John Green at American
Thinker considers the various terms used to describe the "fundamentally
change America" insurgents, i.e., liberals, progressives, leftists, and Democrats:
None of those labels adequately
describes those who are actively working to undermine America's founding
principles. Let's stop denying the threat and call them what they
are: communists.
I was a child of the Cold
War. We learned the evils of communism in history and social studies
at school. I never thought we'd be talking about America as a
communist country — yet we leave people in power who are moving us in that
direction.
Let's examine what communism
is. Communism is the establishment of a communal society, in which
the state controls the means of production and the populace works for the
welfare of the commune — not the welfare of individuals.
Personal freedom must be sacrificed
for the commune. In the last three years, the government has
attempted to take away our property rights, our rights of association, our
freedom of speech, and our freedom to manage our own medical decisions — all
for the good of the commune.
In communism the state controls
production, dictating what will be produced and when it will be
produced. The government determines what crops can be grown and what
they will be used for (e.g., food or renewable energy). In recent
years, the demands to nationalize the financial and energy industries have
become increasingly loud.
Read the column here.
I am not sure if this country is being moved in that direction, or if we
are already past the tipping point.
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