The Ravages of Socialism

The culture of a society rests on the foundation of its ideologies—the ideas, views and beliefs of the people. The ideological foundation of the United States of America is being radically corrupted at an accelerating and alarming pace. A dark cloud is overshadowing the country, as it is given over to competing ideologies or “isms.”

With Bible-centered religion waning and the nation’s Judeo-Christian heritage being increasingly rejected, one “ism” that is becoming more and more prevalent is socialism, as are its intimately related cousins—humanism, materialism, evolutionism, environmentalism, radical feminism, etc.

In what follows, the word “socialism” is used in a general sense to refer to governments imposing more and more control over their citizens by legislating expensive non-essential programs. “Essential” government activities are those that provide safety for the citizens—protection from dangers from within (crime) and from without (attacks and invasion).

America began with a very low degree of socialism, but as history would predict, government has been legislating an increasing amount. For a while, the transition was slow—America had creeping socialism. Today socialism is leaping forward.

This typical trend is described in a popular quote from Scottish historian Alexander Fraser Tytler: “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse [financial benefits] from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses.”

Such “democratic socialism” is difficult to reverse. Once a welfare program has been enacted, the recipients greatly resist any effort to end it, so very few politicians will dare suggest a cancellation.