The Great Contradiction

The "Progressives" have been at this for over a hundred years. The socialist utopian agenda idolized by progressives is not new. A very simple search of history shows socialism beginnings as far back as the mid 18th century and with it's real growth coming around the French Revolution. No need for a history lesson other than to illustrate that these forces have been at play for a very long time.

Reading Socialist and Marxist speeches and writings throughout history we see an alarming contradiction. We see that both philosophies refer to providing for those who cannot. We see an equalizing of social and economic classes.

We then see and hear the early leaders of the movement openly advocating the extermination of those who do not adequately contribute to the whole of society. George Bernard Shaw (Nobel Prize winner) states that we should all go before a panel about every 5 years to answer what we have done or do that justifies our existence. Mr. Shaw further made a call to scientists to develop a gas that would quickly, painlessly, and humanely kill people. We saw this very thing with Nazi Germany. We saw mass extermination by means of starvation in Russia and the Ukraine even before the Nazi's.

Socialism and Communism cannot sustain without the suppression of the government. Socialism and Communism cannot exist without taking from the productive and giving to the unproductive. Inevitably the unproductive will outnumber the productive (why work when you do not have to?).

Here's the contradiction: if socialism, marxism, and/or communism are for the betterment of all. If these philosophies are to equalize economic classes, why then the extermination; both in discussion and in application?

See the cycle:

• Some in society cannot care for their own basic needs.
• Society says, "We can do better than this, humans should not suffer.
• These are humans, they are entitled.
• We legislate the entitlement.
• The burden of the entitlement is borne by the whole.
• Too many entitlements cannot be supported by the whole.
• Taxation rises, reducing earnings for the whole respectively.
• Then the whole says it can no longer support the unproductive.
  
  • You must justify yourself.
  • You must be exterminated.

If everyone in our current economic system carried their own weight (specifically those who are physically able) there would be no need for the social programs that start the move toward socialism.

We then would have an extremely small percentage of our society who truly are unable to care for themselves. Those that find themselves in these extreme situations can be supported through local programs that can better serve their individual needs. This is where local charity groups and religious organizations do a fabulous job.

Again I say, the message is about personal accountability as a method of preserving freedom. There should be a safety net for those who literally cannot support themselves. Free entitlements from the government are NOT a safety net and are not free.