The rise of socialism in America

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No fear or loathing at all! Nothing to see here...

Nobody wanted to define brotherhood. They think it is a trap! Donald Soper was a leading Methodist in England and prominent left wing preacher. He was not afraid of calling all men his brothers. He believed all men were brothers because they had the same Father. I thought the Christians here would be interested... (Non-Christians should be assured that Lord Soper included the sisterhood of women too.)
 
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The claim - most certainly false - is that control is total under socialism. This alarming claim needs to be supported.

Again, the very question is revealing how little you understand.

If I'm the government and I control the cost, production, and supply of products....what part don't I control?

If you're thinking demand, you're correct, and that's exactly why socialism fails.

Anything else?
 
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How do you propose specifically we correct the unfairness in wealth? Tax the rich and give to the poor? I would venture to say if you transferred all wealth to the poor those that created the wealth originally would eventually wind up with it again. Socialism is s failed system and we do have that pesky old constitution standing in the way.
My father used to tell me if you took all the money and divided it equally among the people in 6 months the people who had the money to start with would have it back
 
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... if you took all the money and divided it equally among the people in 6 months the people who had the money to start with would have it back

Is that what socialism is meant to be?

There could be more to it than that. Any ideas about that 'rise in socialism' in America?
 
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My father used to tell me if you took all the money and divided it equally among the people in 6 months the people who had the money to start with would have it back
Interestingly, if you took all the money and divided it equally among the people we’d all be hundred-millionaires.
 
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Would that fix all of the ills in this nation?
It would certainly help. But unless we also change the economic and social systems that got us to this point, we’ll be right back where we started in a few decades. Not necessarily the same people in the same places, but the distribution would come to resemble what we see now again.
 
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It would certainly help. But unless we also change the economic and social systems that got us to this point, we’ll be right back where we started in a few decades. Not necessarily the same people in the same places, but the distribution would come to resemble what we see now again.
It's never going to happen anyway.
 
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