All the Same Thing

People like to talk about socialism, communism, Fascism, and progressivism as if they were all different things. WRONG! Except for cosmetic differences, they're all the same thing: COLLECTIVISM. They all depend on SOME of their citizens actually creating new wealth for them to steal and "redistribute" among people who did not create ANYTHING. The very MOTTO of collectivism says it all: "FROM each according to his ABILITY, and TO each according to his NEED." Making NEED a DEMAND on the EARNINGS of those who actually CREATE new wealth, for the benefit of those who, for whatever reason, do NOT. Even in this country, which is a bastion of free enterprise, we hear certain politicians (mostly Dumocrats) talk about "redistributing wealth," which is code for THEFT.

And that's what ALL these "systems DEPEND on, the THEFT of that EARNED, for the benefit of those who earn NOTHING. Civilizations dependent on this kind of a "system" cannot survive, in the long run, as the collapse of communism in Russia and the impending collapse of socialism in Venezuela show. Cuba, which is a "communist paradise," is starving (everywhere except in the government, which keeps all the money for itself). The average age of the cars in Cuba is the fifties (again except for the members of the government or the elite, most of which are members of the government, or their "friends."). Collectivism, in all its forms, is just a way for thugs to "legalize" the theft of the fruits of the production of new wealth for themselves and their "supporters." The socialist "governments" are run by criminals, similar to the Mafia. They "crack down" on the Mafia because they don't like competition. (Just common sense)