Quote: But, one critical point: Socialism is not Communism. The two terms are not interchangeable as some of the less erudite seem to think. Communism is indeed Socialism taken to an extreme, but Communism has come to mean a totalitarian dictatorship in modern terms.
Actually, by definition, the only difference between socialism and communism is that with communism, the governmnet owns and controls all your property (which the Oregon government is attempting to do right now).
Soren
As the state takes over more and more of the responsibilities previously held by private citizens and associations it will become more and more totalitarian. As it metastasizes throughout the culture it will demand control of more and more of the choices previously left to individuals. If it is not stopped the best we can hope for is a soft warm cuddly totalitarianism rather than a cold and cruel one. The famous leftist H.G. Wells called it “Liberal Fascism†back in the early 1930’s and promoted it as a benevolent dictatorship. Aldous Huxley described it’s ultimate expression in his 1932 book “Brave New World.†For a good explanation of the roots, methods and goals of the “Progressive†movement look here.
The only part of your lives the welfare statists don’t want to control is what you do with your sex organs. But even there, they want to underwrite the costs of poor choices.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
