I am embarassed to say this, but I'm not sure I totally understand "socialism." Can someone tell me again why "socialism" is so evil? Please explain to me again why as a conservative Christian the idea of socialism should strike fear in my heart?
I am not being sarcastic (for once). I welcome thoughtful comments.
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This is the best answer I found ...
the main tenet of socialism is the "Robin Hood" idea of taking from the rich to give to the poor. Unfortunately for everyone, the socialists who are in power tend to like having power and wealth and resources. So they continue to keep the wealth distributed to a relative few members of society and between the high taxes and the high prices, they manage to prevent any real distribution of wealth to the lower and middle classes.
remember the photos and news stories of citizens in the Soviet Union standing in line for hours to buy a loaf of bread, or a handful of vegetables? The poverty under socialism is far, far greater than any poverty you will see in the United States. When the government controls all the food, all the water, all the electricity, all the manufacturing, all the medical care, all the education, the government and only the government gets to say which individual is entitled to have something. Everything is rationed.
And please notice that the people who are so loud in calling for taking away the wealth of one person, are themselves quite wealthy and they never seem to give away their own wealth. It's always the money and belongings and labor of other people that is supposed to be taken for "the common good," never their own.
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