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I just came across this article today. Walter Williams does an excellent job in presenting the dark side of socialism. Here is a piece of his article:

What is socialism? We miss the boat if we say it’s the agenda of left-wingers and Democrats. According to Marxist doctrine, socialism is a stage of society between capitalism and communism where private ownership and control over property are eliminated. The essence of socialism is the attenuation and ultimate abolition of private property rights. Attacks on private property include, but are not limited to, confiscating the rightful property of one person and giving it to another to whom it doesn’t belong. When this is done privately, we call it theft. When it’s done collectively, we use euphemisms: income transfers or redistribution. It’s not just left-wingers and Democrats who call for and admire socialism but right-wingers and Republicans as well .(full article)

Mr. Williams is correct in saying that socialism is something that is just adopted by many Democrats, but those of the Republican persuasion as well.

Next week, I will explain how many in the African-American community have adopted this same ideology. I will probably start somewhere in the early 1900′s and trace it through today.

What this series will show is that although many people would not identify themselves as socialist, they do in fact agree with much of the doctrine–which in the end does not make a difference.