Federal Social Policies
(Entitlements)
as:
Signs & Symptoms of Abnormal Organ Growth
As it is understood, a symptom is
"an indication of a disorder, disease, or condition that is felt by a person before seeking medical evaluation or advice.
Symptoms help a doctor to identify and diagnose a condition or disease."
And it begins with being honest with, and having an understanding of, oneself,
being honest with, and having an understanding of, "a human body."
It's about having an understanding of the mind, body and spirit,
the American Spirit.
And it's about having an understanding of a disease, rather,
a genetic disorder, that is, a spectre...
"the spectre of communism."
Three Absolute Distinctions
Looking at a bigger picture, the symptomology is, "in common usage, the symptoms of disease taken together as a whole." And when one has a true understanding of the collective symptoms, that is to say, the facts as a whole, it is more likely it will lead to a correct diagnosis. It is less likely that denial will occur. It is less likely that one will deny the truth. And it is more likely that one has the best shot of having the disease, illness or injury removed, cured and prevented from ever happening again. Then the healing process can commence.
Étienne-Gabriel Morelly
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Gracchus Babeuf
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Karl Marx
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Symptoms of a Genetic Disorder
The facts of a Spectre
"the spectre of communism"
The facts of a Spectre
"the spectre of communism"
The conception and maturity of socialism did not occur within the United States of America -- the Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787. The conception and maturity of socialism initially occurred in France, then England, and later Germany after the signing of the U.S. Constitution. The editor and college professor, Frederic L. Bender, states on p.3 in Karl Marx -- The Communist Manifesto:
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The main tributaries coming together into the stream of early socialism rose primarily in Britain and France. France is especially important, for in that country, between 1830 and 1848, socialism was transformed from a utopian ideal into a political movement. Nineteenth-century French socialism's origins can be traced back to the French Revolution and its grand ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity -- and to the growing realization that these ideals were being undermined by every advance of industrialism and of the bourgeoisie [bourgeoisie a.k.a. middle-class], the very class that had proclaimed these ideals in 1789.
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- The League of the Just was founded by the socialist movement in Paris, France in 1837. The name "League of the Just" was later changed to the "Communist League."
- The early ideals of socialism (French socialism) were solidified when Marx and Engels ushered in a "new conception" of socialism which they referred to as "True socialism" or "German socialism" within the Communist League in 1847-48. And what was known as socialism would forever be understood as communism... and its followers as communists.
- Hence socialism is communism.
- In 1848, "Communism is already acknowledged by all European Powers to be itself a Power."
- Therefore, it was publicly declared in 1848 that "it is high time that communists should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish their views, their aims, their tendencies, and meet this nursery tale of the spectre of communism with a manifesto of the party itself."
- And so the communists would... and so the communists did. The Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei (Manifest of Communist Party), more commonly understood as the Communist Manifesto, was published in England in 1848 to represent the socialist/communist views as a whole moving forward.
- Ten steps, rather, ten "measures" to advance communism were laid out in the Communist Manifesto, and these measures have been, and are currently at different stages in countries throughout the world.
- Vladimir Lenin embraced Marxism (communism) and would become a leader of the "movement" whose efforts significantly influenced and shaped Joseph Stalin (and others) whom then directed Russia to a communist nation that came into being, and is more commonly understood, as the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) a.k.a. the Soviet Union:
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"We social-democrats always stand for democracy, not 'in the name of capitalism,' but in the name of clearing the path for our movement, which clearing is impossible without the development of capitalism."
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- Another Soviet Union leader, Nikita Khrushchev, further stated:
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"We cannot expect Americans to jump from capitalism to communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans doses of socialism until they suddenly awake to find out they have communism."
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The fact is: The conception of "Entitlements" occurred and began to mature within the Federal Government of the United States during the 1930's. "Economic catastrophe" during the 1930's incited new domestic policies that included social security -- the new collective policies and legislation that came into being during the Great Depression are understood as the New Deal.
Furthermore...
Furthermore...
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The Depression gave American Marxism a new lease on life. Most Americans retained their faith in private property and a market economy, but some intellectuals, artists, journalists, academics, and trade union leaders came to believe that capitalism was doomed and that the only hope for America lay in a public takeover of the means of production. To many skeptics, apparent success of the Soviet "experiment" clinched the argument. While capitalism was reeling in the United States, the Soviet economy was forging ahead under Joseph Stalin's Five-Year Plans. Capitalism generally, it seemed, was in its final death throes while Soviet socialism had solved the problems of growth, unemployment, and economic equality. Surely Russia was the model to follow.
(p.734, The United States -- The Questions of Our Past) |
So the Soviet socialist model was in fact perceived by some, and may have been perceived by others, to be the right path. But time reveals the truth. And no matter how difficult it might be, one must stay true to the facts:
Facts do not lie. Facts have no opinion. Quite simply, facts are facts. And facts lead to truth.
And the truth is, the Soviet socialist "experiment" failed; the Soviet Union collapsed. The disease, that is, the "spectre of communism" proved fatal. And history has proven this as fact!
Why would one desire and continue to follow down the same path?
In closing, one might, and perhaps will, take this analogy to a deeper level. But looking at the bigger picture, the symptomology is, "in common usage, the symptoms of disease taken together as a whole." And when we come to a true understanding of the collective symptoms, that is to say, the facts as a whole, it is more likely it will lead to a correct diagnosis. It is less likely that denial will occur. It is less likely that we will deny the truth. And it is more likely that we have the best shot of having the disease, illness or injury removed, cured and prevented from ever happening again. Then the healing process can commence.
So let's be real. let's be candid. Yes, it’s time to face the facts...
Why would one desire and continue to follow down the same path?
In closing, one might, and perhaps will, take this analogy to a deeper level. But looking at the bigger picture, the symptomology is, "in common usage, the symptoms of disease taken together as a whole." And when we come to a true understanding of the collective symptoms, that is to say, the facts as a whole, it is more likely it will lead to a correct diagnosis. It is less likely that denial will occur. It is less likely that we will deny the truth. And it is more likely that we have the best shot of having the disease, illness or injury removed, cured and prevented from ever happening again. Then the healing process can commence.
So let's be real. let's be candid. Yes, it’s time to face the facts...
Three Absolute Distinctions:
- It is true. The word "Entitlement" does not exist in the Constitution of the United States of America. Further, the conception of "Entitlements" occurred and began to mature after the signing of the U.S. Constitution -- the Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787. The conception of "Entitlements" occurred and began to mature within the Federal Government during the 1930's.
- It is utterly noble for one to have compassion for individuals and for the greater society as a whole. But compassion without wisdom, that is to say, compassion without knowledge and understanding, leads from doses of socialism until one suddenly awakes to find out everyone has communism.
- In the words of President Ronald Reagan, "We are a nation that has a government -- not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the Earth. Our Government has no power except that granted it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed."
How true it is... thank you President Reagan. Thank you very much.
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Stalin's First 5-Year Plan: (1928-1932)
Stalin's Second 5-Year Plan: (1933-1937) |
First New Deal: (1933-1935)
Second New Deal: (1935-1938) |
Wikipedia images:
Code De La Nature; Graccheus Babeuf; Karl Marx; Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei
Code De La Nature; Graccheus Babeuf; Karl Marx; Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei