Those words spoken by "Walter" in The Big Lebowski are funny, in the context it was meant. But do we actually know the tenets of Socialism/Marxism? I joke to people who embrace these beliefs, and tell them to try living in Venezuela, Cuba, China or any of the successful Marxist states that are around...what's that? Oh, yeah, there aren't many left anymore, because the nature of these beliefs are evil, misguided and used as a ploy to rally support by labor to support equality of ALL, except the ruling class which live in Ivory Towers pulling the strings of the working marionettes. Let's go over the tenets of Marxism...to make sure we know of what we are mocking.
1) Abolish private property. Pretty simple concept, take from those that have, and give to the "people". We can define it as welfare, public housing, food stamps, social security, medicare, etc.
2) Progressive Income Tax. No wonder Herman Cain was run out on a rail when he suggested a fair tax. That would mean that the tax system would have equal representation. This is unacceptable to the Marxist revolutionary idealists. How can you affect class warfare if everyone is pulling their own weight? That is why "The rich aren't paying their fair share"...because to the Marxists, there is not such thing as a "fair share" until the rich are no longer rich. This is Marxist equality.
3) Abolition of Inheritance. Pretty straight forward. You can't have equality if some people are born with an advantage. And what is yours, is the states...so you don't need to pass it on to your kids. Dying penniless is not a bad thing to Marxists, it is the sign of a perfect budget.
4) Confiscation of property of emigrants, rebels or dissidents. Pretty clear that the state loses when you leave with your property, as there is less to steal and redistribute. Everything in the country belongs to the country.
5) National Banks centralize credit and debt. Any doubt our government has the banking industry by the balls? Ask Barney Frank and Chris Dodd if banks need to be run by the government. Or just look at the legislation they passed and read it for yourself. Scary stuff when the government controls interest rates, and the market is just a figment of our imagination. Ask Bernanke if he is really autonomous, or if he's a stoog answering to the government. Then ask Ron Paul what the Fed WAS SUPPOSED to do, versus what it actually does do. Anyone in Gov't need a loan? yeah...this is a scary one.
6) Centralized transportation and communications. Anyone think $1.25/each is enough to run the whole subway and bus systems in the USA? The transportation dept. is so dependant on public funds, if it is even suggested that they should privatize the left screams RACISM because it is the most effective card to play to hide the fact that buses and subways are some of the most inefficiently run gov't programs in the USA. Do the math, and tell me if the bus fare is enough to cover fuel, maintenance, wages, pensions, etc. NO WAY but let us not forget the second half to this...communication. Telephones, faxes, airwaves, internet, mail, all of these methods of communication are controlled by the government. Even the gov't controls how the devices of these methods of communication are BUILT. You telling me that the gov't crackdown and regulations on these methods of communication are done to protect us? Yeah, whatever...the tyranny is in the details.
7) Extension of factories and instruments of production by the State: This one is like an octopus with 1000 arms. Unions make it easy to control production and factories...but what about non union plants? The only way to get total control is to make it impossibly difficult to open a plant where unions don't have control. South Carolina and Boeing found that out...but on a small scale, try to open a new business...the first thing you need (not just a great idea for a business), but zoning, permits, OSHA, EEOC, NLRB and so many other gov't permits and approvals. Opening a business is harder than filing for unemployment...which do we have more of right now?
8) Equal obligation of all to work: This is coming soon to a city near you. It sounds great, everyone should work...but when we don't have jobs...we need to create them. HOW? Well, we put people to work building Chevy Volts...even if nobody buys them, we can force cities and counties to use them for official use...and then the public will see them and want them too. whatever. How about corporate welfare...and not the Oil Companies' use of tax deductions like everyone else...I'm talking about real welfare...solyndra type welfare. Anytime the gov't cuts a check to a company, it then gets a say in how the company is run. Ask General Motors. Ask AIG. Don't forget how we are moving towards having a civil defence force answerable only to the president. Armed and trained just as well as our military. Hell, this is the first thing Hitler, Mao and Stalin did. It is the most effective way to control people. The Gestapo was created to get kids to tell on parents; it is as evil as it is genius...because it works. See something, say something.
9) Combination of Agriculture and manufacturing industries. Well, this is sort of an insider issues. How many private individual farms are growing food? Can you name more than 3 parent companies in the food business. I'm in the industry and I can't. The people who grow it, are involved in the manufacturing, distribution and lobbying for the regulations of the industry. Robber barons are not in the banking business, they are making the food you eat.
10) Free education for children in public schools. You can't control the future, if you don't control the kids. How many children have read the constitution? How many know what is in the Magna Carta? Who was the seventh president of the United States? If you think our education system in America is not broken and corrupt, go to Los Angeles and find out what the punishment for the LAUSD teacher with 20+ years of teaching was for spoon feeding his semen to innercity impoverished children and taking lascivious pictures of many of them. Before being fired and brought up on charges, he retired with full pension. Anyone in LA is paying for this pile of excrement to retire and have his pension paid. Your tax dollars at work.
So when you are told that you are crazy to assert that we are moving (or have already moved) toward a Marxist type revolution, you can defend your position However the revolution won't gain traction until we are unarmed. That is why we have the second amendment...maybe those guys writting the Constitution knew what we would be facing after a couple hundred years.
-Rev
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