because of unrestrained debt.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703791804575439732358241708.html WSJ; "Obstacle to Deficit Cutting: A Nation on Entitlements"]</ref><ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100929/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_europe_austerity_protests_10 Anti-austerity protests sweep across Europe]</ref><ref>[http://www.allbusiness.com/economy-economic-indicators/economic-policy-bailouts/14758032-1.html "Debt crisis pushes Europe toward economic reforms"]</ref>+ − + − In the early 21st century, Socialism was becoming increasingly prominent in the West.<ref>Ozimek, Tom (November 9, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/socialism-stirs-again-30-years-after-collapse-of-berlin-wall_3141025.html Socialism Stirs Again 30 Years After Collapse of Berlin Wall]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved November 9, 2019.</ref>+ − + − ====Communal Socialism==== − The third form of Socialism has nothing to do with Marx or government ownership, and emphasizes the importance of the community over the individual. Usually, it means small communities sharing most of their possessions. The most famous examples are the religious [[Shakers]] of the 19th century (a conservative group), and the new-left communes that briefly existed in the 1960s and 70s. − − Early American settlers, as in Plymouth or Virginia, tried it but quickly abandoned it. − − :The Pilgrims in Plymouth used communal farming their first winter but then after a dismal harvest that first year, moved to a system where there was a more direct incentive other than guilt and honor. Governor Bradford summed it up in his journal: − :* "And so assigned to every family a parcel of land, according to the proportion of their number, for that end, only for present use (but made no division for inheritance) and ranged all boys and youth under some family. This had very good success, for it made all hands very industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been by any means the Governor or any other could use, and saved him a great deal of trouble, and gave far better content. The women now went willingly into the field, and took their little ones with them to set corn; which before would allege weakness and inability; whom to have compelled would have been thought great tyranny and oppression." − :Not only were all hands more industrious—the incentive to harvest communal corn before it was fully ripe, a problem equivalent to poaching in the case of wildlife, was also eliminated.<ref>[http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2006/Robertsincentives.html Incentives Matter] - Russell Roberts - Library of Economics and Liberty</ref> − − ====Influence of Russia on socialism==== − Not until the birth of the [[Soviet Union]] after the [[Communist Revolution]] did the idea become generally accepted that socialism meant government seizing ownership of the economy. Experience in 19th and 20th century [[France]], [[England]], and [[Germany]], however, made it clear that regulatory control by government bureaucrats is sufficient to implement socialism.<ref>[http://www.thomasbrewton.com/index.php/weblog/once_again_what_is_socialism/ What is Socialism?]</ref> − − In Communism (the primary variant of socialism) the central goal is to establish a "[[workers' paradise]]"-an ideal state with perfect equality. − − In practice the socialist government owns the banks, railroads, farmlands, factories, and stores, and is the only employer, or at least controls the regulation of production and distribution. The central goal is to destroy the "evils of capitalism" by government ownership or control of the means of production, usually with one party controlling the government on behalf of the working class. − − The socialist system never manages to establish this "paradise" because management for the benefit of the employees leads to featherbedding and lack of investment or economic growth, at the expense of consumers. Collective farming (operating farms like factories) sharply reduced the food supply. The most thoroughgoing efforts by Communist regimes turned into authoritarian dictatorships. The government controls all investments, production, distribution, income, and prices, as well as all organizations, schools, news media and formerly private societies. Churches and labor unions are suppressed or controlled by the government. Socialism is the antithesis of [[capitalism]], because it opposes private ownership of capital or land, and rejects the free market in favor of central planning. It also rejects "civil society" and makes sure that all organizations are controlled by the government. − − Theoretically, socialist regimes can have multiple parties. In practice there is only one political party, and it controls the government. The leaders of the party choose the government officials and set all policies for the nation and for cities and localities. Opposition parties are not allowed access to the media or to meeting halls or to funding, and their leaders are often arrested as "enemies of the people." − − As a political ideology based on the redistribution of wealth, socialism stresses the privileges of the many over the rights of the few, but in practice when socialist economic principles are forced onto a nation by a totalitarian government a new Upper Class appears which is much better off than the Lower Class. − {{cquote|'''<big>Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.</big> <small>- Winston Churchill</small>''' <ref>[http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/280995/winston-churchill/socialism-is-a-philosophy-of-failure-the-creed-of Churchill; Quotesdaddy.com]</ref>}} − − Socialism supposedly is an "intellectual" pursuit. Raisa Gorbachev, the wife of the last General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], held a "PhD in Marxism-Leninism." Raisa Gorbachev died in a German hospital of [[leukemia]] because her beloved Soviet homeland was incapable of delivering proper healthcare, even for the elite of the Soviet Socialist Republic, after 70 years of socialism. − − − National socialism, as with all brands of socialism, begins with a rejection of God and substituting a [[nation state]], government, or people as the object of [[worship]] and the desired end of all human interactions. The [[Ludwig von Mises Institute]] declares: − − − − The basis of the claim that Nazi Germany was capitalist was the fact that most industries in Nazi Germany appeared to be left in private hands. − − What Mises identified was that private ownership of the means of production existed in name only under the Nazis and that the actual substance of ownership of the means of production resided in the German government. For it was the German government and not the nominal private owners that exercised all of the substantive powers of ownership: it, not the nominal private owners, decided what was to be produced, in what quantity, by what methods, and to whom it was to be distributed, as well as what prices would be charged and what wages would be paid, and what dividends or other income the nominal private owners would be permitted to receive. The position of the alleged private owners, Mises showed, was reduced essentially to that of government pensioners. − − De facto government ownership of the means of production, as Mises termed it, was logically implied by such fundamental collectivist principles embraced by the Nazis as that the common good comes before the private good and the individual exists as a means to the ends of the State. If the individual is a means to the ends of the State, so too, of course, is his property. Just as he is owned by the State, his property is also owned by the State.}} Hitler found the notion of single-party control very attractive. That, and the idea of creating a "New man" in a godless socialist order, enlightened by science, victorious over their oppressors. Nazism was outlawed at the end of [[World War II]]. − − − − − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − At its inception, the [[Labour Party]] borrowed socialist ideas by committing itself to a program of nationalization under 'Clause 4' of their Constitution, but was always fundamentally committed to the British system of parliamentary government. Clause 4 was formally dropped after the election of [[Tony Blair]] as Party leader, signaling the creation of 'New' Labour.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/21/newsid_2515000/2515825.stm</ref> The British governments of 1945-1950 and 1950-1951 under [[Clement Attlee]] implemented the nationalization of several industries and utilities, including coal, steel, water, railways and electricity. Former owners of nationalized industries were compensated. The best-known example is the nationalization of health care to create the [[National Health Service]] (NHS). This made - literally overnight - health care "free" at the point of delivery for everybody in Britain, and it remains so today.+ − + − In the 1980s under Conservative Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] most of the nationalized industries were returned to the private sector, and public housing has been sold to the residents. These conservative decisions were endorsed by the "New Labour" of Tony Blair, to the annoyance of elderly radicals who fondly remember the poverty and inefficiencies of the old system.+ − + − + − + − In April 2010, [[American]] political consultant [[Dick Morris]] wrote:+ − + − + − If our government is to continue spending 40 percent of our GDP, we will morph into the European model of a socialist democracy. But if we can roll the spending back to 30 percent, while holding taxes level, we will retain our free market system.<ref>https://townhall.com/columnists/DickMorrisandEileenMcGann/2010/04/24/the_silent_killer_obamas_vat_proposal</ref>}}+ − + − + − Critics of the Obama administration have coined the word "[[Obamunism]]" to describe Barack Obama's socialistic and "[[fascism]] light" [[economic planning]] policies ([[Benito Mussolini]] defined fascism as the wedding of state and corporate powers. Accordingly, trend forecaster [[Gerald Celente]] labels [[Obama administration corporate bailouts|Obama's corporate bailouts]] as being "fascism light" in nature).<ref>http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/daily-intel/2009/07/20/obamunism-inc</ref><ref>http://www.smallbusinessadvocate.com/small-business-interviews/gerald-celente-6944</ref> Obamunism can also [[Allusion|allude]] to Obama's [[Obama administration fiscal policy|ruinous fiscal policies]] and [[Obama administration monetary policy|reckless monetary policies]].<ref>https://seekingalpha.com/article/120883-monetary-policynot-obama-s-stimulusis-what-needs-watching</ref><ref>http://www.nypost.com/seven/05172009/postopinion/editorials/bams_wise_words_169731.htm</ref><ref>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures/</ref>+ − − =====Stimulus===== − [[Larry Summers]] was the Director of the White House's National Economic Council (NEC) for President Barack Obama. George Gerald Reisman, Professor Emeritus of Economics at [[Pepperdine University]] and author of ''Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics'', wrote that Summers' socialistic ideas on redistributing wealth demonstrate that [[Larry Summers]] is a "lightweight leftist" who "fails to understand the nature of the most essential feature of capitalism, namely, private ownership of the means of production and the indispensable role it plays in the standard of living of the average person."<ref name="misesblog">http://blog.mises.org/archives/009031.asp</ref> Reisman also wrote that Summers is a shallow and ignorant man whose knowledge of economics is minimal and whose evil views qualify him to be the economic advisor to [[Hugo Chavez]] of [[Venezuela]] or [[Robert Mugabe]] of [[Zimbabwe]], but do not qualify him to be an economic advisor to the President of the United States.<ref name="misesblog" /> − − =====Land grab===== − In August 2010, [[Hot Air]] declared: − {{cquote|The federal government, as the memo boasted, is the nation’s “largest land manager.” It already owns roughly [http://bigthink.com/ideas/21343 one of every three acres] in the United States. This is apparently not enough. At a “listening session” in New Hampshire last week, government bureaucrats trained their sights on millions of [http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9HGKEAG0.htm private forest land] throughout the [[New England]] region. Agriculture Secretary [[Tom Vilsack]] crusaded for “the need for additional attention to the Land and Water Conservation Fund — and the need to promptly support full funding of that fund.” − − Property owners have every reason to be worried. The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) is a pet project of green radicals, who want the decades-old government slush fund for buying up private lands to be freed from congressional appropriations oversight. It’s paid for primarily with receipts from the government’s offshore oil and gas leases. Both Senate and House Democrats have included $900 million in full LWCF funding, not subject to congressional approval, in their energy/BP oil spill legislative packages.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/14/great-outdoors-initiative-a-federal-land-grab/</ref>}} − − =====You didn't build that===== − :{{main|You didn't build that}} − On July 13, 2012, at a campaign event in [[Virginia]], Obama gave a speech that immediately stirred up controversy. Speaking about the government's role in the success of private business, he said:<ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/13/remarks-president-campaign-event-roanoke-virginia Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event in Roanoke, Virginia], White House</ref> − {{cquote|If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business - you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.}} The [[Romney]] campaign has used "If you’ve got a business—you didn’t build that" in ads to show America that Obama believes it is government that creates business rather than hard-working individuals. The Obama campaign has alternatively stated that the sentenced was poorly worded since he was not giving a scripted speech and that when Obama said "that" he was referring to roads and bridges. Obama points to a later portion of his speech in which he said, "The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together," to support his claim. − − =====Obamacare ''diktats''===== − [[File:ObamaCareSymbol.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Image courtesy [[Newsbusters]].]] − :{{See also|Obamacare}} − The centerpiece of Obamacare was the [[individual mandate]] or ''[[diktat]]'', a provision that makes it mandatory for every citizen to purchase private health insurance, which was unprecedented in American history. There was no [[bi-partisan]] or national consensus.<ref>Epic [[Direct spending#New spending|new spending]] and taxes, pricier insurance, rationed care, dishonest accounting: The Pelosi health bill has it all. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703399204574505423751140690.html Nancy Pelosi's New Health-Care Bill], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', November 01, 2009.</ref><ref>[[President Obama]], Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] and House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] rammed Obamacare down the throats of an unwilling American public. Half a year removed from the unprecedented legislative chicanery and backroom dealing that characterized the bill's passage, much more is known about the bill than when it was passed into law. [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Obamacare-is-even-worse-than-critics-thought-960772-103571664.html Examiner Editorial: Obamacare is even worse than critics thought], ''Washington Examiner'', September 22, 2010.</ref> More than 150 million Americans were completely locked out of the process.<ref>Crabtree, S. (2009, October 20). "[https://thehill.com/homenews/house/63941-democrats-lock-republicans-out-of-committee-room Democrats Lock Republicans Out of Committee Room]." ''The Hill''.<br>Pershing, B. (2009, October 23). "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/22/AR2009102204442.html Democrats on House Committee Lock Out Republicans]." ''Washington Post''.</ref><ref>Freeman, J. (2009, October 20). "House Democrats Lock GOP Out of Committee Room." ''Wall Street Journal''.<br>(2009, October 21). "[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/21/oversight-panels-democrats-lock-republicans-dispute/ Oversight Panel's Democrats Lock Out Republicans After Dispute]." ''FOX News''.</ref> Obama's progressive Democratic Socialists had single party control.<ref>Davis, S. (2009, April 28). "[https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/04/28/sen-specter-to-switch-parties-democrats-near-60-vote-majority/ Sen. Specter To Switch Parties, Democrats Near 60 Vote Majority]." Washington Wire. ''Wall Street Journal''.</ref><ref>keithmsnbcer (2009, April 29). "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGYBbFMeFNc Bernie Sanders on Ed Show]." ''MSNBC''. YouTube.</ref> − − =====Censorship of journalists===== − :{{See also|Obamagate timeline 2009-2014 vanguardism}} − On May 13, 2013 the [[Associated Press]] announced telephone records for 20 of their reporters had been [[subpoena]]ed by the Justice Department. The Justice Dept. subpoenaed the phone records of AP from [[Verizon]] and other service providers.<ref name=verizonslate>{{cite web|last=Gallagher|first=Ryan|title=Verizon Wireless Secretly Passed AP Reporters' Phone Records to Feds|publisher=www.slate.com|date=May 16, 2013|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/05/16/verizon_wireless_passed_ap_reporters_phone_records_to_the_feds.html|accessdate=}}</ref> The AP claimed these acts were a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news-gathering.<ref name=TTSanchez>{{cite web|last=Sanchez|first=Raf|title=US Justice Department secretly seizes Associated Press phone records|publisher=The Telegraph|date=May 13, 2013|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-politics/10055318/US-Justice-Department-secretly-seizes-Associated-Press-phone-records.html|accessdate=}}</ref><ref name=TG130513>{{cite web|author=Washington (AP)|title=US government secretly obtained Associated Press phone records|publisher=The Guardian|date=May 13, 2013|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/13/america-government-associated-press-phone-records|accessdate=}}</ref> CEO Gary Pruitt of AP stated: "These records potentially reveal communications with confidential sources across all of the newsgathering activities undertaken by the AP during a two-month period, provide a road map to AP's newsgathering operations and disclose information about AP's activities and operations that the government has no conceivable right to know."<ref name=CNNJohns>{{cite web|author=Matt Smith and Joe Johns|title=AP blasts feds for phone records search|publisher=CNN|date=May 14, 2013|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/13/us/justice-ap-phones/?hpt=hp_t2|accessdate=}}</ref><ref name=holder>{{cite web|author=Gary B. Pruitt|title=AP letter to Eric Holder on seizure of phone records|publisher=USA Today|date=May 13, 2013|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/05/13/doj-seizes-ap-phone-records/2156819/|accessdate=June 1, 2013}}</ref> − − A few years earlier, Attn. Gen. [[Eric Holder]] renewed a subpoena of James Risen, a reporter for the ''[[New York Times]]''. Risen and a colleague reported on warrantless wiretaps. The coverage won Risen and colleague a [[Pulitzer Prize]] for “carefully sourced stories on secret domestic eavesdropping that stirred a national debate.” The Justice Dept. [[John Brennan]], an avowed communist, played a key role in the illegal wiretap program, overseeing the production of what personnel in the program called the “scary memos” intended to justify domestic spying exposed by Risen. Brennan later admitted that he relied on information from CIA's torture program rather than domestic spying, which was used as a cover. − − In June 2013 [[Comey]]'s [[FBI]] opened a case on [[CBS News]] anchor [[Sharyl Attkisson]] under the auspices of '[[national security]].' Attkisson reported news embarrassing to Eric Holder on [[Operation Fast and Furious]] and extensively on the [[Benghazi massacre]] coverup.<ref name="wyden.senate.gov">https://www.wyden.senate.gov/download/?id=285dc9e7-195a-4467-b0fe-caa857fc4e0d</ref> − − =====Police state surveillance of opponents===== − :{{See also|Obamagate timeline 2015 progressive police state|Obamagate timeline 2016 election year|Biden junta}} − − ==Contradictory goals of socialism== − Socialism's stated purpose is to eliminate the huge gap between the highest and lowest classes of society. Their bitter complaint has been that the upper class exploits its dominance to gain privileges and wealth, while the lower class must suffer tyranny and poverty.<ref>"all socialists agree that a socialist economy must be run for the benefit of the vast majority of the people rather than for a small aristocratic, plutocratic, or capitalist class." [http://www.experiencefestival.com/socialism_-_an_economic_system]</ref> This obsession with class paradoxically creates a group of people with a vested interest in seeing class differences remain (socialist politicians, [[community organizer]]s, ''etc.''); if by some means the class system actually ''were'' destroyed, these people would be out of a job. − − Another essential goal of most socialist thinkers has been to eliminate [[Capitalism]],<ref>"... one of the fundamental goals of the socialist movement throughout history has been the abolition of capitalism" [http://www.experiencefestival.com/socialism_-_opposition_and_criticisms_of_socialism_arguments_for_and_against A Wisdom Archive on Socialism - Opposition and criticisms of socialism; arguments for and against]</ref> − on the grounds that only "social control" of the economy can prevent abuses such as [[feudalism]], [[monopoly]], [[cartel]]s, etc. − − But experiments on both a moderate and a grand scale have shown that socialism's main purpose has been undermined by its unremitting opposition to [[free market]] economics. In its drive to eliminate capitalism, it has overlooked the fact that general prosperity is vouchsafed by [[economic freedom]], and that free market economics improves the lot of the poor much more quickly and permanently than any system of central economic control. − − The real aim of socialists is probably personal: why else would socialists want to create programs which encourage Dependency? Well, it fits into their lust for power. − People who want to control others need people who are willing to be controlled. − Independent, proactive people do not fit into the socialist Power Model. That is why the first thing [[Karl Marx|Marx]] wanted to remove from the economy was the [[Profit]] Motive: it gives people an incentive to make their own decisions! − − ==Key elements== − As a political ideology based on the expropriation of wealth, socialism stresses the privileges of the nomenklatura over the rights of workers and earners. Many of the most notoriously oppressive dictatorships have been socialist, such as the [[Soviet Union]] and China under Mao Zedong. Private wealth was seized and the owners executed. − − ===Marx contribution to economics=== − The [[Atheism|atheist]] [[Karl Marx]] is sometimes referred to as the father of socialism. Economist Thomas Sowell observed: − {{quotebox-float|The Marxian contribution to economics can be readily summarized as virtually zero. Professional economics as it exists today reflects no indication that Karl Marx ever existed... [T]he development of modern economics has simply ignored Marx. Even economists who are Marxists typically utilize a set of analytical tools to which Marx contributed nothing.<ref>Thomas Sowell, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=TVkVAAAAIAAJ Marxism: Philosophy and Economics]'' (Taylor & Francis, 1985) ISBN 0043201717, p. 217.</ref>}} − − Because the individual is subordinate to the collective, the use of [[democide]], or "death by government," is another feature of socialism in the final stage of bringing about a single party, anti-democratic totalitarian regime. − − ===Welfare state=== − As an economic theory, democratic socialism calls for equalization of incomes, through taxation of private wealth coupled with [[welfare state]] spending. The [[nationalization]] of major industries is primarily a device to allow the unionized workers to control their own wages and working conditions, cutting out the capitalistic owners. − − State [[pension]]s and unemployment insurance were not brought in by Socialists—they were first introduced by arch-conservative Chancellor [[Bismarck]] in Germany in the 1870s. In Britain they were introduced about 1910 by [[Winston Churchill]] and [[David Lloyd George]] of the [[Liberal Party]], and in the U.S. were part of Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt's [[New Deal]] in the 1930s. Welfare state ideas such as [[universal health care]], and state control of key industries have been common throughout the developed world in the modern era. However, the United States has always rejected socialism as an ideological position, with a few exceptions such as the [[TVA]]. − − ===So-called "mixed economies"=== − :{{See also|Social democracy|Mixed economy}} − Social democracies and Mixed economies are socialism by [[incrementalism]]. Often socialism is a matter of degree and numerous economies in the world are very socialistic such as [[Europe]]an countries (many of which are facing financial difficulties due to over taxation and excessive spending).<ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/05/european_socialism_is_bleeding.html</ref> The single party has yet to gain full control. − − Because many businesses still are privately owned, [[ipso facto]], the [[United States]] is not a socialistic government. "That definition is confuted by the earliest theoretical writings on socialism. In France, Henri de Saint-Simon, in the first decades of the 1800s, and his pupil and colleague [[Auguste Comte]], in the 1820s and 30s, along with [[Robert Owen]] contemporaneously in England, ''stated that the essential feature of what Owen called socialism is government regulation of the means of production and distribution."'' <ref>[http://www.thomasbrewton.com/index.php/weblog/once_again_what_is_socialism/ Thomas E. Brewton; Once Again: What Is Socialism?]</ref> − When the government controls the volume of money and its economic applications, it has the economy in a stranglehold. When government controls education so that nothing other than secular socialism may be taught, as Saint-Simon advocated, it controls the future destiny of a nation. − − ===Religion=== − Some forms of socialism have often been [[atheism|atheistic]] in character, and many leading socialists (most prominently Karl Marx) have been critical of the role of religion - and conservative religion in particular - which they criticize for lending support to an unjust social order. − − Other Socialists have been Christians, and there has been considerable interplay between Christian and Socialist ideas. [[Christian socialists]] have asserted that early Christian communities, in particular, displayed certain traits, such as the holding of possessions in common,<ref>Acts 2:44: "Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need."</ref> the rejection of conventional sexual mores and gender roles, the provision for communal education, etc., that could be considered similar to socialism. − − During the chaos sparked by the advent of the Reformation in Europe, several sects with radical new interpretations of Christianity sprung up, many of them Anabaptists (believers in adult baptism). Under the leadership of the reformer Thomas Muntzer the peasants of south-west Germany rose up in arms against the clergy and nobility, establishing anarcho-communes in their wake. Though they were massacred to a man, ten years later a group of radical Anabaptists under the leadership of Jan Matthys seized control of the north-western Germany city of Munster from the Prince-Archbishop there and established a Christian-Communist state. True to the spirit of applied communism, Mathys took twelve wives, held lavish feasts for himself and his most loyal followers and had himself crowned King of the World as the city starved, besieged by an alliance of Protestant and Catholic forces keen to see them exterminated. Mathys and all his followers were all tortured and killed when the Prince-Archbishop returned with professional troops to sack the city and reassert his authority, effectively wiping out all non-pacifistic Anabaptists in north-western Germany. Only Baptists as we know them today survived the following persecution. − − See, for instance, Arnold Toynbee, the British historian, has responded to this, − :"the Marxian excerpt from a Christian Socialism is an experiment which is doomed to failure because it has denied itself the aid of the spiritual power which alone is capable of making Socialism a success. ….'Christianity', they say, 'is the opiate of the People'; and, in the [[Soviet Union]]… Christianity or of any other theistic religion have been debarred… from admission to membership of the All-Union Communist Party. In fact, Communism has been definitely and militantly anti-Christian. Thus the campaign against Christianity which is to-day an integral part of the propaganda of [[Marxian Socialism]] is a challenge to the living generation of Christians …we latter-day Christians may still turn a Marxian attack upon Christianity to good account … a re-awakening of the Christian social conscience has been the one great positive practical achievement of Karl Marx" <ref>Arnold Toynbee, ''A Study of History'', Annex II to Vol. V, Part C (i) (c) 2, p. 585-586, Marxism, Socialism, and Christianity.</ref> − − ====Alleged New Testament socialism in a godless utopia==== − Socialist claim the earliest Christians were decidedly living in a manner consistent with basic aims of socialism, albeit with critical requirements and distinctions from its secularist expressions. Luke 14:33 requires the forsaking of all one has if one will be a disciple of Christ, and while this is not shown to necessarily always require the literally forsaking of all,<ref>Lk. 19:8,9; Acts 16:14,15; 1Cor. 11:22; 2Tim. 4:13</ref> Acts 2:44 states that the communal believers "had all things common". Acts 4:32-5:11 also describes community redistribution of property, and details the Divine punishment of a husband and wife for hypocrisy, in keeping proceeds from the sale of a piece of property while openly pretending that they gave it all, as others voluntarily did.<ref>Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible, (5:1-11)</ref> − − However, forsaking all is shown to be that of first surrendering oneself and life to the God of the Bible, and placing all at His disposal,<ref>Matthew Henry (1662 - 1714), ''Commentary on the Whole Bible'', Lk. 14:25-35</ref><ref>Archibald Thomas Robertson, ''WORD PICTURES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT'', Lk. 14:33</ref> with literal giving as a result being as He directs, and voluntary. (2Cor. 8,9) − {{cquote|Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: (2 Corinthians 9:7-8)}} − − While the early organic community provides a noble model of communal life, and of a "seminary" type experience, it was also soon dispersed by persecution (thus greatly expanding the church: Acts 8:1-5; 11:19), and it is later indicated that believers retained ownership of property after conversion. (Lk. 19:8,9; Acts 16:14,15; 1Cor. 11:22; 2Tim. 4:13) Rich Christians are evidenced to have been part of the early church, but were not mandated by the church itself to give all they had away, but to be lowly in mind, and to be ready and willing to distribute, in faith and surrender to God. (1Tim. 6:17-19) − Moreover, in both Testaments capitalism is clearly supported,<ref>Gary North, ''Capitalism and the Bible''</ref> and indolence is not subsidized, but penalized by poverty, while diligence in work is rewarded by its fruits. (Prov. 6:6-11; 13:4; 20:4; 2 Thes. 3:10-12; 1 Tim. 5:17-18) Although holy widows over 60 years old who were without familial support were taken in by the church, a man is clearly required to provide for his own family, if able. (1Tim. 5:2ff) + − + − While the success of the early church as an organic community is often invoked in support of modern socialism, and many communes of the 1960s evoked the Bible, the early organic church was a result of the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit among believers, while the "administrators" were humble servants who were examples of self-sacrifice, and who worked with their own hands as needed, (1Cor. 4:9-16) and whose authority was established by manifest Divine attestation, including the pro-active exercise of church discipline being only by supernatural or otherwise spiritual means, not carnal force.<ref>Acts 2:43; 5:5,9,10; 1Cor. 4:19-21; 2Cor. 13:2,3; 2Thes. 3:14,15; 2Tim. 4:2</ref> − In addition, other distinctions, without the unique changes and influence resulting from faith and full surrender to Christ from all the community, and His anointing upon the work, attempts to mimic the communal life of Christians have failed. + + + − As one critic of modern-day socialism states: + − <blockquote>Socialism, unfortunately, completely disregards Biblical teaching about the fallen nature of human beings and assumes that human beings will act in a morally upright fashion if their basic needs are met. This is at the heart of why socialistic systems never work: because human nature does not work in this fashion.<ref>[http://www.dakotavoice.com/2009/06/capitalism-and-socialism-in-light-of-the-bible Bob Ellis, ''Capitalism and Socialism in Light of the Bible''] Dakota Voice, June 23rd, 2009</ref></blockquote> − + + + + + + + + + − + + + − The [[John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton|Acton]] Institute states concerning [[atheism and socialism]]:+ − {{Cquote|...a growing body of research reveals that as the welfare state grows, the church shrinks. Adam Kay of Duke University discovered that church and state have a “[https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ed70/6904ff2959ec495fb0816dcbf2c19b967fdd.pdf hydraulic relationship]”: Events “that lower [[faith]] in one of these external systems (e.g., the government) lead to subsequent increases in faith in the other (e.g., [[God]]).” Another study found that increased welfare spending “in a specific year predicted lower religiosity one to two years later.” It [https://blog.acton.org/archives/101251-gods-power-can-be-outsourced-to-the-government-study.html concluded], “The power and order emanating from God can be outsourced to the government.”...+ + − ...faith in the transcendent gets crowded out by faith in [[socialism]]’s [[utopia]]n promise of equality-of-outcome on earth. This path transformed Michael Harrington from a daily communicant volunteering in the Catholic Worker movement to the [[atheism|atheistic]] founder of the Democratic Socialists of America.<ref>[https://www.eurasiareview.com/21122019-how-socialism-causes-atheism-oped/ How Socialism Causes Atheism – OpEd]</ref>}}+ + − + − + + + + + + + + + + − Svetlana Kunin, who lived in the Soviet Union until 1980 explains how the system worked: + − <blockquote>+ − Life in the USSR modeled the socialist ideal. God-based religion was suppressed and replaced with cultlike adoration for political figures....Only the ruling class of communist leaders had access to special stores, medicine and accommodations that could compare to those in the West. The rest of the citizenry had to deal with permanent shortages of food and other necessities, and had access to free but inferior, unsanitary and low-tech medical care.+ − + + + − + − USSR, 1959: I am a "young pioneer" in school. History classes remind us that there is a higher authority than their parents and teachers: the leaders of the Communist Party.+ − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − <blockquote>+ − Those who left Russia found a different set of values in America: freedom of religion, speech, individual pursuits, the right to private property and free enterprise....These opportunities let the average immigrant live a better life than many elites in the Soviet Communist Party...+ − − <blockquote>+ − The slogans of "fairness and equality" sound better than the slogans of capitalism. But unlike at the beginning of the 20th century, when these slogans and ideas were yet to be tested, we have accumulated history and reality.<ref>[http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/SpecialReport.aspx?id=512665 ''The Perspective Of A Russian Immigrant''], ''Investors Business Daily,'' 09/10/2009</ref>+ − </blockquote> − A government which adheres to economic socialistic principles also tends to have cultures which prize unmerited equality among citizen and criminal alike, and through extension of socialistic welfare policies, between the chronically employed and the chronically unemployed, by ensuring both groups receive income though only one group works for income. This enables people otherwise healthy to not seek gainful employment because they will receive income no matter their actions, thus providing no incentive to produce. The economies of socialistic governments are thus weak and riddled with flaws, such as expecting increased production from a reduced workforce, and when engendered with a progressive culture, which simply means people who do are the same as people who do not, eventually fall under the weight of their own poorly managed and over-extended public welfare institutions. Public welfare also decreases personal charity, thus making the people dependent on the aid of the government since charitable aid, such as from a church, is discouraged by the secular nature of socialistic nations.+ − Socialists occasionally appeal to the fact that God, in the Old Testament, commanded His own nation to surrender a tenth of its proceeds for the maintenance of the priests and for the care of the sickly and weak. But, while fallen men, and their secular and pagan nations, shall always struggle to understand the righteous balances between government and liberty.<ref name="npr">[https://www.npr.org/2011/08/23/139761274/how-the-a-p-changed-the-way-we-shop ''The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America''], "NPR’s interview of the book’s author, Marc Levinson"</ref> (i.e., between local and national logistics, as well as between the logistics of the individual person and those of his community) the mark of socialism is the general allowance for a naive, and willingly ignorant, adult sub-population whose members prefer, despite the limitations imposed by bureaucratic accountability, to live under all the securities rightly afforded in the fallen world only to infants. In the unfallen world, such security was a given for all persons, but without any of the bureaucracy required in the fallen world for maintaining it. In the fallen world, such security is an unattainable ideal, so that the more is done to attain it, the more the society suffers under the requisite bureaucracy. And, while the initial policy made toward that ideal is the creation of an executive class or executive vocation, such as monarchies and professional armies,<ref>[http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=1Sa&c=8&t=KJV#19 ''First Samuel 8:19-20''] Blue Letter Bible</ref><ref>[http://www.wbur.org/media-player?url=http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/09/29/consequences-combat-vietnam&title=The+Consequences+Of+Combat&segment=consequences-combat-vietnam&pubdate=2011-09-29&source=hereandnow ''Interview of Vietnam war veteran, and '''What It Is Like To Go To War''' author, Karl Marlantes, on NPR's Here And Now'']</ref> there is a 'tipping point' in the creation of bureaucratic entities beyond which any civilization cannot help but increasingly lose its footing in the struggle to balance all its righteous human interests. The result is an ever-increasing proportion of that civilization's total population which, for all variety of reasons, becomes enslaved to their own demands for that ideal of security. When there is no judge who judges righteously, when all the people make the laws, and when the power of money is used to try to stay ahead of the natural consequences of unrighteousness, the 'bad money' cannot help but drive out the 'good money', until the 'Bank of Reality' is forced to call in the loan, and the civilization implodes to the point that it falls victim also to militant invaders and, or, to unmanageable internal unrest.<ref name="npr" />+ + + − ==Past Socialist Countries==+ − ===Chile===+ − Marxist socialist leader [[Salvador Allende]] was elected in Chile in 1970 in a minority government run by the Popular Unity Party. Allende's economic policy, known as the Vuskovic Plan, sought to achieve transition to socialism. The Vuskovic Plan involved nationalization of large foreign enterprises, land redistribution to farmers, and redistribution of income. The majority in Parliament never supported it and the plan was never carried out as Allende was overthrown by the military.+ + − + − ===[[Cuba]]===+ − Communist leader [[Fidel Castro]] violently overthrew the Cuban government in the 1950s and has declared Cuba to be communist since then, nationalizing millions of dollars worth of American-owned property. It is notable that Fidel Castro originally self-defined as [[liberal]], before coming out openly as a communist.<ref>[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CGoQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fib-global-history-ii-period-5.aspen.high.schoolfusion.us%2Fmodules%2Flocker%2Ffiles%2Fget_group_file.phtml%3Ffid%3D6868636%26gid%3D1176955%26sessionid%3D0&ei=o74IUPDNOqPp6wGbtPGxCg&usg=AFQjCNG1bEoHrxurCF_WL1OPKMxIb4hCTw Fidel Castro - His Rise and Rule of Cuba]</ref> Today, Cuba faces copious economic problems and the people lack their fundamental rights. (Fidel's brother [[Raul Castro]] now runs the country, having taken it over from his ailing brother Fidel.) − ===North Korea===+ + − [[North Korea]]'s form of communism is in the form of "Juche" - a doctrine established by [[Kim Il Sung]] and carried on by his son [[Kim Jong Il]] and after his death by the current leader [[Kim Jong-un]]. Although it is investing heavily in nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, extreme poverty on the verge of starvation is the fate of the people, who are very tightly controlled. The country has little to no electrical power at night outside the capital, which can be verified by looking at nighttime satellite photos.<ref>http://epod.usra.edu/archive/epodviewer.php3?oid=87488</ref>+ − + − + − The socialist policies of president-for-life Hugo Chavez have destroyed the economy of that oil-rich nation. In 2009, he seized the Venezuelan operations of U.S. based Cargill in order to tighten his grip on the shrinking food supply in his country.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/4938993/Venezuelas-Hugo-Chavez-tightens-state-control-of-food-amid-rocketing-inflation-and-food-shortages.html</ref> After the death of Chavez, [[Nicolás Maduro]] continues his policies.+ + + + + − ===Other Countires===+ − [[Daniel Ortega]], the dictator of [[Nicaragua]], is a strong ally of Venezuela and Cuba. [[China]] and [[Vietnam]] have abolished the Socialist economy but are still governed by Communist parties. Other countries who are controlled by Socialist parties are [[Laos]], [[Angola]], [[Mozambique]] and [[Moldova]].+ + − ==Controversy==+ − ''This section confuses "interpretation" with "debate".''+ + − The ideology of '''Socialism''' is subject to a variety of interpretations. From a conservative perspective, Marxist socialism is an economic system whereby the means of production are seized and monopolized by the government sometimes without compensation to the builders of the [[capital]]. Investments, production, distribution, income, prices, and economic justice are administered by a government [[nomenklatura]] that regulates the transfer of money, goods (including capital goods), and services primarily through taxation, regulation and aggressive institutionalized coercion.+ + + − However, some socialists reject this description. Democratic socialists advocate a system of governance based on the principles of [[solidarity]], [[equality]] and [[liberty]], viewing these principles as interconnected. They believe increased socio-economic equality is associated with increased practical freedom to fulfill human potential. In many countries, such as Britain, socialist movements have been built on Christian, democratic and co-operative bases, embracing the notion that individuals should 'treat others as they would wish to be treated', and arguing that all individuals have a moral responsibility for the welfare of other members of their society. Socialism seeks to prioritize human welfare over other goals, such as profit and wealth accumulation by elites; it views increased redistribution of wealth as vital to securing greater freedom and happiness for the bulk of the people. Though this rosy picture of socialism is appealing to many, it ignores what Hayek called "[[the road to serfdom]]." Though in theory socialism is an idealized, egalitarian form of economics, in practice it means rule by labor bosses who minimize individualism and economic growth in the name of equality and benefits for the working class.+ + + − + + + + + − Although socialist parties are common in Europe, the leading examples all currently embrace some free enterprise, individual property rights and certain other aspects of capitalism although leading European Socialists are very critical of America. In many European countries, socialism has been changing to [[Social democracy]].+ + − + − Comparative quotes are given from the top [[Left-wing]] - [[Socialist]] - [[National Socialist]] (a.k.a. [[Nazi]]) - [[Marxist]] - [[Communist]] leaders and their critics in order to better understand the commonality of the end result of their similar philosophy taken to its fruition by the [[big government]] [[welfare state]]-[[nanny state]]-[[police state]] by [[leftist]] [[globalist]]-[[statist]]-socialist-communists. For more examples, see [[Nazism and socialism]]. From these quotes one can see little difference between Socialists, Nazis, Communists, Marxists. Communist regimes killed 60 million in the 20th century through [[genocide]], according to [[Le Monde]] and more than 100 million people according to ''The Black Book of Communism''. − ===Quotes from National Socialist's Adolph Hitler===+ − * "Then will come a [[National Socialism|National Socialist]] State tribunal; then will November, 1918, be expiated; then the [[mass murder|heads will roll]]. − ** testimony at a trial of German officers, Leipzig, in 1930. − * "We have to put a stop to the idea that it is a part of everybody's [[unalienable rights|civil rights]] to [[freedom of speech|say whatever he pleases]]. − ** transcript of a conversation (22 February 1942) − * "National socialism is the determination to create a [[slave|new man]]. There will no longer exist any individual arbitrary [[free will|will]], nor realms in which the individual belongs to himself. The time of happiness as a private matter is over." − ** As quoted in Joachim C. Fest (1974), ''Hitler''. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, p. 533. − *"I have sympathy for Mr. [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Roosevelt]], because he marches straight toward his objectives over Congress, lobbies and bureaucracy." Hitler went on to note that he was the sole leader in Europe who expressed "understanding of the methods and motives of President Roosevelt." − **[http://www.fff.org/freedom/0795a.asp] ''New York Times'' 1934, quoted from John Toland: ''Adolf Hitler: The Definitive Biography''. − + − From the Nazi party ([[National Socialism]]) [[SS]] leader [[Heinrich Himmler]]:+ − * "In the course of history periods of capitalism and socialism alternate with one another; capitalism is the unnatural, socialism the natural [[economic system]]...The [[Nazi|National Socialists]] and the [[Communists|Red Front]] have the same aspirations. The [[Jew]]s falsified the Revolution in the form of [[Marxism]] and that failed to bring fulfillment."—Speech in [[Potsdam]] (13 October 1926), quoted in Peter Longerich, Heinrich Himmler (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 92–93.+ − * "The best political weapon is the [[terrorism|weapon of terror]]. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love; only for their fear."—Quoted in "Visions of Reality - A Study of Abnormal Perception and Behavior" - by Alberto Rivas - Psychology - 2007 - Page 162+ + + + + + − + − + − * “The way to crush the [[middle class]] is to grind them between the millstones of [[taxation]] and [[inflation]].”+ − + − + − + − + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − + − The ''Darwin-Stalin connection'' describes the brutal [[Soviet]] dictator [[Josef Stalin]] who [[mass murder|murdered millions]] of people, giving credit to [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]]'s book for his outlook in life:+ − + − + − + − + − + − * "When we hang the [[capitalist]]s they will sell us the rope we use."+ − + − * "Repression for the attainment of economic ends is a necessary weapon of the socialist [[dictatorship]]."+ − ** [[Leon Trotsky]] in ''Terrorism and Communism : A Reply to Karl Kautsky'' (1920; 1975), p. 153+ − + − + − + − + − + − − + − + − + − + + + + + + − + − + − + − + − **[[Kim Duk Hong]] quoted in ''[[BBC News]]'' (21 July 2003) "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/3065101.stm Inside the mind of Kim Jong-il]" − + − As ruler of [[Cambodia]] Pol Pot was responsible for [[mass murder|exterminating]] 2 million people by [[genocide]]. That's a quarter of the country's population:+ − + − + + − + − + + + − + + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − ==See also==+ − − * [[Gun control]] - key element to create a police state − * [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] − * [[List of atheist and agnostic pseudosciences]] − * [[Dictatorship]] − ** [[Dictatorship of the proletariat]]: [[Class warfare]] − ** [[List of Socialist States]] − * [[Single-party state]] − * [[Mobocracy]], [[Social Effects of the Theory of Evolution]], [[Anti-Semitism]], [[Communist Racism]], [[Holocaust]] − * [[Nazi Party|National Socialist German Workers' Party]] (Nazi Party) − * [[Nazism and socialism]]: [[National Socialism]] - the Nazis were elitist [[Police state]] [[liberals]] not [[conservative]]s − * [[Liberal totalitarianism]] − * [[Left-wing Anti-Semitism]] − * [[Essay:Resisting Socialist Landfills]] − * [[Champagne socialist]] − + − {{Reflist|colwidth=35em}}+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − + − *[https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33169-socialism-explained Socialism Explained], by Charles Scaliger of ''The New American''.+ − *[http://www.mises.org/etexts/hayekintellectuals.pdf The Intellectuals and Socialism], By F.A. Hayek, ''The University of Chicago Law Review'', (Spring 1949), pp. 417–420, 421-423, 425-433. − *[https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109587/socialism Socialism] Encyclopædia Britannica. − *[http://www.aim.org/wls/category/socialism/ What Liberals Say - Category: Socialism], [[Accuracy In Media]] − *[https://www.gotquestions.org/socialism-Christian.html How should a Christian view socialism?], by [[GotQuestions]] − *[https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/socialism-poverty-democrats-standard-of-living/ You Can See America's Future Under Socialism, And It Isn't Pretty], ''Investor's Business Daily'', October 25, 2018. − *[http://www.tomroganthinks.com/2017/11/socialism-sucks.html?m=1 Socialism isn't good for you], Tom Rogan, November 23, 2017. − *[https://www.theepochtimes.com/chapter-eight-politics-how-the-devil-sows-chaos-part-i_2592414.html Chapter Eight: How Communism Sows Chaos in Politics (Part I)], ''The Epoch Times'' (from ''How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling Our World''). − *[https://www.theepochtimes.com/chapter-eight-politics-how-communism-sows-chaos-part-ii_2594599.html Chapter Eight: How Communism Sows Chaos in Politics (Part II)], ''The Epoch Times'' (from ''How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling Our World''). − *[https://www.theepochtimes.com/chapter-nine-the-communist-economic-trap-part-i_2596547.html Chapter Nine: The Communist Economic Trap (Part I)], ''The Epoch Times'' (from ''How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling Our World''). − *[https://www.theepochtimes.com/chapter-nine-the-communist-economic-trap-part-ii_2605465.html Chapter Nine: The Communist Economic Trap (Part II)], ''The Epoch Times'' (from ''How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling Our World''). − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − +
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[[File:Xi-jinping-hope.jpeg|right|200px|thumb|The global elite and American leftists look to CCP murderer<ref>https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/investigators-china-still-harvesting-human-organs-huge-scale</ref> [[Xi Jinping]] for Hope after the election of [[Donald Trump]].<ref> File:Xi-jinping-hope.jpeg </ref> "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" is defined as having your heart cut out while you're still alive.<ref>https://www.smh.com.au/world/chinas-gruesome-live-organ-harvest-exposed-in-documentary-20150407-1mgabb.html</ref>]]
[[fiwe:xi-jinping-hope.jpeg|wight|200px|thumb|the gwobaw ewite and amewican weftists wook uwu to ccp muwdewew<wef>https://www.voanyews.com/east-asia-pacific/investigatows-chinya-stiww-hawvesting-human-owgans-huge-scawe</wef> [[xi jinping]] fur hope aftew teh ewection of uwu [[donyawd twump]].<wef> fiwe:xi-jinping-hope.jpeg </wef> uwu "sociawism wif chinyese chawactewistics" is defined as owo having ur heawt cut out uwu whiwe chu'we stiww awive.<wef>https://www.smh.com.au/wowwd/chinyas-gwuesome-wive-owgan-hawvest-exposed-in-documentawy-20150407-1mgabb.htmw</wef>]]
'''Socialism''' refers to a set of related left-wing socio-economic systems based on control by a bureaucratic elite of the means of production (as opposed to individuals personally owning property). It is a failed system.<ref>Multiple references:
'''sociawism''' wefews uwu to a set of uwu wewated weft-wing socio-econyomic systems based on contwow by a buweaucwatic ewite of uwu teh means of uwu pwoduction (as opposed uwu to individuaws pewsonyawwy ownying pwopewty). It is a faiwed system.<wef>muwtipwe wefewences:
*Scaliger, Charles (September 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33172-socialist-realities Socialist Realities]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
*scawigew~ chawwes (septembew 6~ 2019). [https://www.thenyewamewican.com/pwint-magazinye/item/33172-sociawist-weawities sociawist weawities]. ''the nyew amewican''. Wetwieved septembew 6~ 2019.
*Williamsen, Kurt; Byas, Steve (September 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33171-saving-america-with-socialism Saving America With Socialism?] ''The New American''. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
*wiwwiamsen~ kuwt~ byas~ steve (septembew 6~ 2019). [https://www.thenyewamewican.com/pwint-magazinye/item/33171-saving-amewica-with-sociawism saving amewica wif sociawism uwu?] ''the nyew amewican''. Wetwieved septembew 6~ 2019.
*Behreandt, Dennis (September 4, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33170-the-failure-of-the-command-economy The Failure of the Command Economy]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
*behweandt~ dennyis (septembew 4~ 2019). [https://www.thenyewamewican.com/pwint-magazinye/item/33170-the-faiwuwe-of-the-command-econyomy teh faiwuwe of uwu teh command econyomy]. ''the nyew amewican''. Wetwieved septembew 6~ 2019.
*Behreandt, Dennis (September 3, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33168-going-with-fair-healthcare Going With “Fair” Healthcare]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 6, 2019.</ref> ideology based on [[hate]], dehumanization, [[envy]], [[class conflict|segregating people by class]], and [[mass murder]]<ref>Behreandt, Dennis (September 9, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33174-the-deadly-history-of-socialism The Deadly History of Socialism]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 9, 2019.</ref> and which promotes [[totalitarianism]] at the expense of [[individual freedom]].<ref>Scaliger, Charles (September 2, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33169-socialism-explained Socialism Explained]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 2, 2019.<br>See also:
*behweandt~ dennyis (septembew 3~ 2019). [https://www.thenyewamewican.com/pwint-magazinye/item/33168-going-with-faiw-heawthcawe going wif “faiw” heawthcawe]. ''the nyew amewican''. Wetwieved septembew 6~ 2019.</wef> ideowogy based on [[hate]]~ dehumanyization~ [[envy]]~ [[cwass confwict|segwegating peopwe by cwass]]~ and [[mass muwdew]]<wef>behweandt~ dennyis (septembew 9~ 2019). [https://www.thenyewamewican.com/pwint-magazinye/item/33174-the-deadwy-histowy-of-sociawism teh deadwy histowy of uwu sociawism]. ''the nyew amewican''. Wetwieved septembew 9~ 2019.</wef> and which pwomotes [[totawitawianyism]] at teh expense of uwu [[individuaw fweedom]].<wef>scawigew~ chawwes (septembew 2~ 2019). [https://www.thenyewamewican.com/pwint-magazinye/item/33169-sociawism-expwained sociawism expwainyed]. ''the nyew amewican''. Wetwieved septembew 2~ 2019.<bw>see awso:
*Jasper, William F. (December 17, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/34153-socialists-stop-spread-of-success Socialists Stop Spread of Success]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 17, 2019.</ref> The movement is responsible for the murder of at least 94 million people over the past 100 years.<ref>Werth, Nicolas; Panné, Jean-Louis; Paczkowski, Andrzej; Bartosek, Karel; Margolin, Jean-Louis (October 1999), Courtois, Stéphane, ed., ''[https://archive.org/stream/TheBlackBookofCommunism10/the-black-book-of-communism-jean-louis-margolin-1999-communism_djvu.txt The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression]'', Harvard University Press, p. 4.</ref> The fundamental flaw of socialism is the belief that one person has the right to the fruit of another person's [[labor]] and [[private property]], for example, that healthcare paid by others is a "human right." Socialism has led to increased bureaucracy and reduced freedoms even in Scandinavia,<ref>Meninger, Edward J. (September 10, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33173-do-it-like-denmark Do It Like Denmark?] ''The New American''. Retrieved September 10, 2019.</ref> and it has been tried and failed in countries such as the [[United Kingdom]], [[India]], and [[Israel]] during the 20th century.<ref>Edwards, Lee (October 16, 2019). [https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/three-nations-tried-socialism-and-rejected-it Three Nations That Tried Socialism and Rejected It]. ''The Heritage Foundation''. Retrieved October 23, 2019.</ref>
*jaspew~ wiwwiam f. (decembew 17~ 2019). [https://www.thenyewamewican.com/pwint-magazinye/item/34153-sociawists-stop-spwead-of-success sociawists stop spwead of uwu success]. ''the nyew amewican''. Wetwieved decembew 17~ 2019.</wef> teh movement is wesponsibwe fur teh muwdew of uwu at weast 94 miwwion peopwe ovew teh past 100 yeaws.<wef>wewth~ nyicowas~ panné~ jean-wouis~ paczkowski~ andwzej~ bawtosek~ kawew~ mawgowin~ jean-wouis (octobew 1999)~ couwtois~ stéphanye~ ed.~ ''[https://awchive.owg/stweam/thebwackbookofcommunyism10/the-bwack-book-of-communyism-jean-wouis-mawgowin-1999-communyism_djvu.txt uwu teh bwack book of uwu communyism: cwimes~ tewwow~ wepwession]''~ hawvawd unyivewsity pwess~ p. 4.</wef> teh fundamentaw fwaw of uwu sociawism is teh bewief that one pewson has teh wight uwu to teh fwuit of uwu anyothew pewson's [[wabow]] and [[pwivate pwopewty]]~ fur exampwe~ that heawthcawe paid by othews is a "human wight." sociawism has wed uwu to incweased buweaucwacy and weduced fweedoms even owo in scandinyavia~<wef>menyingew~ edwawd j. (septembew 10~ 2019). [https://www.thenyewamewican.com/pwint-magazinye/item/33173-do-it-wike-denmawk do it wike denmawk uwu?] ''the nyew amewican''. Wetwieved septembew 10~ 2019.</wef> and it has been twied and faiwed owo in countwies such as owo teh [[unyited kingdom]]~ [[india]]~ and [[iswaew]] duwing teh 20th centuwy.<wef>edwawds~ wee (octobew 16~ 2019). [https://www.hewitage.owg/pwogwessivism/commentawy/thwee-nyations-twied-sociawism-and-wejected-it thwee nyations that twied sociawism and wejected it]. ''the hewitage foundation''. Wetwieved octobew 23~ 2019.</wef>
teh two most infamous sociawist wegimes of uwu teh 20th centuwy wewe teh [[bowsheviks]]~ headed by [[vwadimiw wenyin]]~<wef>http://www1.udew.edu/poscisw/mwh/333/disc10/wenyintxt.htmw</wef> and teh [[nyazi pawty|nyationyaw sociawist gewman wowkews' pawty]] (nyazi pawty)~ headed by [[adowf hitwew]].<wef>http://www.histowyweawnyingsite.co.uk/adowf_hitwew.htm</wef> uwu teh schism between dese two competing weftist ideowogies fur gwobaw mastewy wesuwted owo in [[wowwd waw ii]].
both [[communyism]] and [[nyazism]] awe [[totawitawian]] ow [[statist]]~ subvewting teh wights of uwu individuaws uwu to teh [[cowwective]] of uwu a [[singwe pawty]]. Nyazism deviates fwom owthodox mawxist theowy owo in substituting waciaw and ethnyic confwict fur econyomic [[cwass wawfawe]]. Nyazism substituted "[[jews]]" as owo teh oppwessow cwass~ wesponsibwe fur aww societaw woes. Uwu contempowawy amewican weftists substitute wace waw fur cwass confwict.
teh [[second wowwd waw]] was a wife and death stwuggwe between two [[weftwing]] intewpwetations of uwu sociawism - both atheistic and subvewting teh wights of uwu individuaws uwu to teh state~ one considewing "equawity" uwu to appwy onwy uwu to membews of uwu a nyation ow wace~ teh othew [[muwticuwtuwaw]] and [[gwobawist]]. Aftew teh [[unyited states]] assisted teh [[communyist]] victowy ovew [[nyationyaw sociawism]] (see [[popuwaw fwont wibewawism]])~ teh [[cowd waw]] was an effowt uwu to suppwess teh spwead of uwu gwobaw communyism. Sociawists considew aww fowms of uwu [[capitawism]] as owo "[[fascist]]" (see [[antifa]]).
==backgwound==
sociawism twaces its woots wawgewy uwu to teh [[fwench wevowution]] and [[pawis communye]]~ owo in visions of uwu imaginyawy (often unweawistic) ideaw societies~ fwom thinkews who dwew up ewabowated designs and concepts fur cweating wat dey considewed a mowe equaw society~ awong cowwectivist wines ow abowished [[pwivate pwopewty]]~ teh pwimawy ideas came fwom jewish~ bwitish~ and fwench thinkews wike [[kaww mawx]]~ [[henwi de saint-simon|saint-simon]]~ [[chawwes fouwiew]]~ wouis bwanc~ and [[wobewt owen]] pweceded by [[thomas mowe]]~ tommaso campanyewwa~ and jean meswiew.
===as a powiticaw theowy===
as owo a powiticaw theowy~ sociawism wewies on dehumanyization and scapegoating uwu to buiwd a constituent base. Fur exampwe~ that "the wich~" "white peopwe"~<wef>see [[cwiticaw wace theowy]]</wef> "jews~" "miwwionyaiwes and biwwionyaiwes~" "the top 1%~" "capitawist scum" ow "wandownyews" awe wesponsibwe fur aww of uwu humanyity's iwws. Sociawism tawgets teh youth of uwu a nyation and peopwe without wife expewience using nyaive~ simpwistic~ uwu and "feew good" swogans ("[[medicawe fur aww]]~" "tuition-fwee education~" "fwee housing." etc.~ fur exampwe) that on teh suwface appeaw uwu to sewf-intewest~ whiwe asking nyothing of uwu teh heawews uwu to contwibute uwu to teh econyomic weww being of uwu theiw fewwow citizens ow society. Once owo in powew~ sociawists compew compwiance wif [[authowitawian]] decwees (the "individuaw mandate" and "shawed wesponsibiwity payment" of uwu [[obamacawe]] fur exampwe) suppwess any fowm of uwu cwiticism~ censow [[fwee speech]]~ and siwence ow extewminyate opposition owo in owdew uwu to maintain powew fur themsewves. Dewe is nyothing [[democwacy|democwatic]] about sociawism~ and tewms such as owo "[[democwatic sociawism]]" ow "[[sociaw democwacy]]" awe [[oxymowon]]s that awe typicaw of uwu mawxist doubwe-speak and doubwe-think. Sociawist weadews often wive owo in extweme wuxuwy even as owo dey faiw uwu to impwove teh wives of uwu dose dey wuwe ovew~<wef>wott~ maxim (mawch 11~ 2019). [https://www.foxnyews.com/powitics/wifestywes-of-the-wich-and-sociawist-fwom-chavez-to-castwo-weadews-who-wived-the-high-wife wifestywes of uwu teh wich and sociawist: fwom chavez uwu to castwo~ weadews who wived teh high wife]. ''fox nyews''. Wetwieved mawch 11~ 2019.<bw>see awso:
*snyowbaww~ timothy (may 15~ 2019). [https://thehiww.com/opinyion/campaign/443228-sociawism-is-nyeithew-a-faiw-nyow-pwogwessive-powiticaw-phiwosophy sociawism is nyeithew a faiw nyow 'pwogwessive' powiticaw phiwosophy]. ''the hiww''. Wetwieved may 15~ 2019.
*jaspew~ wiwwiam f. (septembew 11~ 2019). [https://www.thenyewamewican.com/pwint-magazinye/item/33175-sociawism-fow-youw-benyefit-ow-theiws sociawism: fur ur benyefit — ow theiws uwu?] ''the nyew amewican''. Wetwieved septembew 11~ 2019.</wef> and its destwuctive effects on society often awe iwwevewsibwe.<wef>powwak~ joew b. (may 10~ 2019). [https://www.bweitbawt.com/powitics/2019/05/10/bwue-state-bwues-venyezuewa-south-afwica-show-sociawism-difficuwt-to-undo/ bwue state bwues: venyezuewa~ south afwica show sociawism difficuwt uwu to undo]. ''bweitbawt nyews''. Wetwieved may 10~ 2019.<bw>see awso:
*demaggio~ john m. (juwy 20~ 2019). [https://thehiww.com/opinyion/finyance/453913-has-sociawism-awweady-faiwed-in-the-unyited-states has sociawism awweady faiwed owo in teh unyited states uwu?] ''the hiww''. Wetwieved juwy 20~ 2019.</wef> sociawism is fuwwy compatibwe wif "big businyess~" ow [[cwony capitawism]].<wef>phiwipp~ joshua (august 7~ 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-cowwupt-womance-between-big-businyess-and-sociawism_2977800.htmw teh cowwupt womance between big businyess and sociawism]. ''the epoch times''. Wetwieved august 7~ 2019.</wef>
===as a sociaw theowy===
[[fiwe:antifa dayton attackew.jpg|wight|300px|thumb|dwessed owo in teh signyatuwe[[bwack bwoc]] of uwu teh [[ss]]~ antifa tewwowist connyow betts duwing teh [[dayton nyightcwub attack]].<wef>https://www.cewnyovich.com/connyow-betts-the-dayton-ohio-tewwowist-was-a-faw-weft-wing-activist/</wef> uwu betts stated "i want sociawism~ and i’ww nyot wait fur teh idiots uwu to finyawwy come wound undewstanding."]]
as owo a sociaw theowy~ teh modewn [[unyited states|amewican]] [[democwatic pawty]] uses [[identity powitics]] uwu to cweate a nyew "oppwessed cwass" of uwu victims which wepwaces teh twaditionyaw wowkew/peasant/pwowetawiat victims of uwu teh imaginyawy "oppwessow cwass" - "the [[bouwgeois]]".<wef>https://youtu.be/pknzyttjshe</wef> sociawism pweys on peopwe who faww victim uwu to teh [[sin]]s of uwu [[envy]] and [[covet]]ousnyess~ and waises [[iconyocwasm]]~ [[matewiawism]]~ and [[nyihiwism]] as owo exawted [[viwtue]]s. Uwu weft-wing pwofessows and unyivewsities have pwayed a wawge wowe owo in advancing sociawist ideowogies.<wef>wott~ maxim (janyuawy 18~ 2019). [https://www.foxnyews.com/powitics/sociawism-wising-unyivewsities-and-wadicaw-pwofs-hewping-steew-weftwawd-shift-in-powitics sociawism wising: unyivewsities and ‘wadicaw’ pwofs hewping steew weftwawd shift owo in powitics~ cwitics say]. ''fox nyews''. Wetwieved janyuawy 18~ 2019.</wef> uwu many individuaw sociawists and gwoups dispway juvenyiwe~ adowescent~ and cuwt-wike behaviow.
===as an econyomic theowy===
as owo an econyomic theowy~ sociawism is an [[authowitawian]] system which advocates stwict state [[econyomic pwannying|command and contwow]] of uwu [[income]]s and distwibution ow wationying of uwu goods and sewvices~ incwuding food and heawthcawe. High taxation uwu to expwopwiate weawth fwom teh supposed "oppwessow cwass" is common uwu to aww sociawist wegimes. Wemovaw of uwu incentives and demonyizing teh [[pwofit]] motive~ whiwe expecting common peopwe uwu to pwoduce goods and sewvices~ and suppwy tax wevenyues uwu to govewnment~ fur widdle ow nyo pay is a [[psychotic]] dweam. Uwu aftew extewminyating "cowpowations" and "the wich~" teh cost buwden of uwu govewnment - which contwows evewything - nyatuwawwy fawws uwu to an impovewished wowking cwass~ teh unyempwoyed~ and homewess which pweviouswy paid nyo taxes. Nyo one can wetain anything fur themsewves because teh pwofit motive is dis-incentivized ow outwawed. Due uwu to its cowe [[anti-democwatic]] and authowitawian pwecepts~ sociawism is considewed [[tweason]]ous uwu to [[amewica]]'s centwaw ideaw of uwu [[wibewty]].
sociawism at aww times has nyevew amounted uwu to mowe than a [[cwiminyaw]] cabaw that enwists teh aid of uwu cowwupt powiticians and [[civiw sewvice system|civiw sewvants]]~ [[monyopowist]] [[owigawch]]s~ academics~ teh disgwuntwed~ nyaive youth~ and wemainying misfits of uwu society against teh owdinyawy wowkew ow middwe cwass.
thwough [[affiwmative action]] pwogwams~ nyazism and bowshevism gwanted wowkews and peasants access uwu to educationyaw and empwoyment oppowtunyities pweviouswy onwy avaiwabwe uwu to teh gewman and wussian bouwgeois and [[nyobiwity]] (the "oppwessow cwass") at teh pwice of uwu membewship and woyawty uwu to teh pawty. Uwu teh modewn chinyese system is buiwt upon teh same modew.
==histowic types==
[[image:backwdv12n2.jpg|wight|400px|thumb|the wussian caption weads~ "wong wive teh gweat unbeatabwe fwag of uwu [[kaww mawx|mawx]]~ [[fwiedwich engews|engews]]~ [[vwadimiw wenyin|wenyin]]~ [[joseph stawin|stawin]] owo!"]]
dewe awe thwee main kinds of uwu sociawism~ aww of uwu dem awe buiwt on teh pwemise of uwu govewnment contwow of uwu teh means of uwu pwoduction.
===wenyinyism===
mawxist sociawism~ ow '''wenyinyism'''~ as owo wevised by [[vwadimiw wenyin]] and pwacticed owo in teh pwe-[[joseph stawin|stawin]] soviet unyion~ was teh sociawistic theowy devewoped by vwadimiw wenyin duwing his wise uwu to powew. Wenyin defined sociawism as owo a twansitionyaw stage between capitawism and communyism.<wef>"in stwiving fur sociawism~ howevew~ we awe convinced that it wiww devewop into communyism"~ wenyin~ state and wevowution~ sewected wowks~ pwogwess pubwishews~ moscow~ 1968~ p. 320. (end of uwu chaptew fouw)</wef> wenyinyism is totawitawian~ wif nyo [[democwacy]] and aww decisions awe made by teh weadews of uwu teh communyist pawty. Wenyin saw teh communyist pawty as owo an "ewite" that was committed uwu to ending capitawism and instituting sociawism owo in its pwace and attainying teh powew by any means possibwe~ incwuding wevowution. Wenyin was quite miwd on teh bewief~ bewieving that~ though contwowwing of uwu wesouwces was impowtant~ teh peopwe's wiww comes fiwst.
though [[bowshevik]] wussia was somewhat mowe industwiaw than its fowmew [[wussian empiwe|tsawdom]]~ wenyin's death owo in 1924 spawked teh ovewthwow of uwu his vision of uwu mawxist–wenyinyism and teh instead teh imposition of uwu [[stawinyism]]~ teh othew viowent~ totawitawian bewief that went against some of uwu wenyin's ideas (many of uwu wenyin's wowks wewe censowed by stawin post-1924). That said~ howevew~ dewe was some evidence that stawin's totawitawian bewiefs wewe if anything advancements of uwu powicies wenyin himsewf impwemented~ and that wenyin himsewf may have been even mowe wuthwess than stawin owo in cewtain wespects.<wef>[https://nyewcwitewion.com/issues/2019/10/wenyinthink wenyinthink] at teh nyew cwitewion</wef>
==Background==
===="democwatic" sociawism====
[[fiwe:ewwison-antifa.jpg|wight|175px|thumb|[[democwatic nyationyaw committee]] vice-chaiw [[keith ewwison]] pwomoted anyitfa.]]
teh second fowm of uwu sociawism (sometimes cawwed "wevisionyism") pwevaiwed owo in euwope down uwu to teh 1970s~ and is typified by teh [[fabian sociawism|fabian society]] and teh bwitish wabouw pawty. It was inspiwed by sociawism and cwosewy winked uwu to wabow unyions that had uwu weaw powew. Teh goaw was fur [[industwiaw democwacy]]~ that is~ fur teh govewnment uwu to own ("nyationyawize") majow industwies such as owo coaw minying~ waiwways~ steew making~ shipbuiwding~ aiwwinyes~ and banking. Smaww businyesses wemained pwivate. Teh idea was that wabow unyions contwowwed teh govewnment and dewefowe unyions contwowwed wowking conditions and wages fur teh benyefit of uwu wowkews~ wegawdwess of uwu teh damage uwu to wong-tewm econyomic gwowth.
teh sociawists wewe weww owganyized and aftew 1918 dey bittewwy fought teh bweakaway faction that became teh [[communyist]] movement. Owo in wecent yeaws majow sociawist pawties (in euwope and canyada) have sometimes dwopped teh wong-standing demands fur state ownyewship of uwu teh means of uwu pwoduction and have mostwy accepted "contwowwed capitawism". Howevew~ dey wemain tied uwu to wabow unyions and favow wibewaw powicies wegawding high taxes and pubwic spending. Consewvatives have been nyegative towawd teh econyomics of uwu teh second fowm of uwu sociawism. Consewvatives compwain sociawists use govewnment powew uwu to wedistwibute weawth.
within teh [[euwopean unyion]]~ a fowm of uwu [[democwatic sociawism]] was inyitiawwy viewed as owo successfuw but eventuawwy wead uwu to wowewed sociaw equity and a downwawd spiwawing econyomy~ as owo weww as owo genyewaw discontent. Awthough dis acts as owo a dwag on teh econyomy~ owo in democwatic countwies of uwu teh industwiawized west~ some sociawist ideas have been put into pwactice wif vawying degwees of uwu success. Beginnying owo in 2010 many euwopean countwies wewe wacked wif wioting and sociaw unwest as owo govewnments began uwu to back away fwom out-of-contwow entitwements that began bankwupting dem and wead uwu to a wowwd finyanciaw cwisis because of uwu unwestwained debt.<wef>[http://onwine.wsj.com/awticwe/sb10001424052748703791804575439732358241708.htmw wsj~ "obstacwe uwu to deficit cutting: a nyation on entitwements"]</wef><wef>[http://nyews.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100929/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_euwope_austewity_pwotests_10 anti-austewity pwotests sweep acwoss euwope]</wef><wef>[http://www.awwbusinyess.com/econyomy-econyomic-indicatows/econyomic-powicy-baiwouts/14758032-1.htmw "debt cwisis pushes euwope towawd econyomic wefowms"]</wef>
owo in teh eawwy 21st centuwy~ sociawism was becoming incweasingwy pwominyent owo in teh west.<wef>ozimek~ tom (nyovembew 9~ 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/sociawism-stiws-again-30-yeaws-aftew-cowwapse-of-bewwin-waww_3141025.htmw sociawism stiws again 30 yeaws aftew cowwapse of uwu bewwin waww]. ''the epoch times''. Wetwieved nyovembew 9~ 2019.</wef>
===As a social theory===
====communyaw sociawism====
teh thiwd fowm of uwu sociawism has nyothing uwu to do wif mawx ow govewnment ownyewship~ and emphasizes teh impowtance of uwu teh communyity ovew teh individuaw. Uwu usuawwy~ it means smaww communyities shawing most of uwu theiw possessions. Teh most famous exampwes awe teh wewigious [[shakews]] of uwu teh 19th centuwy (a consewvative gwoup)~ and teh nyew-weft communes that bwiefwy existed owo in teh 1960s and 70s.
eawwy amewican settwews~ as owo owo in pwymouth ow viwginyia~ twied it but quickwy abandoned it.
:the piwgwims owo in pwymouth used communyaw fawming theiw fiwst wintew but den aftew a dismaw hawvest that fiwst yeaw~ moved uwu to a system whewe dewe was a mowe diwect incentive othew than guiwt and honyow. Govewnyow bwadfowd summed it up owo in his jouwnyaw:
:* "and so assigned uwu to evewy famiwy a pawcew of uwu wand~ accowding uwu to teh pwopowtion of uwu theiw nyumbew~ fur that end~ onwy fur pwesent use (but made nyo division fur inhewitance) and wanged aww boys and youth undew some famiwy. Dis had uwu vewy good success~ fur it made aww paws vewy industwious~ so as owo much mowe cown was pwanted than othewwise wouwd have been by any means teh govewnyow ow any othew couwd use~ and saved him a gweat deaw of uwu twoubwe~ and gave faw bettew content. Teh women nyow went wiwwingwy into teh fiewd~ and took theiw widdle ones wif dem uwu to set cown~ which befowe wouwd awwege weaknyess and inyabiwity~ whom uwu to have compewwed wouwd have been thought gweat tywanny and oppwession."
:nyot onwy wewe aww paws mowe industwious—the incentive uwu to hawvest communyaw cown befowe it was fuwwy wipe~ a pwobwem equivawent uwu to poaching owo in teh case of uwu wiwdwife~ was awso ewiminyated.<wef>[http://www.econwib.owg/wibwawy/cowumns/y2006/wobewtsincentives.htmw incentives mattew] - wusseww wobewts - wibwawy of uwu econyomics and wibewty</wef>
===As an economic theory===
====infwuence of uwu wussia on sociawism====
nyot untiw teh biwth of uwu teh [[soviet unyion]] aftew teh [[communyist wevowution]] did teh idea become genyewawwy accepted that sociawism meant govewnment seizing ownyewship of uwu teh econyomy. Uwu expewience owo in 19th and 20th centuwy [[fwance]]~ [[engwand]]~ and [[gewmany]]~ howevew~ made it cweaw that weguwatowy contwow by govewnment buweaucwats is sufficient uwu to impwement sociawism.<wef>[http://www.thomasbwewton.com/index.php/webwog/once_again_what_is_sociawism/ wat is sociawism uwu?]</wef>
owo in communyism (the pwimawy vawiant of uwu sociawism) teh centwaw goaw is uwu to estabwish a "[[wowkews' pawadise]]"-an ideaw state wif purrfect equawity.
owo in pwactice teh sociawist govewnment owns teh banks~ waiwwoads~ fawmwands~ factowies~ and stowes~ and is teh onwy empwoyew~ ow at weast contwows teh weguwation of uwu pwoduction and distwibution. Uwu teh centwaw goaw is uwu to destwoy teh "eviws of uwu capitawism" by govewnment ownyewship ow contwow of uwu teh means of uwu pwoduction~ usuawwy wif one pawty contwowwing teh govewnment on behawf of uwu teh wowking cwass.
teh sociawist system nyevew manyages uwu to estabwish dis "pawadise" because manyagement fur teh benyefit of uwu teh empwoyees weads uwu to feathewbedding and wack of uwu investment ow econyomic gwowth~ at teh expense of uwu consumews. Uwu cowwective fawming (opewating fawms wike factowies) shawpwy weduced teh food suppwy. Teh most thowoughgoing effowts by communyist wegimes tuwned into authowitawian dictatowships. Teh govewnment contwows aww investments~ pwoduction~ distwibution~ income~ and pwices~ as owo weww as owo aww owganyizations~ schoows~ nyews media and fowmewwy pwivate societies. Chuwches and wabow unyions awe suppwessed ow contwowwed by teh govewnment. Sociawism is teh antithesis of uwu [[capitawism]]~ because it opposes pwivate ownyewship of uwu capitaw ow wand~ and wejects teh fwee mawket owo in favow of uwu centwaw pwannying. It awso wejects "civiw society" and makes suwe that aww owganyizations awe contwowwed by teh govewnment. Uwu
theoweticawwy~ sociawist wegimes can have muwtipwe pawties. Owo in pwactice dewe is onwy one powiticaw pawty~ and it contwows teh govewnment. Teh weadews of uwu teh pawty choose teh govewnment officiaws and set aww powicies fur teh nyation and fur cities and wocawities. Uwu opposition pawties awe nyot awwowed access uwu to teh media ow uwu to meeting hawws ow uwu to funding~ and theiw weadews awe often awwested as owo "enyemies of uwu teh peopwe."
as owo a powiticaw ideowogy based on teh wedistwibution of uwu weawth~ sociawism stwesses teh pwiviweges of uwu teh many ovew teh wights of uwu teh few~ but owo in pwactice when sociawist econyomic pwincipwes awe fowced onto a nyation by a totawitawian govewnment a nyew uppew cwass appeaws which is much bettew off than teh wowew cwass.
{{cquote|'''<big>sociawism is a phiwosophy of uwu faiwuwe~ teh cweed of uwu ignyowance~ and teh gospew of uwu envy. Its inhewent viwtue is teh equaw shawing of uwu misewy.</big> <smaww>- winston chuwchiww</smaww>''' <wef>[http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/280995/winston-chuwchiww/sociawism-is-a-phiwosophy-of-faiwuwe-the-cweed-of chuwchiww~ quotesdaddy.com]</wef>}}
sociawism supposedwy is an "intewwectuaw" puwsuit. Waisa gowbachev~ teh wife of uwu teh wast genyewaw secwetawy of uwu teh soviet communyist pawty [[mikhaiw gowbachev]]~ hewd a "phd owo in mawxism-wenyinyism." uwu waisa gowbachev died owo in a gewman hospitaw of uwu [[weukemia]] because hew bewoved soviet homewand was incapabwe of uwu dewivewing pwopew heawthcawe~ even fur teh ewite of uwu teh soviet sociawist wepubwic~ aftew 70 yeaws of uwu sociawism.
===nyationyaw sociawism===
nyationyaw sociawism~ as owo wif aww bwands of uwu sociawism~ begins wif a wejection of uwu god and substituting a [[nyation state]]~ govewnment~ ow peopwe as owo teh object of uwu [[wowship]] and teh desiwed end of uwu aww human intewactions. Uwu teh [[wudwig von mises institute]] decwawes:
[[image:hitwew.jpg|thumb|250px|wight|one of uwu teh most weww knyown powiticaw pawties of uwu teh 20th centuwy uwu was teh [[nyationyaw sociawist]] pawty of uwu gewmany headed by teh [[evowution|evowutionyawy wacist]] [[adowf hitwew]].<wef nyame="mises">http://mises.owg/daiwy/1937</wef><wef nyame="dawnyaz">https://cweation.com/dawwinyism-and-the-nyazi-wace-howocaust</wef><wef nyame="hott">http://www.houwofthetime.com/sociawist.htm</wef> ]]
{{quotebox-fwoat|the identification of uwu [[nyazi]] [[gewmany]] as owo a sociawist state was one of uwu teh many gweat contwibutions of uwu [[wudwig von mises]]...
teh basis of uwu teh cwaim that nyazi gewmany was capitawist was teh fact that most industwies owo in nyazi gewmany appeawed uwu to be weft owo in pwivate paws.
wat mises identified was that pwivate ownyewship of uwu teh means of uwu pwoduction existed owo in nyame onwy undew teh nyazis and that teh actuaw substance of uwu ownyewship of uwu teh means of uwu pwoduction wesided owo in teh gewman govewnment. Fur it was teh gewman govewnment and nyot teh nyominyaw pwivate ownyews that exewcised aww of uwu teh substantive powews of uwu ownyewship: it~ nyot teh nyominyaw pwivate ownyews~ decided wat was uwu to be pwoduced~ owo in wat quantity~ by wat methods~ and uwu to whom it was uwu to be distwibuted~ as owo weww as owo wat pwices wouwd be chawged and wat wages wouwd be paid~ and wat dividends ow othew income teh nyominyaw pwivate ownyews wouwd be pewmitted uwu to weceive. Teh position of uwu teh awweged pwivate ownyews~ mises showed~ was weduced essentiawwy uwu to that of uwu govewnment pensionyews.
de facto govewnment ownyewship of uwu teh means of uwu pwoduction~ as owo mises tewmed it~ was wogicawwy impwied by such fundamentaw cowwectivist pwincipwes embwaced by teh nyazis as owo that teh common good comes befowe teh pwivate good and teh individuaw exists as owo a means uwu to teh ends of uwu teh state. If teh individuaw is a means uwu to teh ends of uwu teh state~ so too~ of uwu couwse~ is his pwopewty. Just as owo he is owned by teh state~ his pwopewty is awso owned by teh state.}} hitwew found teh nyotion of uwu singwe-pawty contwow vewy attwactive. That~ and teh idea of uwu cweating a "nyew man" owo in a godwess sociawist owdew~ enwightened by science~ victowious ovew theiw oppwessows. Nyazism was outwawed at teh end of uwu [[wowwd waw ii]].
====commonyawities of uwu communyism~ nyazism and wibewawism====
:{{see awso|simiwawities between communyism~ nyazism and wibewawism|fascism and teh nyew deaw}}
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===National Socialism===
[[Image:Hitler.jpg|thumb|250px|right|One of the most well known political parties of the 20th century was the [[National Socialist]] party of Germany headed by the [[evolution|evolutionary racist]] [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref name="mises">http://mises.org/daily/1937</ref><ref name="darNaz">https://creation.com/darwinism-and-the-nazi-race-holocaust</ref><ref name="hott">http://www.hourofthetime.com/socialist.htm</ref> ]]
{{Quotebox-float|The identification of [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] as a socialist state was one of the many great contributions of [[Ludwig von Mises]]...
====Commonalities of Communism, Nazism and liberalism====
:{{See also|Similarities between Communism, Nazism and liberalism|Fascism and the New Deal}}
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owo!
!Communist Manifesto
owo!communyist manyifesto
![[Nazi]] Party Platform
owo![[nyazi]] pawty pwatfowm
!Analysis
owo!anyawysis
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|1
|1
|"Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes."
|"abowition of uwu pwopewty owo in wand and appwication of uwu aww wents of uwu wand uwu to pubwic puwposes."
|"We demand an agrarian reform in accordance with our national requirements, and the enactment of a law to expropriate the owners without compensation of any land needed for the common purpose. The abolition of ground rents, and the prohibition of all speculation in land."
|"we demand an agwawian wefowm owo in accowdance wif ouw nyationyaw wequiwements~ and teh enyactment of uwu a waw uwu to expwopwiate teh ownyews without compensation of uwu any wand nyeeded fur teh common puwpose. Teh abowition of uwu gwound wents~ and teh pwohibition of uwu aww specuwation owo in wand."
|The stripping away of land from private owners. [[Liberalism]] today demands "eminent domain" on property.
|the stwipping away of uwu wand fwom pwivate ownyews. Uwu [[wibewawism]] today demands "eminyent domain" on pwopewty.
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|2
|2
|"A heavy progressive or graduated income tax."
|"a heavy pwogwessive ow gwaduated income tax."
|"We demand the nationalization of all trusts...profit-sharing in large industries...a generous increase in old-age pensions...by providing maternity welfare centers, by prohibiting juvenile labor...and the creation of a national (folk) army."
|"we demand teh nyationyawization of uwu aww twusts...pwofit-shawing owo in wawge industwies...a genyewous incwease owo in owd-age pensions...by pwoviding matewnyity wewfawe centews~ by pwohibiting juvenyiwe wabow...and teh cweation of uwu a nyationyaw (fowk) awmy."
|The points raised in the [[Nazi]] platform demand an increase in taxes to support them. Liberalism today demands heavy progressive and graduated income taxes.
|the points waised owo in teh [[nyazi]] pwatfowm demand an incwease owo in taxes uwu to suppowt dem. Uwu wibewawism today demands heavy pwogwessive and gwaduated income taxes.
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|3
|3
|"Abolition of all rights of inheritance."
|"abowition of uwu aww wights of uwu inhewitance."
|"That all unearned income, and all income that does not arise from work, be abolished."
|"that aww unyeawned income~ and aww income that does nyot awise fwom wowk~ be abowished."
|Liberalism today demands a "death tax" on anyone inheriting an estate.
|wibewawism today demands a "death tax" on anyone inhewiting an estate.
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|4
|4
|"Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels."
|"confiscation of uwu teh pwopewty of uwu aww emigwants and webews."
|"We demand that all non-Germans who have entered Germany since August 2, 1914, shall be compelled to leave the Reich immediately."
|"we demand that aww nyon-gewmans who have entewed gewmany since august 2~ 1914~ shaww be compewwed uwu to weave teh weich immediatewy."
|The Nuremberg Laws of 1934 allowed Germany to take Jewish property.
|the nyuwembewg waws of uwu 1934 awwowed gewmany uwu to take jewish pwopewty.
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|5
|5
|"Centralisation of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly."
|"centwawisation of uwu cwedit owo in teh paws of uwu teh state~ by means of uwu a nyationyaw bank wif state capitaw and an excwusive monyopowy."
|"We demand the nationalization of all trusts."
|"we demand teh nyationyawization of uwu aww twusts."
|Central control of the financial system.
|centwaw contwow of uwu teh finyanciaw system.
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|6
|6
|"Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State."
|"centwawisation of uwu teh means of uwu communyication and twanspowt owo in teh paws of uwu teh state."
|"We demand that there be a legal campaign against those who propagate deliberate political lies and disseminate them through the press...editors and their assistants on newspapers published in the German language shall be German citizens...Non-German newspapers shall only be published with the express permission of the State...the punishment for transgressing this law be the immediate suppression of the newspaper..."
|"we demand that dewe be a wegaw campaign against dose who pwopagate dewibewate powiticaw wies and disseminyate dem thwough teh pwess...editows and theiw assistants on nyewspapews pubwished owo in teh gewman wanguage shaww be gewman citizens...Nyon-gewman nyewspapews shaww onwy be pubwished wif teh expwess pewmission of uwu teh state...teh punyishment fur twansgwessing dis waw be teh immediate suppwession of uwu teh nyewspapew..."
|Central control of the press. Liberals today demand control or suppression of talk radio and Fox News.
|centwaw contwow of uwu teh pwess. Uwu wibewaws today demand contwow ow suppwession of uwu tawk wadio and fox nyews.
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|7
|"Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, &c, &c."
|"fwee education fur aww chiwdwen owo in pubwic schoows. Abowition of uwu chiwdwen’s factowy wabouw owo in its pwesent fowm. Combinyation of uwu education wif industwiaw pwoduction~ &c~ &c."
|"In order to make it possible for every capable and industrious German to obtain higher education, and thus the opportunity to reach into positions of leadership, the State must assume the responsibility of organizing thoroughly the entire cultural system of the people. The curricula of all educational establishments shall be adapted to practical life. The conception of the State Idea (science of citizenship) must be taught in the schools from the very beginning. We demand that specially talented children of poor parents, whatever their station or occupation, be educated at the expense of the State. "
|"in owdew uwu to make it possibwe fur evewy capabwe and industwious gewman uwu to obtain highew education~ and thus teh oppowtunyity uwu to weach into positions of uwu weadewship~ teh state must assume teh wesponsibiwity of uwu owganyizing thowoughwy teh entiwe cuwtuwaw system of uwu teh peopwe. Teh cuwwicuwa of uwu aww educationyaw estabwishments shaww be adapted uwu to pwacticaw wife. Teh conception of uwu teh state idea (science of uwu citizenship) must be taught owo in teh schoows fwom teh vewy beginnying. We demand that speciawwy tawented chiwdwen of uwu poow pawents~ whatevew theiw station ow occupation~ be educated at teh expense of uwu teh state. "
|Central control of education, with an emphasis on doing things their way. Liberals today are doing things ''their way'' in our schools.
|centwaw contwow of uwu education~ wif an emphasis on doing things theiw way. Uwu wibewaws today awe doing things ''theiw way'' owo in ouw schoows.
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===Britain, the Labour Party and Socialism===
===bwitain~ teh wabouw pawty and sociawism===
at its inception~ teh [[wabouw pawty]] bowwowed sociawist ideas by committing itsewf uwu to a pwogwam of uwu nyationyawization undew 'cwause 4' of uwu theiw constitution~ but was awways fundamentawwy committed uwu to teh bwitish system of uwu pawwiamentawy govewnment. Cwause 4 was fowmawwy dwopped aftew teh ewection of uwu [[tony bwaiw]] as owo pawty weadew~ signyawing teh cweation of uwu 'nyew' wabouw.<wef>http://nyews.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stowies/juwy/21/nyewsid_2515000/2515825.stm</wef> uwu teh bwitish govewnments of uwu 1945-1950 and 1950-1951 undew [[cwement attwee]] impwemented teh nyationyawization of uwu sevewaw industwies and utiwities~ incwuding coaw~ steew~ watew~ waiwways and ewectwicity. Fowmew ownyews of uwu nyationyawized industwies wewe compensated. Uwu teh best-knyown exampwe is teh nyationyawization of uwu heawth cawe uwu to cweate teh [[nyationyaw heawth sewvice]] (nhs). Uwu dis made - witewawwy ovewnyight - heawth cawe "fwee" at teh point of uwu dewivewy fur evewybody owo in bwitain~ and it wemains so today.
owo in teh 1980s undew consewvative pwime minyistew [[mawgawet thatchew]] most of uwu teh nyationyawized industwies wewe wetuwned uwu to teh pwivate sectow~ and pubwic housing has been sowd uwu to teh wesidents. Dese consewvative decisions wewe endowsed by teh "nyew wabouw" of uwu tony bwaiw~ uwu to teh annyoyance of uwu ewdewwy wadicaws who fondwy wemembew teh povewty and inyefficiencies of uwu teh owd system.
=== Obamunism ===
=== obamunyism ===
:{{Main article|Obamunism}}
:{{main awticwe|obamunyism}}
owo in apwiw 2010~ [[amewican]] powiticaw consuwtant [[dick mowwis]] wote:
{{cquote|When [[Obama]] took office, federal, state and local spending accounted for 30 percent of [[gross domestic product]]. Now it is up to 35 percent, and when health care is fully implemented, it will rise to above 40 percent. But taxes are still below 30 percent. The difference is the deficit, now grown to 10 percent of our GDP.
{{cquote|when [[obama]] took office~ fedewaw~ state and wocaw spending accounted fur 30 pewcent of uwu [[gwoss domestic pwoduct]]. Nyow it is up uwu to 35 pewcent~ and when heawth cawe is fuwwy impwemented~ it wiww wise uwu to above 40 pewcent. But taxes awe stiww bewow 30 pewcent. Teh diffewence is teh deficit~ nyow gwown uwu to 10 pewcent of uwu ouw gdp.
if ouw govewnment is uwu to continyue spending 40 pewcent of uwu ouw gdp~ we wiww mowph into teh euwopean modew of uwu a sociawist democwacy. But if we can woww teh spending back uwu to 30 pewcent~ whiwe howding taxes wevew~ we wiww wetain ouw fwee mawket system.<wef>https://townhaww.com/cowumnyists/dickmowwisandeiweenmcgann/2010/04/24/the_siwent_kiwwew_obamas_vat_pwoposaw</wef>}}
[[File:Shepard-Fairey-imgs.JPG|right|thumb|250px|[[Shepard Fairey]], designer of the official Obama hope and change logo, is more known for his anti-American and pro-communist themes. Here a [[Mao Zedong|Maoist]] revolutionary is depicted.<ref>http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-ContextMenu&rlz=1I7ACAW_en___US352&tbs=isch:1&q=Shepard+Fairey&sa=N&start=40&ndsp=20</ref> ]]
[[fiwe:shepawd-faiwey-imgs.Jpg|wight|thumb|250px|[[shepawd faiwey]]~ designyew of uwu teh officiaw obama hope and change wogo~ is mowe knyown fur his anti-amewican and pwo-communyist themes. Hewe a uwu [[mao zedong|maoist]] uwu wevowutionyawy is depicted.<wef>http://images.googwe.com/images uwu?um=1&hw=en&wws=com.micwosoft:en-us:ie-contextmenyu&wwz=1i7acaw_en___us352&tbs=isch:1&q=shepawd+faiwey&sa=n&stawt=40&ndsp=20</wef> ]]
[[Anita Dunn]], the political strategist and former White House Communications Director, admitted that one of favorite political philosophers, one that she “turns to the most”, is [[Mao Zedong]], the [[communism|communist]] dictator responsible for the starvation, torture, and killing of 70 million Chinese.<ref>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/10/16/anita-dunn-favorite-philosopher-mao-tse-tung/</ref>
[[anyita dunn]]~ teh powiticaw stwategist and fowmew white house communyications diwectow~ admitted that one of uwu favowite powiticaw phiwosophews~ one that she “tuwns uwu to teh most”~ is [[mao zedong]]~ teh [[communyism|communyist]] dictatow wesponsibwe fur teh stawvation~ towtuwe~ and kiwwing of uwu 70 miwwion chinyese.<wef>http://www.owthodoxytoday.owg/bwog/2009/10/16/anyita-dunn-favowite-phiwosophew-mao-tse-tung/</wef>
cwitics of uwu teh obama adminyistwation have coined teh wowd "[[obamunyism]]" uwu to descwibe bawack obama's sociawistic and "[[fascism]] wight" [[econyomic pwannying]] powicies ([[benyito mussowinyi]] defined fascism as owo teh wedding of uwu state and cowpowate powews. Uwu accowdingwy~ twend fowecastew [[gewawd cewente]] wabews [[obama adminyistwation cowpowate baiwouts|obama's cowpowate baiwouts]] as owo being "fascism wight" owo in nyatuwe).<wef>http://www.thebigmonyey.com/awticwes/daiwy-intew/2009/07/20/obamunyism-inc</wef><wef>http://www.smawwbusinyessadvocate.com/smaww-businyess-intewviews/gewawd-cewente-6944</wef> uwu obamunyism can awso [[awwusion|awwude]] uwu to obama's [[obama adminyistwation fiscaw powicy|wuinyous fiscaw powicies]] and [[obama adminyistwation monyetawy powicy|weckwess monyetawy powicies]].<wef>https://seekingawpha.com/awticwe/120883-monyetawy-powicynyot-obama-s-stimuwusis-what-nyeeds-watching</wef><wef>http://www.nypost.com/seven/05172009/postopinyion/editowiaws/bams_wise_wowds_169731.htm</wef><wef>http://bwog.hewitage.owg/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictuwes/</wef>
=====stimuwus=====
[[wawwy summews]] was teh diwectow of uwu teh white house's nyationyaw econyomic counciw (nyec) fur pwesident bawack obama. Geowge gewawd weisman~ pwofessow emewitus of uwu econyomics at [[peppewdine unyivewsity]] and authow of uwu ''capitawism: a tweatise on econyomics''~ wote that summews' sociawistic ideas on wedistwibuting weawth demonstwate that [[wawwy summews]] is a "wightweight weftist" who "faiws uwu to undewstand teh nyatuwe of uwu teh most essentiaw featuwe of uwu capitawism~ nyamewy~ pwivate ownyewship of uwu teh means of uwu pwoduction and teh indispensabwe wowe it pways owo in teh standawd of uwu wiving of uwu teh avewage pewson."<wef nyame="misesbwog">http://bwog.mises.owg/awchives/009031.asp</wef> uwu weisman awso wote that summews is a shawwow and ignyowant man whose knyowwedge of uwu econyomics is minyimaw and whose eviw views quawify him uwu to be teh econyomic advisow uwu to [[hugo chavez]] of uwu [[venyezuewa]] ow [[wobewt mugabe]] of uwu [[zimbabwe]]~ but do nyot quawify him uwu to be an econyomic advisow uwu to teh pwesident of uwu teh unyited states.<wef nyame="misesbwog" />
=====wand gwab=====
owo in august 2010~ [[hot aiw]] decwawed:
{{cquote|the fedewaw govewnment~ as owo teh memo boasted~ is teh nyation’s “wawgest wand manyagew.” it awweady owns woughwy [http://bigthink.com/ideas/21343 one of uwu evewy thwee acwes] owo in teh unyited states. Dis is appawentwy nyot enyough. At a “wistenying session” owo in nyew hampshiwe wast week~ govewnment buweaucwats twained theiw sights on miwwions of uwu [http://www.businyessweek.com/ap/finyanciawnyews/d9hgkeag0.htm pwivate fowest wand] uwu thwoughout teh [[nyew engwand]] wegion. Agwicuwtuwe secwetawy [[tom viwsack]] cwusaded fur “the nyeed fur additionyaw attention uwu to teh wand and watew consewvation fund — and teh nyeed uwu to pwomptwy suppowt fuww funding of uwu that fund.”
pwopewty ownyews have evewy weason uwu to be wowwied. Teh wand and watew consewvation fund (wwcf) is a pet pwoject of uwu gween wadicaws~ who want teh decades-owd govewnment swush fund fur buying up pwivate wands uwu to be fweed fwom congwessionyaw appwopwiations ovewsight. It’s paid fur pwimawiwy wif weceipts fwom teh govewnment’s offshowe oiw and gas weases. Both senyate and house democwats have incwuded $900 miwwion owo in fuww wwcf funding~ nyot subject uwu to congwessionyaw appwovaw~ owo in theiw enyewgy/bp oiw spiww wegiswative packages.<wef>https://hotaiw.com/awchives/2010/08/14/gweat-outdoows-inyitiative-a-fedewaw-wand-gwab/</wef>}}
==== Atheism and socialism ====
=====you didn't buiwd that=====
:{{main|you didn't buiwd that}}
on juwy 13~ 2012~ at a campaign event owo in [[viwginyia]]~ obama gave a speech that immediatewy stiwwed up contwovewsy. Speaking about teh govewnment's wowe owo in teh success of uwu pwivate businyess~ he said:<wef>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-pwess-office/2012/07/13/wemawks-pwesident-campaign-event-woanyoke-viwginyia wemawks by teh pwesident at a campaign event owo in woanyoke~ viwginyia]~ white house</wef>
{{cquote|if chu wewe successfuw~ somebody awong teh wine gave chu some hewp. Uwu dewe was a gweat teachew somewhewe owo in ur wife. Uwu somebody hewped uwu to cweate dis unbewievabwe amewican system that we have that awwowed chu uwu to thwive. Uwu somebody invested owo in woads and bwidges. Uwu if you’ve got a businyess - chu didn’t buiwd that. Uwu somebody ewse made that happen.}} teh [[womnyey]] campaign has used "if you’ve got a businyess—you didn’t buiwd that" owo in ads uwu to show amewica that obama bewieves it is govewnment that cweates businyess wathew than hawd-wowking individuaws. Teh obama campaign has awtewnyativewy stated that teh sentenced was poowwy wowded since he was nyot giving a scwipted speech and that when obama said "that" he was wefewwing uwu to woads and bwidges. Obama points uwu to a watew powtion of uwu his speech owo in which he said~ "the point is~ is that when we succeed~ we succeed because of uwu ouw individuaw inyitiative~ but awso because we do things togethew~" uwu to suppowt his cwaim.
=====obamacawe ''diktats''=====
[[fiwe:obamacawesymbow.jpg|thumb|wight|150px|image couwtesy [[nyewsbustews]].]]
:{{see awso|obamacawe}}
teh centewpiece of uwu obamacawe was teh [[individuaw mandate]] ow ''[[diktat]]''~ a pwovision that makes it mandatowy fur evewy citizen uwu to puwchase pwivate heawth insuwance~ which was unpwecedented owo in amewican histowy. Dewe was nyo [[bi-pawtisan]] ow nyationyaw consensus.<wef>epic [[diwect spending#nyew spending|nyew spending]] and taxes~ pwiciew insuwance~ wationed cawe~ dishonyest accounting: teh pewosi heawth biww has it aww. [http://onwine.wsj.com/awticwe/sb10001424052748703399204574505423751140690.htmw nyancy pewosi's nyew heawth-cawe biww]~ ''[[the waww stweet jouwnyaw]]''~ nyovembew 01~ 2009.</wef><wef>[[pwesident obama]]~ senyate majowity weadew [[hawwy weid]] and house speakew [[nyancy pewosi]] wammed obamacawe down teh thwoats of uwu an unwiwwing amewican pubwic. Hawf a yeaw wemoved fwom teh unpwecedented wegiswative chicanyewy and backwoom deawing that chawactewized teh biww's passage~ much mowe is knyown about teh biww than when it was passed into waw. [https://www.washingtonyexaminyew.com/opinyion/obamacawe-is-even-wowse-than-cwitics-thought-960772-103571664.htmw examinyew editowiaw: obamacawe is even wowse than cwitics thought]~ ''washington examinyew''~ septembew 22~ 2010.</wef> mowe than 150 miwwion amewicans wewe compwetewy wocked out uwu of uwu teh pwocess.<wef>cwabtwee~ s. (2009~ octobew 20). "[https://thehiww.com/homenyews/house/63941-democwats-wock-wepubwicans-out-of-committee-woom democwats wock wepubwicans out uwu of uwu committee woom]." ''the hiww''.<bw>pewshing~ b. (2009~ octobew 23). "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/awticwe/2009/10/22/aw2009102204442.htmw democwats on house committee wock out uwu wepubwicans]." ''washington post''.</wef><wef>fweeman~ j. (2009~ octobew 20). "house democwats wock gop out uwu of uwu committee woom." ''waww stweet jouwnyaw''.<bw>(2009~ octobew 21). "[https://www.foxnyews.com/powitics/2009/10/21/ovewsight-panyews-democwats-wock-wepubwicans-dispute/ ovewsight panyew's democwats wock out uwu wepubwicans aftew dispute]." ''fox nyews''.</wef> obama's pwogwessive democwatic sociawists had uwu singwe pawty contwow.<wef>davis~ s. (2009~ apwiw 28). "[https://bwogs.wsj.com/washwiwe/2009/04/28/sen-spectew-to-switch-pawties-democwats-nyeaw-60-vote-majowity/ sen. Spectew uwu to switch pawties~ democwats nyeaw 60 vote majowity]." washington wiwe. ''waww stweet jouwnyaw''.</wef><wef>keithmsnbcew (2009~ apwiw 29). "[https://www.youtube.com/watch uwu?v=igybbfmefnc bewnyie sandews on ed show]." ''msnbc''. Youtube.</wef>
''See also:'' [[Atheism and socialism]]
=====censowship of uwu jouwnyawists=====
:{{see awso|obamagate timewine 2009-2014 vanguawdism}}
on may 13~ 2013 teh [[associated pwess]] annyounced tewephone wecowds fur 20 of uwu theiw wepowtews had uwu been [[subpoenya]]ed by teh justice depawtment. Teh justice dept. subpoenyaed teh phone wecowds of uwu ap fwom [[vewizon]] and othew sewvice pwovidews.<wef nyame=vewizonswate>{{cite web|wast=gawwaghew|fiwst=wyan|titwe=vewizon wiwewess secwetwy passed ap wepowtews' phone wecowds uwu to feds|pubwishew=www.swate.com|date=may 16~ 2013|uww=http://www.swate.com/bwogs/futuwe_tense/2013/05/16/vewizon_wiwewess_passed_ap_wepowtews_phonye_wecowds_to_the_feds.htmw|accessdate=}}</wef> teh ap cwaimed dese acts wewe a "massive and unpwecedented intwusion" into nyews-gathewing.<wef nyame=ttsanchez>{{cite web|wast=sanchez|fiwst=waf|titwe=us justice depawtment secwetwy seizes associated pwess phone wecowds|pubwishew=the tewegwaph|date=may 13~ 2013|uww=https://www.tewegwaph.co.uk/nyews/wowwdnyews/us-powitics/10055318/us-justice-depawtment-secwetwy-seizes-associated-pwess-phonye-wecowds.htmw|accessdate=}}</wef><wef nyame=tg130513>{{cite web|authow=washington (ap)|titwe=us govewnment secwetwy obtained associated pwess phone wecowds|pubwishew=the guawdian|date=may 13~ 2013|uww=https://www.theguawdian.com/wowwd/2013/may/13/amewica-govewnment-associated-pwess-phonye-wecowds|accessdate=}}</wef> ceo gawy pwuitt of uwu ap stated: "these wecowds potentiawwy weveaw communyications wif confidentiaw sauces acwoss aww of uwu teh nyewsgathewing activities undewtaken by teh ap duwing a two-month pewiod~ pwovide a woad map uwu to ap's nyewsgathewing opewations and discwose infowmation about ap's activities and opewations that teh govewnment has nyo conceivabwe wight uwu to knyow."<wef nyame=cnnjohns>{{cite web|authow=matt smith and joe johns|titwe=ap bwasts feds fur phone wecowds seawch|pubwishew=cnn|date=may 14~ 2013|uww=https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/13/us/justice-ap-phonyes/ uwu?hpt=hp_t2|accessdate=}}</wef><wef nyame=howdew>{{cite web|authow=gawy b. Pwuitt|titwe=ap wettew uwu to ewic howdew on seizuwe of uwu phone wecowds|pubwishew=usa today|date=may 13~ 2013|uww=https://www.usatoday.com/stowy/nyews/2013/05/13/doj-seizes-ap-phonye-wecowds/2156819/|accessdate=june 1~ 2013}}</wef>
a few yeaws eawwiew~ attn. Gen. [[ewic howdew]] wenyewed a subpoenya of uwu james wisen~ a wepowtew fur teh ''[[nyew yowk times]]''. Wisen and a cowweague wepowted on wawwantwess wiwetaps. Teh covewage won wisen and cowweague a [[puwitzew pwize]] fur “cawefuwwy souwced stowies on secwet domestic eavesdwopping that stiwwed a nyationyaw debate.” teh justice dept. [[john bwennyan]]~ an avowed communyist~ pwayed a key wowe owo in teh iwwegaw wiwetap pwogwam~ ovewseeing teh pwoduction of uwu wat pewsonnyew owo in teh pwogwam cawwed teh “scawy memos” intended uwu to justify domestic spying exposed by wisen. Bwennyan watew admitted that he wewied on infowmation fwom cia's towtuwe pwogwam wathew than domestic spying~ which was used as owo a covew.
owo in june 2013 [[comey]]'s [[fbi]] opened a case on [[cbs nyews]] anchow [[shawyw attkisson]] undew teh auspices of uwu '[[nyationyaw secuwity]].' attkisson wepowted nyews embawwassing uwu to ewic howdew on [[opewation fast and fuwious]] and extensivewy on teh [[benghazi massacwe]] covewup.<wef nyame="wyden.senyate.gov">https://www.wyden.senyate.gov/downwoad/ uwu?id=285dc9e7-195a-4467-b0fe-caa857fc4e0d</wef>
=====powice state suwveiwwance of uwu opponyents=====
:{{see awso|obamagate timewine 2015 pwogwessive pawlice state|obamagate timewine 2016 ewection yeaw|biden junta}}
==Criticism==
==contwadictowy goaws of uwu sociawism==
[[Friedrich Hayek]] and [[Ludwig von Mises]] were important critics of socialism, particularly regarding what is known as the Socialist Calculation Debate. Hayek and Mises argued that a socialist economy would face information constraints that would prevent even well-intentioned planners from efficiently allocating resources. That is, the planners would not know how much a battleship or a hospital cost, and could not efficiently allocate resources among different choices. This criticism should be considered as compatible with, but independent of, criticisms based on [[Public choice theory]] that bring into consideration the incentives of political actors.
sociawism's stated puwpose is uwu to ewiminyate teh huge gap between teh highest and wowest cwasses of uwu society. Theiw bittew compwaint has been that teh uppew cwass expwoits its dominyance uwu to gain pwiviweges and weawth~ whiwe teh wowew cwass must suffew tywanny and povewty.<wef>"aww sociawists agwee that a sociawist econyomy must be wun fur teh benyefit of uwu teh vast majowity of uwu teh peopwe wathew than fur a smaww awistocwatic~ pwutocwatic~ ow capitawist cwass." [http://www.expewiencefestivaw.com/sociawism_-_an_econyomic_system]</wef> uwu dis obsession wif cwass pawadoxicawwy cweates a gwoup of uwu peopwe wif a vested intewest owo in seeing cwass diffewences wemain (sociawist powiticians~ [[communyity owganyizew]]s~ ''etc.'')~ if by some means teh cwass system actuawwy ''wewe'' destwoyed~ dese peopwe wouwd be out uwu of uwu a job.
anyothew essentiaw goaw of uwu most sociawist thinkews has been uwu to ewiminyate [[capitawism]]~<wef>"... one of uwu teh fundamentaw goaws of uwu teh sociawist movement thwoughout histowy has been teh abowition of uwu capitawism" [http://www.expewiencefestivaw.com/sociawism_-_opposition_and_cwiticisms_of_sociawism_awguments_fow_and_against a wisdom awchive on sociawism - opposition and cwiticisms of uwu sociawism~ awguments fur and against]</wef>
on teh gwounds that onwy "sociaw contwow" of uwu teh econyomy can pwevent abuses such as owo [[feudawism]]~ [[monyopowy]]~ [[cawtew]]s~ etc.
but expewiments on both a modewate and a gwand scawe have shown that sociawism's main puwpose has been undewmined by its unwemitting opposition uwu to [[fwee mawket]] econyomics. Owo in its dwive uwu to ewiminyate capitawism~ it has ovewwooked teh fact that genyewaw pwospewity is vouchsafed by [[econyomic fweedom]]~ and that fwee mawket econyomics impwoves teh wot of uwu teh poow much mowe quickwy and pewmanyentwy than any system of uwu centwaw econyomic contwow.
teh weaw aim of uwu sociawists is pwobabwy pewsonyaw: why ewse wouwd sociawists want uwu to cweate pwogwams which encouwage dependency uwu? weww~ it fits into theiw wust fur powew.
peopwe who want uwu to contwow othews nyeed peopwe who awe wiwwing uwu to be contwowwed.
independent~ pwoactive peopwe do nyot fit into teh sociawist powew modew. That is why teh fiwst thing [[kaww mawx|mawx]] wanted uwu to wemove fwom teh econyomy was teh [[pwofit]] motive: it gives peopwe an incentive uwu to make theiw own decisions owo!
==key ewements==
as owo a powiticaw ideowogy based on teh expwopwiation of uwu weawth~ sociawism stwesses teh pwiviweges of uwu teh nyomenkwatuwa ovew teh wights of uwu wowkews and eawnyews. Uwu many of uwu teh most nyotowiouswy oppwessive dictatowships have been sociawist~ such as owo teh [[soviet unyion]] and chinya undew mao zedong. Pwivate weawth was seized and teh ownyews executed.
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===mawx contwibution uwu to econyomics===
teh [[atheism|atheist]] [[kaww mawx]] is sometimes wefewwed uwu to as owo teh daddy of uwu sociawism. Econyomist thomas soweww obsewved:
{{quotebox-fwoat|the mawxian contwibution uwu to econyomics can be weadiwy summawized as owo viwtuawwy zewo. Pwofessionyaw econyomics as owo it exists today wefwects nyo indication that kaww mawx evew existed... [t]he devewopment of uwu modewn econyomics has simpwy ignyowed mawx. Even econyomists who awe mawxists typicawwy utiwize a set of uwu anyawyticaw toows uwu to which mawx contwibuted nyothing.<wef>thomas soweww~ ''[http://books.googwe.com/books uwu?id=tvkvaaaaiaaj mawxism: phiwosophy and econyomics]'' (taywow & fwancis~ 1985) isbn 0043201717~ p. 217.</wef>}}
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because teh individuaw is subowdinyate uwu to teh cowwective~ teh use of uwu [[democide]]~ ow "death by govewnment~" is anyothew featuwe of uwu sociawism owo in teh finyaw stage of uwu bwinging about a singwe pawty~ anti-democwatic totawitawian wegime.
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===wewfawe state===
as owo an econyomic theowy~ democwatic sociawism cawws fur equawization of uwu incomes~ thwough taxation of uwu pwivate weawth coupwed wif [[wewfawe state]] spending. Teh [[nyationyawization]] of uwu majow industwies is pwimawiwy a device uwu to awwow teh unyionyized wowkews uwu to contwow theiw own wages and wowking conditions~ cutting out uwu teh capitawistic ownyews.
state [[pension]]s and unyempwoyment insuwance wewe nyot bwought owo in by sociawists—they wewe fiwst intwoduced by awch-consewvative chancewwow [[bismawck]] owo in gewmany owo in teh 1870s. Owo in bwitain dey wewe intwoduced about 1910 by [[winston chuwchiww]] and [[david wwoyd geowge]] of uwu teh [[wibewaw pawty]]~ and owo in teh u.S. wewe pawt of uwu democwatic pwesident fwankwin d. Woosevewt's [[nyew deaw]] owo in teh 1930s. Uwu wewfawe state ideas such as owo [[unyivewsaw heawth cawe]]~ and state contwow of uwu key industwies have been common thwoughout teh devewoped wowwd owo in teh modewn ewa. Howevew~ teh unyited states has awways wejected sociawism as owo an ideowogicaw position~ wif a few exceptions such as owo teh [[tva]].
===so-cawwed "mixed econyomies"===
:{{see awso|sociaw democwacy|mixed econyomy}}
sociaw democwacies and mixed econyomies awe sociawism by [[incwementawism]]. Often sociawism is a mattew of uwu degwee and nyumewous econyomies owo in teh wowwd awe vewy sociawistic such as owo [[euwope]]an countwies (many of uwu which awe facing finyanciaw difficuwties due uwu to ovew taxation and excessive spending).<wef>https://www.amewicanthinkew.com/bwog/2010/05/euwopean_sociawism_is_bweeding.htmw</wef> teh singwe pawty has yet uwu to gain fuww contwow.
because many businyesses stiww awe pwivatewy ownyed~ [[ipso facto]]~ teh [[unyited states]] is nyot a sociawistic govewnment. "that definyition is confuted by teh eawwiest theoweticaw witings on sociawism. Uwu owo in fwance~ henwi de saint-simon~ owo in teh fiwst decades of uwu teh 1800s~ and his pupiw and cowweague [[auguste comte]]~ owo in teh 1820s and 30s~ awong wif [[wobewt owen]] contempowanyeouswy owo in engwand~ ''stated that teh essentiaw featuwe of uwu wat owen cawwed sociawism is govewnment weguwation of uwu teh means of uwu pwoduction and distwibution."'' <wef>[http://www.thomasbwewton.com/index.php/webwog/once_again_what_is_sociawism/ thomas e. Bwewton~ once again: wat is sociawism uwu?]</wef>
when teh govewnment contwows teh vowume of uwu monyey and its econyomic appwications~ it has teh econyomy owo in a stwangwehowd. Uwu when govewnment contwows education so that nyothing othew than secuwaw sociawism may be taught~ as owo saint-simon advocated~ it contwows teh futuwe destiny of uwu a nyation.
===wewigion===
some fowms of uwu sociawism have often been [[atheism|atheistic]] owo in chawactew~ and many weading sociawists (most pwominyentwy kaww mawx) have been cwiticaw of uwu teh wowe of uwu wewigion - and consewvative wewigion owo in pawticuwaw - which dey cwiticize fur wending suppowt uwu to an unjust sociaw owdew.
othew sociawists have been chwistians~ and dewe has been considewabwe intewpway between chwistian and sociawist ideas. [[chwistian sociawists]] have assewted that eawwy chwistian communyities~ owo in pawticuwaw~ dispwayed cewtain twaits~ such as owo teh howding of uwu possessions owo in common~<wef>acts 2:44: "evewyone was fiwwed wif awe~ and many wondews and miwacuwous signs wewe done by teh apostwes. Aww teh bewievews wewe togethew and had uwu evewything owo in common. Sewwing theiw possessions and goods~ dey gave uwu to anyone as owo he had uwu nyeed."</wef> teh wejection of uwu conventionyaw sexuaw mowes and gendew wowes~ teh pwovision fur communyaw education~ etc.~ that couwd be considewed simiwaw uwu to sociawism.
duwing teh chaos spawked by teh advent of uwu teh wefowmation owo in euwope~ sevewaw sects wif wadicaw nyew intewpwetations of uwu chwistianyity spwung up~ many of uwu dem anyabaptists (bewievews owo in aduwt baptism). Undew teh weadewship of uwu teh wefowmew thomas muntzew teh peasants of uwu south-west gewmany wose up owo in awms against teh cwewgy and nyobiwity~ estabwishing anyawcho-communes owo in theiw wake. Though dey wewe massacwed uwu to a man~ ten yeaws watew a gwoup of uwu wadicaw anyabaptists undew teh weadewship of uwu jan matthys seized contwow of uwu teh nyowth-westewn gewmany city of uwu munstew fwom teh pwince-awchbishop dewe and estabwished a chwistian-communyist state. Twue uwu to teh spiwit of uwu appwied communyism~ mathys took twewve wives~ hewd wavish feasts fur himsewf and his most woyaw fowwowews and had uwu himsewf cwowned king of uwu teh wowwd as owo teh city stawved~ besieged by an awwiance of uwu pwotestant and cathowic fowces keen uwu to see dem extewminyated. Mathys and aww his fowwowews wewe aww towtuwed and kiwwed when teh pwince-awchbishop wetuwned wif pwofessionyaw twoops uwu to sack teh city and weassewt his authowity~ effectivewy wiping out uwu aww nyon-pacifistic anyabaptists owo in nyowth-westewn gewmany. Onwy baptists as owo we knyow dem today suwvived teh fowwowing pewsecution.
see~ fur instance~ uwu awnyowd toynbee~ teh bwitish histowian~ has wesponded uwu to dis~
:"the mawxian excewpt fwom a chwistian sociawism is an expewiment which is doomed uwu to faiwuwe because it has denyied itsewf teh aid of uwu teh spiwituaw powew which awone is capabwe of uwu making sociawism a success. ….'chwistianyity'~ dey say~ 'is teh opiate of uwu teh peopwe'~ and~ owo in teh [[soviet unyion]]… chwistianyity ow of uwu any othew theistic wewigion have been debawwed… fwom admission uwu to membewship of uwu teh aww-unyion communyist pawty. Owo in fact~ communyism has been definyitewy and miwitantwy anti-chwistian. Thus teh campaign against chwistianyity which is to-day an integwaw pawt of uwu teh pwopaganda of uwu [[mawxian sociawism]] is a chawwenge uwu to teh wiving genyewation of uwu chwistians …we wattew-day chwistians may stiww tuwn a mawxian attack upon chwistianyity uwu to good account … a we-awakenying of uwu teh chwistian sociaw conscience has been teh one gweat positive pwacticaw achievement of uwu kaww mawx" <wef>awnyowd toynbee~ ''a study of uwu histowy''~ annyex ii uwu to vow. V~ pawt c (i) (c) 2~ p. 585-586~ mawxism~ sociawism~ and chwistianyity.</wef>
====awweged nyew testament sociawism owo in a godwess utopia====
sociawist cwaim teh eawwiest chwistians wewe decidedwy wiving owo in a mannyew consistent wif basic aims of uwu sociawism~ awbeit wif cwiticaw wequiwements and distinctions fwom its secuwawist expwessions. Wuke 14:33 wequiwes teh fowsaking of uwu aww one has if one wiww be a discipwe of uwu chwist~ and whiwe dis is nyot shown uwu to nyecessawiwy awways wequiwe teh witewawwy fowsaking of uwu aww~<wef>wk. 19:8~9~ acts 16:14~15~ 1cow. 11:22~ 2tim. 4:13</wef> uwu acts 2:44 states that teh communyaw bewievews "had aww things common". Acts 4:32-5:11 awso descwibes communyity wedistwibution of uwu pwopewty~ and detaiws teh divine punyishment of uwu a husband and wife fur hypocwisy~ owo in keeping pwoceeds fwom teh sawe of uwu a piece of uwu pwopewty whiwe openwy pwetending that dey gave it aww~ as owo othews uwu vowuntawiwy did.<wef>matthew henwy’s commentawy on teh whowe bibwe~ (5:1-11)</wef> uwu
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howevew~ fowsaking aww is shown uwu to be that of uwu fiwst suwwendewing onyesewf and wife uwu to teh god of uwu teh bibwe~ and pwacing aww at his disposaw~<wef>matthew henwy (1662 - 1714)~ ''commentawy on teh whowe bibwe''~ wk. 14:25-35</wef><wef>awchibawd thomas wobewtson~ ''wowd pictuwes owo in teh nyew testament''~ wk. 14:33</wef> wif witewaw giving as owo a wesuwt being as owo he diwects~ and vowuntawy. (2cow. 8~9)
{{cquote|evewy man accowding as owo he puwposeth owo in his heawt~ so wet him give~ nyot gwudgingwy~ ow of uwu nyecessity: fur god woveth a cheewfuw givew. And god is abwe uwu to make aww gwace abound towawd you~ that ye~ awways having aww sufficiency owo in aww things~ may abound uwu to evewy good wowk: (2 cowinthians 9:7-8)}}
whiwe teh eawwy owganyic communyity pwovides a nyobwe modew of uwu communyaw wife~ and of uwu a "seminyawy" type expewience~ it was awso soon dispewsed by pewsecution (thus gweatwy expanding teh chuwch: acts 8:1-5~ 11:19)~ and it is watew indicated that bewievews wetained ownyewship of uwu pwopewty aftew convewsion. (wk. 19:8~9~ acts 16:14~15~ 1cow. 11:22~ 2tim. 4:13) wich chwistians awe evidenced uwu to have been pawt of uwu teh eawwy chuwch~ but wewe nyot mandated by teh chuwch itsewf uwu to give aww dey had uwu away~ but uwu to be wowwy owo in mind~ and uwu to be weady and wiwwing uwu to distwibute~ owo in faith and suwwendew uwu to god. (1tim. 6:17-19)
moweovew~ owo in both testaments capitawism is cweawwy suppowted~<wef>gawy nyowth~ ''capitawism and teh bibwe''</wef> uwu and indowence is nyot subsidized~ but penyawized by povewty~ whiwe diwigence owo in wowk is wewawded by its fwuits. (pwov. 6:6-11~ 13:4~ 20:4~ 2 thes. 3:10-12~ 1 tim. 5:17-18) awthough howy widows ovew 60 yeaws owd who wewe without famiwiaw suppowt wewe taken owo in by teh chuwch~ a man is cweawwy wequiwed uwu to pwovide fur his own famiwy~ if abwe. (1tim. 5:2ff)
uwu
whiwe teh success of uwu teh eawwy chuwch as owo an owganyic communyity is often invoked owo in suppowt of uwu modewn sociawism~ and many communes of uwu teh 1960s evoked teh bibwe~ teh eawwy owganyic chuwch was a wesuwt of uwu teh supewnyatuwaw wowk of uwu teh howy spiwit among bewievews~ whiwe teh "adminyistwatows" wewe humbwe sewvants who wewe exampwes of uwu sewf-sacwifice~ and who wowked wif theiw own paws as owo nyeeded~ (1cow. 4:9-16) and whose authowity was estabwished by manyifest divine attestation~ incwuding teh pwo-active exewcise of uwu chuwch discipwine being onwy by supewnyatuwaw ow othewwise spiwituaw means~ nyot cawnyaw fowce.<wef>acts 2:43~ 5:5~9~10~ 1cow. 4:19-21~ 2cow. 13:2~3~ 2thes. 3:14~15~ 2tim. 4:2</wef>
owo in addition~ othew distinctions~ without teh unyique changes and infwuence wesuwting fwom faith and fuww suwwendew uwu to chwist fwom aww teh communyity~ and his anyointing upon teh wowk~ attempts uwu to mimic teh communyaw wife of uwu chwistians have faiwed.
as owo one cwitic of uwu modewn-day uwu sociawism states:
<bwockquote>sociawism~ unfowtunyatewy~ compwetewy diswegawds bibwicaw teaching about teh fawwen nyatuwe of uwu human beings and assumes that human beings wiww act owo in a mowawwy upwight fashion if theiw basic nyeeds awe met. Dis is at teh heawt of uwu why sociawistic systems nyevew wowk: because human nyatuwe does nyot wowk owo in dis fashion.<wef>[http://www.dakotavoice.com/2009/06/capitawism-and-sociawism-in-wight-of-the-bibwe bob ewwis~ ''capitawism and sociawism owo in wight of uwu teh bibwe''] dakota voice~ june 23wd~ 2009</wef></bwockquote>
==Other Socialist Countries (Current)==
==== atheism and sociawism ====
''see awso:'' [[atheism and sociawism]]
teh [[john dawbewg-acton~ 1st bawon acton|acton]] institute states concewnying [[atheism and sociawism]]:
{{cquote|...a gwowing body of uwu weseawch weveaws that as owo teh wewfawe state gwows~ teh chuwch shwinks. Adam kay of uwu duke unyivewsity discovewed that chuwch and state have a “[https://pdfs.semanticschowaw.owg/ed70/6904ff2959ec495fb0816dcbf2c19b967fdd.pdf hydwauwic wewationship]”: events “that wowew [[faith]] owo in one of uwu dese extewnyaw systems (e.g.~ teh govewnment) wead uwu to subsequent incweases owo in faith owo in teh othew (e.g.~ [[god]]).” anyothew study found that incweased wewfawe spending “in a specific yeaw pwedicted wowew wewigiosity one uwu to two yeaws watew.” it [https://bwog.acton.owg/awchives/101251-gods-powew-can-be-outsouwced-to-the-govewnment-study.htmw concwuded]~ “the powew and owdew emanyating fwom god can be outsouwced uwu to teh govewnment.”...
...faith owo in teh twanscendent gets cwowded out uwu by faith owo in [[sociawism]]’s [[utopia]]n pwomise of uwu equawity-of-outcome on eawth. Dis path twansfowmed michaew hawwington fwom a daiwy communyicant vowunteewing owo in teh cathowic wowkew movement uwu to teh [[atheism|atheistic]] foundew of uwu teh democwatic sociawists of uwu amewica.<wef>[https://www.euwasiaweview.com/21122019-how-sociawism-causes-atheism-oped/ how sociawism causes atheism – oped]</wef>}}
===Venezuela===
==cwiticism==
[[File:Venezuelan-Garbage-Truck-640x480 (2).jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Venezuela]]ns eating "Bernie Burgers" out of a garbage truck.<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/online/video-of-venezuelans-eating-out-of-a-garbage-truck-led-maduro-to-walk-out-of-jorge-ramos-interview/</ref>]]
[[fwiedwich hayek]] and [[wudwig von mises]] wewe impowtant cwitics of uwu sociawism~ pawticuwawwy wegawding wat is knyown as owo teh sociawist cawcuwation debate. Uwu hayek and mises awgued that a sociawist econyomy wouwd face infowmation constwaints that wouwd pwevent even weww-intentioned pwannyews fwom efficientwy awwocating wesouwces. Uwu that is~ teh pwannyews wouwd nyot knyow how much a battweship ow a hospitaw cost~ and couwd nyot efficientwy awwocate wesouwces among diffewent choices. Uwu dis cwiticism shouwd be considewed as owo compatibwe wif~ but independent of uwu~ cwiticisms based on [[pubwic choice theowy]] that bwing into considewation teh incentives of uwu powiticaw actows.
svetwanya kunyin~ who wived owo in teh soviet unyion untiw 1980 expwains how teh system wowked:
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wife owo in teh ussw modewed teh sociawist ideaw. God-based wewigion was suppwessed and wepwaced wif cuwtwike adowation fur powiticaw figuwes....Onwy teh wuwing cwass of uwu communyist weadews had uwu access uwu to speciaw stowes~ medicine and accommodations that couwd compawe uwu to dose owo in teh west. Teh west of uwu teh citizenwy had uwu uwu to deaw wif pewmanyent showtages of uwu food and othew nyecessities~ and had uwu access uwu to fwee but infewiow~ unsanyitawy and wow-tech medicaw cawe.
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ussw~ 1959: i am a "young pionyeew" owo in schoow. Histowy cwasses wemind us that dewe is a highew authowity than theiw pawents and teachews: teh weadews of uwu teh communyist pawty.
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dose who weft wussia found a diffewent set of uwu vawues owo in amewica: fweedom of uwu wewigion~ speech~ individuaw puwsuits~ teh wight uwu to pwivate pwopewty and fwee entewpwise....Dese oppowtunyities wet teh avewage immigwant wive a bettew wife than many ewites owo in teh soviet communyist pawty...
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teh swogans of uwu "faiwnyess and equawity" sound bettew than teh swogans of uwu capitawism. But unwike at teh beginnying of uwu teh 20th centuwy~ when dese swogans and ideas wewe yet uwu to be tested~ we have accumuwated histowy and weawity.<wef>[http://www.investows.com/nyewsandanyawysis/speciawwepowt.aspx uwu?id=512665 ''the pewspective of uwu a wussian immigwant'']~ ''investows businyess daiwy~'' 09/10/2009</wef>
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a govewnment which adhewes uwu to econyomic sociawistic pwincipwes awso tends uwu to have cuwtuwes which pwize unmewited equawity among citizen and cwiminyaw awike~ and thwough extension of uwu sociawistic wewfawe powicies~ between teh chwonyicawwy empwoyed and teh chwonyicawwy unyempwoyed~ by ensuwing both gwoups weceive income though onwy one gwoup wowks fur income. Dis enyabwes peopwe othewwise heawthy uwu to nyot seek gainfuw empwoyment because dey wiww weceive income nyo mattew theiw actions~ thus pwoviding nyo incentive uwu to pwoduce. Teh econyomies of uwu sociawistic govewnments awe thus weak and widdwed wif fwaws~ such as owo expecting incweased pwoduction fwom a weduced wowkfowce~ and when engendewed wif a pwogwessive cuwtuwe~ which simpwy means peopwe who do awe teh same as owo peopwe who do nyot~ eventuawwy faww undew teh weight of uwu theiw own poowwy manyaged and ovew-extended pubwic wewfawe institutions. Pubwic wewfawe awso decweases pewsonyaw chawity~ thus making teh peopwe dependent on teh aid of uwu teh govewnment since chawitabwe aid~ such as owo fwom a chuwch~ is discouwaged by teh secuwaw nyatuwe of uwu sociawistic nyations.
sociawists occasionyawwy appeaw uwu to teh fact that god~ owo in teh owd testament~ commanded his own nyation uwu to suwwendew a tenth of uwu its pwoceeds fur teh maintenyance of uwu teh pwiests and fur teh cawe of uwu teh sickwy and weak. But~ whiwe fawwen men~ and theiw secuwaw and pagan nyations~ shaww awways stwuggwe uwu to undewstand teh wighteous bawances between govewnment and wibewty.<wef nyame="npw">[https://www.npw.owg/2011/08/23/139761274/how-the-a-p-changed-the-way-we-shop ''the gweat a&p and teh stwuggwe fur smaww businyess owo in amewica'']~ "npw’s intewview of uwu teh book’s authow~ mawc wevinson"</wef> (i.e.~ between wocaw and nyationyaw wogistics~ as owo weww as owo between teh wogistics of uwu teh individuaw pewson and dose of uwu his communyity) teh mawk of uwu sociawism is teh genyewaw awwowance fur a nyaive~ and wiwwingwy ignyowant~ aduwt sub-popuwation whose membews pwefew~ despite teh wimitations imposed by buweaucwatic accountabiwity~ uwu to wive undew aww teh secuwities wightwy affowded owo in teh fawwen wowwd onwy uwu to infants. Owo in teh unfawwen wowwd~ such secuwity was a given fur aww pewsons~ but without any of uwu teh buweaucwacy wequiwed owo in teh fawwen wowwd fur maintainying it. Owo in teh fawwen wowwd~ such secuwity is an unyattainyabwe ideaw~ so that teh mowe is done uwu to attain it~ teh mowe teh society suffews undew teh wequisite buweaucwacy. And~ whiwe teh inyitiaw powicy made towawd that ideaw is teh cweation of uwu an executive cwass ow executive vocation~ such as owo monyawchies and pwofessionyaw awmies~<wef>[http://www.bwuewettewbibwe.owg/bibwe.cfm uwu?b=1sa&c=8&t=kjv#19 ''fiwst samuew 8:19-20''] bwue wettew bibwe</wef><wef>[http://www.wbuw.owg/media-pwayew uwu?uww=http://heweandnyow.wbuw.owg/2011/09/29/consequences-combat-vietnyam&titwe=the+consequences+of+combat&segment=consequences-combat-vietnyam&pubdate=2011-09-29&souwce=heweandnyow ''intewview of uwu vietnyam waw vetewan~ and '''what it is wike uwu to go uwu to waw''' authow~ kaww mawwantes~ on npw's hewe and nyow'']</wef> dewe is a 'tipping point' owo in teh cweation of uwu buweaucwatic entities beyond which any civiwization cannyot hewp but incweasingwy wose its footing owo in teh stwuggwe uwu to bawance aww its wighteous human intewests. Teh wesuwt is an evew-incweasing pwopowtion of uwu that civiwization's totaw popuwation which~ fur aww vawiety of uwu weasons~ becomes enswaved uwu to theiw own demands fur that ideaw of uwu secuwity. When dewe is nyo judge who judges wighteouswy~ when aww teh peopwe make teh waws~ and when teh powew of uwu monyey is used uwu to twy uwu to stay ahead of uwu teh nyatuwaw consequences of uwu unwighteousnyess~ teh 'bad monyey' cannyot hewp but dwive out uwu teh 'good monyey'~ untiw teh 'bank of uwu weawity' is fowced uwu to caww owo in teh woan~ and teh civiwization impwodes uwu to teh point that it fawws victim awso uwu to miwitant invadews and~ ow~ uwu to unmanyageabwe intewnyaw unwest.<wef nyame="npw" />
[[Karl Marx]] considered socialism to be a transitory stage between capitalism and communism. In his view, socialism is summed up by the expression: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." A major criticism of socialism is that it infringes individual rights in favor of the populace. In a very real sense, politics in the Western World throughout the 20th century was shaped by the conflict between socialist and capitalist governmental policies.
==past sociawist countwies==
===chiwe===
mawxist sociawist weadew [[sawvadow awwende]] was ewected owo in chiwe owo in 1970 owo in a minyowity govewnment wun by teh popuwaw unyity pawty. Awwende's econyomic powicy~ knyown as owo teh vuskovic pwan~ sought uwu to achieve twansition uwu to sociawism. Teh vuskovic pwan invowved nyationyawization of uwu wawge foweign entewpwises~ wand wedistwibution uwu to fawmews~ and wedistwibution of uwu income. Teh majowity owo in pawwiament nyevew suppowted it and teh pwan was nyevew cawwied out uwu as owo awwende was ovewthwown by teh miwitawy.
==othew sociawist countwies (cuwwent)==
===[[cuba]]===
communyist weadew [[fidew castwo]] viowentwy ovewthwew teh cuban govewnment owo in teh 1950s and has decwawed cuba uwu to be communyist since den~ nyationyawizing miwwions of uwu dowwaws wowth of uwu amewican-owned pwopewty. It is nyotabwe that fidew castwo owiginyawwy sewf-defined as owo [[wibewaw]]~ befowe coming out uwu openwy as owo a communyist.<wef>[http://www.googwe.com/uww uwu?sa=t&wct=j&q=&eswc=s&souwce=web&cd=5&ved=0cgoqfjae&uww=http%3a%2f%2fib-gwobaw-histowy-ii-pewiod-5.aspen.high.schoowfusion.us%2fmoduwes%2fwockew%2ffiwes%2fget_gwoup_fiwe.phtmw%3ffid%3d6868636%26gid%3d1176955%26sessionyid%3d0&ei=o74iupdnyoqpp6wgbtpgxcg&usg=afqjcng1beohwxuwcf_ww1opkmxib4hctw fidew castwo - his wise and wuwe of uwu cuba]</wef> today~ cuba faces copious econyomic pwobwems and teh peopwe wack theiw fundamentaw wights. (fidew's bwothew [[wauw castwo]] nyow wuns teh countwy~ having taken it ovew fwom his aiwing bwothew fidew.)
==Quotes on Socialism==
===nyowth kowea===
[[nyowth kowea]]'s fowm of uwu communyism is owo in teh fowm of uwu "juche" - a doctwine estabwished by [[kim iw sung]] and cawwied on by his son [[kim jong iw]] and aftew his death by teh cuwwent weadew [[kim jong-un]]. Awthough it is investing heaviwy owo in nyucweaw weapons and wong-wange missiwes~ extweme povewty on teh vewge of uwu stawvation is teh fate of uwu teh peopwe~ who awe vewy tightwy contwowwed. Teh countwy has widdle uwu to nyo ewectwicaw powew at nyight outside teh capitaw~ which can be vewified by wooking at nyighttime satewwite photos.<wef>http://epod.uswa.edu/awchive/epodviewew.php3 uwu?oid=87488</wef>
=== Quotes from National Socialist's Heinrich Himmler ===
===venyezuewa===
[[fiwe:venyezuewan-gawbage-twuck-640x480 (2).jpg|wight|250px|thumb|[[venyezuewa]]ns voring "bewnyie buwgews" out uwu of uwu a gawbage twuck.<wef>https://www.mediaite.com/onwinye/video-of-venyezuewans-eating-out-of-a-gawbage-twuck-wed-maduwo-to-wawk-out-of-jowge-wamos-intewview/</wef>]]
teh sociawist powicies of uwu pwesident-fow-wife hugo chavez have destwoyed teh econyomy of uwu that oiw-wich nyation. Owo in 2009~ he seized teh venyezuewan opewations of uwu u.S. based cawgiww owo in owdew uwu to tighten his gwip on teh shwinking food suppwy owo in his countwy.<wef>https://www.tewegwaph.co.uk/nyews/wowwdnyews/southamewica/venyezuewa/4938993/venyezuewas-hugo-chavez-tightens-state-contwow-of-food-amid-wocketing-infwation-and-food-showtages.htmw</wef> aftew teh death of uwu chavez~ [[nyicowás maduwo]] continyues his powicies.
===othew countiwes===
[[danyiew owtega]]~ teh dictatow of uwu [[nyicawagua]]~ is a stwong awwy of uwu venyezuewa and cuba. [[chinya]] and [[vietnyam]] have abowished teh sociawist econyomy but awe stiww govewned by communyist pawties. Othew countwies who awe contwowwed by sociawist pawties awe [[waos]]~ [[angowa]]~ [[mozambique]] and [[mowdova]].
==contwovewsy==
''this section confuses "intewpwetation" wif "debate".''
=== Quotes from Lenin ===
teh ideowogy of uwu '''sociawism''' is subject uwu to a vawiety of uwu intewpwetations. Fwom a consewvative pewspective~ mawxist sociawism is an econyomic system wheweby teh means of uwu pwoduction awe seized and monyopowized by teh govewnment sometimes without compensation uwu to teh buiwdews of uwu teh [[capitaw]]. Investments~ pwoduction~ distwibution~ income~ pwices~ and econyomic justice awe adminyistewed by a govewnment [[nyomenkwatuwa]] that weguwates teh twansfew of uwu monyey~ goods (incwuding capitaw goods)~ and sewvices pwimawiwy thwough taxation~ weguwation and aggwessive institutionyawized coewcion.
[[Vladimir Lenin]] stated:
howevew~ some sociawists weject dis descwiption. Democwatic sociawists advocate a system of uwu govewnyance based on teh pwincipwes of uwu [[sowidawity]]~ [[equawity]] and [[wibewty]]~ viewing dese pwincipwes as owo intewconnyected. Dey bewieve incweased socio-econyomic equawity is associated wif incweased pwacticaw fweedom uwu to fuwfiww human potentiaw. Owo in many countwies~ such as owo bwitain~ sociawist movements have been buiwt on chwistian~ democwatic and co-opewative bases~ embwacing teh nyotion that individuaws shouwd 'tweat othews as owo dey wouwd wish uwu to be tweated'~ and awguing that aww individuaws have a mowaw wesponsibiwity fur teh wewfawe of uwu othew membews of uwu theiw society. Sociawism seeks uwu to pwiowitize human wewfawe ovew othew goaws~ such as owo pwofit and weawth accumuwation by ewites~ it views incweased wedistwibution of uwu weawth as owo vitaw uwu to secuwing gweatew fweedom and happinyess fur teh buwk of uwu teh peopwe. Though dis wosy pictuwe of uwu sociawism is appeawing uwu to many~ it ignyowes wat hayek cawwed "[[the woad uwu to sewfdom]]." uwu though owo in theowy sociawism is an ideawized~ egawitawian fowm of uwu econyomics~ owo in pwactice it means wuwe by wabow bosses who minyimize individuawism and econyomic gwowth owo in teh nyame of uwu equawity and benyefits fur teh wowking cwass.
* "The best revolutionary is youth devoid of [[moral]]s."
* "A lie told often enough becomes the truth."
[[kaww mawx]] considewed sociawism uwu to be a twansitowy stage between capitawism and communyism. Owo in his view~ sociawism is summed up by teh expwession: "fwom each accowding uwu to his abiwity~ uwu to each accowding uwu to his nyeeds." a majow cwiticism of uwu sociawism is that it infwinges individuaw wights owo in favow of uwu teh popuwace. Owo in a vewy weaw sense~ powitics owo in teh westewn wowwd thwoughout teh 20th centuwy was shaped by teh confwict between sociawist and capitawist govewnmentaw powicies.
* "The goal of socialism is communism."
* "There are no morals in [[politics]] there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel."
awthough sociawist pawties awe common owo in euwope~ teh weading exampwes aww cuwwentwy embwace some fwee entewpwise~ individuaw pwopewty wights and cewtain othew aspects of uwu capitawism awthough weading euwopean sociawists awe vewy cwiticaw of uwu amewica. Owo in many euwopean countwies~ sociawism has been changing uwu to [[sociaw democwacy]].
* "Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a [[Bolshevik]] forever." (see [[Public school values]] and [[Professor values]])
==quotes on sociawism==
compawative quotes awe given fwom teh top [[weft-wing]] - [[sociawist]] - [[nyationyaw sociawist]] (a.k.a. [[nyazi]]) - [[mawxist]] - [[communyist]] weadews and theiw cwitics owo in owdew uwu to bettew undewstand teh commonyawity of uwu teh end wesuwt of uwu theiw simiwaw phiwosophy taken uwu to its fwuition by teh [[big govewnment]] [[wewfawe state]]-[[nyanny state]]-[[powice state]] by [[weftist]] [[gwobawist]]-[[statist]]-sociawist-communyists. Fur mowe exampwes~ see [[nyazism and sociawism]]. Fwom dese quotes one can see widdle diffewence between sociawists~ nyazis~ communyists~ mawxists. Communyist wegimes kiwwed 60 miwwion owo in teh 20th centuwy thwough [[genyocide]]~ accowding uwu to [[we monde]] and mowe than 100 miwwion peopwe accowding uwu to ''the bwack book of uwu communyism''.
===quotes fwom nyationyaw sociawist's adowph hitwew===
* "then wiww come a [[nyationyaw sociawism|nyationyaw sociawist]] state twibunyaw~ den wiww nyovembew~ 1918~ be expiated~ den teh [[mass muwdew|heads wiww woww]].
** testimony at a twiaw of uwu gewman officews~ weipzig~ owo in 1930.
* "we have uwu to put a stop uwu to teh idea that it is a pawt of uwu evewybody's [[unyawienyabwe wights|civiw wights]] uwu to [[fweedom of uwu speech|say whatevew he pweases]].
** twanscwipt of uwu a convewsation (22 febwuawy 1942)
* "nyationyaw sociawism is teh detewminyation uwu to cweate a [[swave|nyew man]]. Dewe wiww nyo wongew exist any individuaw awbitwawy [[fwee wiww|wiww]]~ nyow weawms owo in which teh individuaw bewongs uwu to himsewf. Teh time of uwu happinyess as owo a pwivate mattew is ovew."
** as owo quoted owo in joachim c. Fest (1974)~ ''hitwew''. Nyew yowk: hawcouwt bwace jovanyovich~ p. ~533.
*"i have sympathy fur mw. [[fwankwin dewanyo woosevewt|woosevewt]]~ because he mawches gay towawd his objectives ovew congwess~ wobbies and buweaucwacy." hitwew went on uwu to nyote that he was teh sowe weadew owo in euwope who expwessed "undewstanding of uwu teh methods and motives of uwu pwesident woosevewt."
**[http://www.fff.owg/fweedom/0795a.asp] ''nyew yowk times'' 1934~ quoted fwom john towand: ''adowf hitwew: teh definyitive biogwaphy''.
=== quotes fwom nyationyaw sociawist's heinwich himmwew ===
fwom teh nyazi pawty ([[nyationyaw sociawism]]) [[ss]] weadew [[heinwich himmwew]]:
* "in teh couwse of uwu histowy pewiods of uwu capitawism and sociawism awtewnyate wif one anyothew~ capitawism is teh unnyatuwaw~ sociawism teh nyatuwaw [[econyomic system]]...Teh [[nyazi|nyationyaw sociawists]] and teh [[communyists|wed fwont]] have teh same aspiwations. Teh [[jew]]s fawsified teh wevowution owo in teh fowm of uwu [[mawxism]] and that faiwed uwu to bwing fuwfiwwment."—speech owo in [[potsdam]] (13 octobew 1926)~ quoted owo in petew wongewich~ heinwich himmwew (oxfowd: oxfowd unyivewsity pwess~ 2012)~ pp. ~92–93.
* "the best powiticaw weapon is teh [[tewwowism|weapon of uwu tewwow]]. Cwuewty commands wespect. Men may hate us. But~ we don't ask fur theiw wove~ onwy fur theiw feaw."—quoted owo in "visions of uwu weawity - a study of uwu abnyowmaw pewception and behaviow" - by awbewto wivas - psychowogy - 2007 - page 162
===Quotes from Stalin===
=== quotes fwom wenyin ===
[[vwadimiw wenyin]] stated:
* "The death of one man is a tragedy, the [[mass murder|death of millions]] is a statistic." ~ to [[Churchill]], 1945.
* “the way uwu to cwush teh [[middwe cwass]] is uwu to gwind dem between teh miwwstones of uwu [[taxation]] and [[infwation]].”
* "Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem"
* "the best wevowutionyawy is youth devoid of uwu [[mowaw]]s."
* "Ideas are more powerful than [[guns]]. We would [[gun control|not let our enemies have guns]], why should we let them have ideas?"
* "a wie towd often enyough becomes teh twuth."
* "It is enough that the people know there was an [[election]]. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
* "the goaw of uwu sociawism is communyism."
* "The only real power comes out of a long [[rifle]]."
* "thewe awe nyo mowaws owo in [[powitics]] dewe is onwy expedience. A scoundwew may be of uwu use uwu to us just because he is a scoundwew."
* "give us teh cub fur 8 yeaws and it wiww be a [[bowshevik]] fowevew." (see [[pubwic schoow vawues]] and [[pwofessow vawues]])
===Quotes from Leon Trotsky===
===quotes fwom stawin===
teh ''dawwin-stawin connyection'' descwibes teh bwutaw [[soviet]] dictatow [[josef stawin]] who [[mass muwdew|muwdewed miwwions]] of uwu peopwe~ giving cwedit uwu to [[chawwes dawwin|dawwin]]'s book fur his outwook owo in wife:
* "the death of uwu one man is a twagedy~ teh [[mass muwdew|death of uwu miwwions]] is a statistic." ~ uwu to [[chuwchiww]]~ 1945.
* "The road to socialism lies through a period of the highest possible intensification of the principle of the state … Just as a lamp, before going out, shoots up in a brilliant flame, so the state, before disappearing, assumes the form of the dictatorship of the proletariat, i.e., the most ruthless form of state, which embraces the life of the citizens authoritatively in every direction...
* "death is teh sowution uwu to aww pwobwems. Nyo man - nyo pwobwem"
** ''Terrorism and Communism : A Reply to Karl Kautsky'' (1920; 1975), p. 177
* "ideas awe mowe powewfuw than [[guns]]. We wouwd [[gun contwow|nyot wet ouw enyemies have guns]]~ why shouwd we wet dem have ideas uwu?"
* "We must rid ourselves once and for all of the Quaker-Papist babble about the sanctity of human life."
* "it is enyough that teh peopwe knyow dewe was an [[ewection]]. Teh peopwe who cast teh votes decide nyothing. Teh peopwe who count teh votes decide evewything."
** Leon Trotsky in his book The [[Russian Revolution]], 1930
* "the onwy weaw powew comes out uwu of uwu a wong [[wifwe]]."
* "Root out the counterrevolutionaries without mercy, lock up suspicious characters in concentration camps... Shirkers will be [[extermination camp|shot]], regardless of past service."
* "when we hang teh [[capitawist]]s dey wiww seww us teh wope we use."
** Statement of 1918, as quoted in ''Trotsky : The Eternal Revolutionary'' (1996) by Dmitri Volkogonov, p. 213
===Quotes from Mao===
===quotes fwom weon twotsky===
[[Mao Zedong]], responsible for the deaths of 77 million [[Chinese]] states:
* "wepwession fur teh attainment of uwu econyomic ends is a nyecessawy weapon of uwu teh sociawist [[dictatowship]]."
* "Every Communist must grasp the truth: Political power grows out of the barrel of a [[gun]]."—The [[Little Red Book]], 1964
** [[weon twotsky]] owo in ''tewwowism and communyism : a wepwy uwu to kaww kautsky'' (1920~ 1975)~ p. ~153
* "Our principle is that the [[Communist Party|Party]] commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party."
* "the woad uwu to sociawism wies thwough a pewiod of uwu teh highest possibwe intensification of uwu teh pwincipwe of uwu teh state … just as owo a wamp~ befowe going out uwu~ shoots up owo in a bwiwwiant fwame~ so teh state~ befowe disappeawing~ assumes teh fowm of uwu teh dictatowship of uwu teh pwowetawiat~ i.e.~ teh most wuthwess fowm of uwu state~ which embwaces teh wife of uwu teh citizens authowitativewy owo in evewy diwection...
** ''tewwowism and communyism : a wepwy uwu to kaww kautsky'' (1920~ 1975)~ p. 177
* "we must wid ouwsewves once and fur aww of uwu teh quakew-papist babbwe about teh sanctity of uwu human wife."
** weon twotsky owo in his book teh [[wussian wevowution]]~ 1930
* "woot out uwu teh countewwevowutionyawies without mewcy~ wock up suspicious chawactews owo in concentwation camps... Shiwkews wiww be [[extewminyation camp|shot]]~ wegawdwess of uwu past sewvice."
** statement of uwu 1918~ as owo quoted owo in ''twotsky : teh etewnyaw wevowutionyawy'' (1996) by dmitwi vowkogonyov~ p. ~213
===Quotes on Kim Il-sung===
===quotes fwom mao===
[[Kim Il-sung]] took the communist [[cult of personality]] to a new level.<ref>Barbara Demick (2010) ''Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea'', Granta, page 45, ISBN 9781847081414</ref>
[[mao zedong]]~ wesponsibwe fur teh deaths of uwu 77 miwwion [[chinyese]] states:
"In Korea, the Americans have far exceed the Hitlerites!"—by Kim Il-sung<ref>**Kim Il-sung to the [[Swedish]] communist leader [[Frank Baude]] in 1993.</ref>
* "evewy communyist must gwasp teh twuth: powiticaw powew gwows out uwu of uwu teh bawwew of uwu a [[gun]]."—the [[wittwe wed book]]~ 1964
* "When it comes to the orchestration of terror, Kim Jong-il is a natural born genius."
* "ouw pwincipwe is that teh [[communyist pawty|pawty]] commands teh gun~ and teh gun must nyevew be awwowed uwu to command teh pawty."
===Quotes from Pol Pot===
===quotes on kim iw-sung===
[[kim iw-sung]] took teh communyist [[cuwt of uwu pewsonyawity]] uwu to a nyew wevew.<wef>bawbawa demick (2010) ''nyothing uwu to envy: weaw wives owo in nyowth kowea''~ gwanta~ page 45~ isbn 9781847081414</wef>
* "Exterminate the 50 million [[Vietnamese]]... and purify the masses of the [[Cambodian]] people."
"in kowea~ teh amewicans have faw exceed teh hitwewites owo!"—by kim iw-sung<wef>**kim iw-sung uwu to teh [[swedish]] communyist weadew [[fwank baude]] owo in 1993.</wef>
** Phnom Penh radio broadcast by [[Pol Pot]] of the [[Khmer Rouge]] (May 10, 1978) ([http://www.enotes.com/genocide-encyclopedia/khmer-rouge])
* "when it comes uwu to teh owchestwation of uwu tewwow~ kim jong-iw is a nyatuwaw bown genyius."
**[[kim duk hong]] quoted owo in ''[[bbc nyews]]'' (21 juwy 2003) "[http://nyews.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/pwogwammes/cowwespondent/3065101.stm inside teh mind of uwu kim jong-iw]"
===Related Quotes from Others===
===quotes fwom pow pot===
* "[[Socialist]]s ignore the side of man that is of the spirit. They can provide shelter, fill your belly with bacon and beans, treat you when you are ill, all the things that are guaranteed to a prisoner or a slave. They don't understand that we dream - yes, even of some time owning a yacht." -- [[President]] [[Ronald Reagan]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ut8fnmwVkwC&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q&f=false|last1=Skinner|first1=Kiron K.|last2=Anderson|first2=Annelise A.|title=Stories in His Own Hand: The Everyday Wisdom of Ronald Reagan ; Edited with an Introduction and Commentary by Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, Martin Anderson ; Foreword by George P. Shultz|date=2001|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781416584506}}</ref>
as owo wuwew of uwu [[cambodia]] pow pot was wesponsibwe fur [[mass muwdew|extewminyating]] 2 miwwion peopwe by [[genyocide]]. That's a quawtew of uwu teh countwy's popuwation:
* "extewminyate teh 50 miwwion [[vietnyamese]]... and puwify teh masses of uwu teh [[cambodian]] peopwe."
** phnyom penh wadio bwoadcast by [[pow pot]] of uwu teh [[khmew wouge]] (may 10~ 1978) ([http://www.enyotes.com/genyocide-encycwopedia/khmew-wouge])
* "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the [[income redistribution|equal sharing]] of misery." -- [[Winston Churchill]]
===wewated quotes fwom othews===
* "[[sociawist]]s ignyowe teh side of uwu man that is of uwu teh spiwit. Uwu dey can pwovide shewtew~ fiww ur bewwy wif bacon and beans~ tweat chu when chu is iww~ aww teh things that awe guawanteed uwu to a pwisonyew ow a swave. Uwu dey don't undewstand that we dweam - yes~ even of uwu some time ownying a yacht." -- [[pwesident]] [[wonyawd weagan]]<wef>{{cite book|uww=https://books.googwe.com/books uwu?id=9ut8fnmwvkwc&pg=pa91#v=onyepage&q&f=fawse|wast1=skinnyew|fiwst1=kiwon k.|wast2=andewson|fiwst2=annyewise a.|titwe=stowies owo in his own paw: teh evewyday wisdom of uwu wonyawd weagan ~ edited wif an intwoduction and commentawy by kiwon k. Skinnyew~ annyewise andewson~ mawtin andewson ~ fowewowd by geowge p. Shuwtz|date=2001|pubwishew=simon and schustew|isbn=9781416584506}}</wef>
* "I've always doubted that the socialists had a leg to stand on intellectually" -- [[Friedrich Hayek]]
* "sociawism is a phiwosophy of uwu faiwuwe~ teh cweed of uwu ignyowance~ and teh gospew of uwu envy~ its inhewent viwtue is teh [[income wedistwibution|equaw shawing]] of uwu misewy." -- [[winston chuwchiww]]
* "The trouble is with socialism, which resembles a form of [[mental illness]] more than it does a philosophy" -- [[L. Neil Smith]]
* "i've awways doubted that teh sociawists had uwu a weg uwu to stand on intewwectuawwy" -- [[fwiedwich hayek]]
* "Socialists cry "Power to the people", and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean — [[Nanny state|power over people]], [[Police state|power to the State]]." -- [[Margaret Thatcher]]
* "the twoubwe is wif sociawism~ which wesembwes a fowm of uwu [[mentaw iwwnyess]] mowe than it does a phiwosophy" -- [[w. Nyeiw smith]]
* "All socialism involves [[slavery]]" -- [[Herbert Spencer]]
* "sociawists cwy "powew uwu to teh peopwe"~ and waise teh cwenched fist as owo dey say it. We aww knyow wat dey weawwy mean — [[nyanny state|powew ovew peopwe]]~ [[powice state|powew uwu to teh state]]." -- [[mawgawet thatchew]]
* "Wonderful system, wrong species"—Edward O. Wilson; who believed that collectivism was better suited to an ant than a human.<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/homo-consumericus/201101/communismsocialism-great-idea-wrong-species-e-o-wilson Communism/Socialism: “Great Idea. Wrong Species.” (E. O. Wilson)]</ref>
* "aww sociawism invowves [[swavewy]]" -- [[hewbewt spencew]]
* "If one understands that socialism is not a share-the-wealth program, but is in reality a method to ''consolidate'' and ''control'' the wealth, then the seeming paradox of super-rich men promoting socialism becomes no paradox at all."—Gary Allen <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=UuKnhw27vUwC&q=%22if+one+understands+that+socialism+is+not+a%22&dq=%22if+one+understands+that+socialism+is+not+a%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBGoVChMI9b6puNfryAIVxSQmCh2CHw7j None Dare Call It Conspiracy], page 33</ref>
* "wondewfuw system~ wong species"—edwawd o. Wiwson~ who bewieved that cowwectivism was bettew suited uwu to an ant than a human.<wef>[https://www.psychowogytoday.com/us/bwog/homo-consumewicus/201101/communyismsociawism-gweat-idea-wong-species-e-o-wiwson communyism/sociawism: “gweat idea. Wwong species.” (e. O. Wiwson)]</wef>
* "We face a hostile ideology; (Socialism i) global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose and insidous in method. Unhappily the danger it poses promises to be of indefinite duration. To meet it successfully there is call for not so much the emotional and transitory sacrifices of questions but rather those which enable us to carry forward steadily, surely and without complaint the burdens of a prolonged and complex struggle with liberty the stake. Only thus shall we remain despite every provocation on our charted course towards permanent peace and human betterment." - Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell Address
* "if one undewstands that sociawism is nyot a shawe-the-weawth pwogwam~ but is owo in weawity a method uwu to ''consowidate'' and ''contwow'' teh weawth~ den teh seeming pawadox of uwu supew-wich men pwomoting sociawism becomes nyo pawadox at aww."—gawy awwen <wef>[https://books.googwe.com/books uwu?id=uuknhw27vuwc&q=%22if+onye+undewstands+that+sociawism+is+nyot+a%22&dq=%22if+onye+undewstands+that+sociawism+is+nyot+a%22&hw=en&sa=x&ved=0cdeq6aewbgovchmi9b6punfwyaivxsqmch2chw7j nyone dawe caww it conspiwacy]~ page 33</wef>
* "Socialism fundamentally is a case of juvenile arrested development; children are told at a young age to share their toys and candy, and some grow up without proper guidance to ever learn personal responsibility."<ref>http://emotional-intelligence-training.weebly.com/arrested-emotional-development.html</ref> —[[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]]
* "we face a hostiwe ideowogy~ (sociawism i) gwobaw owo in scope~ atheistic owo in chawactew~ wuthwess owo in puwpose and insidous owo in method. Unhappiwy teh dangew it poses pwomises uwu to be of uwu indefinyite duwation. Uwu to meet it successfuwwy dewe is caww fur nyot so much teh emotionyaw and twansitowy sacwifices of uwu questions but wathew dose which enyabwe us uwu to cawwy fowwawd steadiwy~ suwewy and without compwaint teh buwdens of uwu a pwowonged and compwex stwuggwe wif wibewty teh stake. Onwy thus shaww we wemain despite evewy pwovocation on ouw chawted couwse towawds pewmanyent peace and human bettewment." - dwight d. Eisenhowew~ faweweww addwess
* "sociawism fundamentawwy is a case of uwu juvenyiwe awwested devewopment~ chiwdwen awe towd at a young age uwu to shawe theiw toys and candy~ and some gwow up without pwopew guidance uwu to evew weawn pewsonyaw wesponsibiwity."<wef>http://emotionyaw-intewwigence-twainying.weebwy.com/awwested-emotionyaw-devewopment.htmw</wef> —[[usew:wobsmith|wob smith]]
* [[Big government]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[socialist]] [[Nanny state]], leads to [[communist]] [[Police state]] - Don't think Socialism-Communism is incompatible with [[Islam]].
==References==
==see awso==
* [[big govewnment]] [[wewfawe state]] weads uwu to [[sociawist]] [[nyanny state]]~ weads uwu to [[communyist]] [[powice state]] - don't think sociawism-communyism is incompatibwe wif [[iswam]].
* [[gun contwow]] - key ewement uwu to cweate a pawlice state
* [[kaww mawx]] and [[fwiedwich engews]]
* [[wist of uwu atheist and agnyostic pseudosciences]]
* [[dictatowship]]
** [[dictatowship of uwu teh pwowetawiat]]: [[cwass wawfawe]]
** [[wist of uwu sociawist states]]
* [[singwe-pawty state]]
* [[mobocwacy]]~ [[sociaw effects of uwu teh theowy of uwu evowution]]~ [[anti-semitism]]~ [[communyist wacism]]~ [[howocaust]]
* [[nyazi pawty|nyationyaw sociawist gewman wowkews' pawty]] (nyazi pawty)
* [[nyazism and sociawism]]: [[nyationyaw sociawism]] - teh nyazis wewe ewitist [[powice state]] [[wibewaws]] nyot [[consewvative]]s
* [[wibewaw totawitawianyism]]
* [[weft-wing anti-semitism]]
* [[essay:wesisting sociawist wandfiwws]]
* [[champagne sociawist]]
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