The Death Spiral of Socialism

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American Thinker
Eileen F. Toplansky
July 3, 2017

The total abrogation of personal autonomy for the parents of baby Charlie Gard as courts in the United Kingdom and in Europe simultaneously and arbitrarily decided what his parents can and cannot do for their extremely ill child is another symptom of the chilling or, should I say, killing world of socialism.

In his 2004 collection of readings for the humanities titled Being Human, editor Leon Kass writes about Russian dissident Vladimir Bukovsky who was held in the USSR as a political prisoner from 1963 until his release in 1976.  Kass writes that "Bukovsky reflects on the 'soul of man under socialism,' this 'new type of man' who is subject to totalitarian rule." Bukovsky ponders what it "means to retain one's human dignity as a citizen of a state" when socialists demand a dream of universal equality while ensuring the "suppression and ultimate destruction of the individual, in body and in spirit."

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Good article

I usually start with the failures of socialism  by looking at the fiscal and economic point of view

Ultimately, socialism fails from just simple basic human nature. Man is ingrained with a desire to achieve the best level of what he defines as his self interest and that of his family. People go to work to pay their bills, to put a roof over their head, and to feed their families. Not to provide for society at large.  I've have heard many people who want government run healthcare, government run whatever, who also find many ways not to pay anymore taxes than they legally have to. That's why socialist systems become so oppressive. They have to