Socialism/Communism versus Free Enterprise Capitalism.
-Steven F. Hotze, M.D.
The first Premier of Russia, Vladimir Lenin, who led the Communist Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1918, stated that “The goal of socialism is communism.”
Karl Marx, who wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1948, stated that “The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property. ”All property and means of production will be owned and controlled by the state.
In a Communist society, all citizens will be slaves of the State. All of your God-given liberties and freedoms will be destroyed.
Communism is atheistic. Its goal is to destroy the family, the Christian church, and all private property.
We are currently experiencing a Communist revolution in America. The Covid Plandemic initiated the final steps toward a full blown Communist, totalitarian society. There were unconstitutional lockdowns of individuals, closures of independent businesses, many of whom went bankrupt, closures of churches, forced masked mandates, meant to dehumanize individuals, much like satanic cults, and mandatory injections of the Covid death shot, which was neither safe, nor effective. It was only effective in killing and maiming millions upon millions world wide. This is the depopulation plan of the global, satanic, elitist cabal, the Illuminati.
The evil, globalist cabal is planning the Great Reset to create a global world government, a New World Order, to which those who survive the coming calamity will become cyborgs, connected digitally to the Internet of Things.
Scripture instructs us that we have liberty and freedom through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection. We have freedom and liberty to obey God’s Law Word, not freedom to participate in evil, immoral acts.
Our responsibility is to be light and salt in the world, proclaiming the Gospel and exposing and opposing evil. “Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them.” (Ephesians 5:11)
The Bible extols the benefits of hard work, enterprise and the ownership of private property.
“A slack hand leads to poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.” (Proverbs 10:4)
“Go to the ant, O sluggard, observe her ways and be wise,
Which, having no chief, officer, or ruler,
Prepares her food in the summer and gathers her provision in the harvest.
How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and your poverty will come in like a vagabond and your want like an armed man.“
(Proverbs 6:6-11)
“Poor is he who works with a negligent hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a son who acts wisely, but he who sleeps in the harvest is a son who acts shamefully.”
(Proverbs 10:4–5)
Of the excellent wife in Proverbs 31, Solomon writes, “She considers a field and buys it. From her earnings she plants a vineyard,” and “She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies belts to the tradesmen.“
(Proverbs 31:16,24)
“You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.” (Deuteronomy 8:18)
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” (Joshua 1:8)
“The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.”
(Proverbs 13:4)
“Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.”
(Proverbs 13:11)
“In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.”
(Proverbs 14:23)
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” (John 10:10)
Private property, what you have purchased and own, is a God given right and liberty. If anyone robs you or if the civil government steals your property through confiscatory taxation or by decree, then that person or civil government is evil and tyrannical.
The Eighth Commandment states “Thou shalt not steal.”
(Exodus 20:15)
John Locke, whose writings profoundly influenced our Founding Fathers, wrote that private property was absolutely essential for liberty. “Every man has a property in his own person. No one has any right to it, but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his. The great and chief end therefore, of men uniting into commonwealths, and placing themselves under government, is the preservation of their property.”
Milton Friedman, the great free enterprise economist wrote, “Fundamentally, there are only two ways of co-ordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion, the technique of the army and of the modern totalitarian state. The other is voluntary co-operation of individuals, the technique of the free market place.”
Ronald Reagan stated, “I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There’s a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics, as government expands, liberty contracts.” Watch Ronald Reagan’s brilliant exposition on why communism fails in The Modern Little Red Hen.