Socialism is Slavery

I was inspired to write this post by an interview I read over at Trestin Meacham’s blog.  He was interviewing a fellow blogger Hyphenated-American and I was moved by his words.

The following is an excerpt from that interview.

TM: Why should Americans be concerned about socialism?

H-A: In the final analysis, socialism is modern day slavery. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, democracy, freedom of religion, freedom of association cannot exist in the absence of free market economy. If a man cannot keep the fruits of his labor, if the government has full control over his economic activity – that man is nothing but a slave. Every increase of government’s economic power comes at the expense of individual liberty. Every time government claims its right to regulate this or that commerce – the less freedom of choice is left to the individual.

You can read the entire interview here.

I know most of you already understand that socialism is a form of modern day slavery but there is a large segment of the population that simply doesn’t see it that way for one reason or another.  This includes the current administration running the show.  Every bill they have passed or proposed is designed to redistribute wealth.  From the stimulus bill, Obamacare, and the recently passed financial reform bill to the proposed cap and trade and immigration reform bills, they have all been crafted to redistribute wealth on a scale that infringes on the liberties and freedoms of the individual like never before.

Two years ago candidate Obama made an off-the-cuff comment about spreading the wealth around to a plumber that questioned why the fruits of his labor should be redistributed.  Obama’s answer was that he didn’t want to punish the plumber’s success; he just wanted to give the folks behind him the same opportunity.  Well when you confiscate wealth from an individual and redistribute to another, not only are you punishing their success, but you’re enslaving them because they now work for another segment of society for free.  Essentially their labor becomes the property of another.

Slavery is defined as: 1. Submission to a dominating influence. 2. The state of a person who is a chattel of another b : the practice of slaveholding

Now the one key thing we need to understand is that the redistribution of wealth is a tenet of socialism.  I would even say it’s a cornerstone of the philosophy.  So why would so many Americans even consider this self-imposed form of slavery?  I mean look at our progressive tax system; if you make more wealth, then expect to be punished with higher taxes and the fruits of your labors to be redistributed to the have-nots.  This has a crippling effect not only on the free market system but on the lower class that desires to break free from their current class.  When you’re capping success in a society, you’re building a wall to protect those that have already achieved success and keep out those that wish to achieve it.

Below is a pretty good video that compares socialism to modern slavery.  It’s about 9 minutes long but worth the look.

So the next time you hear someone espousing about all the good that socialism offers, ask them why they desire to enslave the working class and see what answer they give you.  Maybe they’ll tell you that they don’t want to punish your success, they just want to make sure that the have-nots have the same opportunity at success.  What’s ironic is that socialism does just the opposite by giving the have-nots the scraps from the table and building a wall to keep them from achieving success.  It’s a nice ideology if you’re an elitist.
Liberty forever, freedom for all!

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