Here is the problem with “left-thinking” Marxist/Socialist ideology:

Americans, like our Founding Fathers rightly give due credit to "exceptional individuals" who by their hard work, ingenuity and creativity, promote the advance of technological discovery, and by that, entrepreneurial freedom and our system of free enterprise.

Leftist ideologues have an inordinate craving to have the government dictate both individual ability and need. America is “exceptional.” Our Founding birth documents state our rights come from God and they are inalienable. That means no human being of mortal flesh and blood can take them away, whether grouped as a “State,” “an NGO,” or a “government.” The Russians tried Marxist/Socialism – it could never work. The world over, this lesson has been learned. Leftist ideologues cannot face logical dissent; for they are “closet dictators” waiting for opportunity to engineer forceful compliance in the guise of “legalism.”

I discovered many flaws with Marxist thinking as I delved into studying the works of Karl Marx himself. The works themselves speak boldly of his real intent rather than the adaptations made by adherents on a rampage to materialize Communism in their own respective countries.

It is well known among economists and political scientists that Karl Marx wrote, regarding a political-economic “call to arms” in reaction to the level of capitalist development already achieved in Germany and England. For example, Vladimir Lenin “jumped the gun,” by “putting the cart before the horse,” in the Soviet Union, the conditions of which, at that time, were grossly inadequate for a “Communist transformation” due to its ubiquitous agrarian economy. There was no surplus production in the Soviet Union to speak of, at that time. Karl Marx wrote in 1848, and Lenin took over the Soviet Union in 1917.

Marx claimed that the rigorous discipline required to maintain the labor force, coupled with tremendous surpluses of mass production that have to be externalized, - given that wages do not allow all employable workers to obtain even the fruits of their own labor and that, even if they could, excess goods would remain stockpiled and unsold, - owners of the means of production who are the major employers are then compelled to periodically release or discharge workers into the streets, until such a time the surplus mass production is disposed of.

This is 2009 and Karl Marx proved wrong in all his assumptions regarding capitalist development, especially in America, where safeguards, protections, precautions and requirements of justice such as the minimum wage, unemployment insurance benefits, social security retirement benefits, pensions, IRA’s, CD’s etc…, are lawfully framed into the principles of the free market so that comprehensive prosperity has continuum with inalienable rights to constructive liberty.

Marx wrote that every economic stage is poignant with contradictions due to the unity of opposites – excessive abundance and artificially created scarcities, for example - and eventually, a "revolution" or “social explosion” occurs and the next stage is attained. In that manner, Karl Marx proceeded from the first stage or "primitive accumulation," to various stages, such as the manorial system, mercantilism, and then, up to Capitalism, from which ensues "Socialism," – during the stage of Socialism, the State or government owns every means of production, and controls distribution of goods and services. (I am briefly summarizing; now remember, every stage is filled with contradictions and must "explode" eventually.) And finally, the stage of “Communism,” is reached whereby “society” owns all things in common.

In that final stage, as if by "Merlinesque magic," "the State withers away," and “society” becomes "the administration of things and the direction of production." Since each stage is assumed to be poignant with contradictions, the State or government cannot “wither away.” What kind of things will be administered; what kind of things will be produced? How will they be directed? And then directed to where? Who will administer? Who will direct?

What a fantasy! A godless dreaming conspirator like Karl Marx suddenly vaporizes, dissolves, disintegrates, pulverizes and escapes from every assumption he posited regarding Capitalism and "human nature," - "contradictions," "unity of opposites," “economic stages,” and "revolution," all, go “out of the window.” And Marx had "solutions" to "greed," "injustice," “private property,” and other so-called "irrational passions," coming from the State or government, now posing as the final “owners” of all means of production. He dismissed all forms of spirituality as a “crutch.” He stated that “Religion,” is the “opiate of the masses” and would have to be abolished. And his motto in replacing the free market was: "From each according to his ability (don't forget about the "drones" who must clean the stool, empty the trash, enter the mines, unclog the sewers etc.., who decides?.) and to each according to his need." Really? Who decides?

So the State that "magically" “withers” away now will determine both "ability" and "need" for all persons under the jurisdiction of the State or government.

Human ability would be constrained by State bureaucrats “administering things,” – no one could develop to the fullest development of his or her potentialities. Human need would be determined by the State or government bureaucrats who would “direct production,” – no one could prosper in pursuit of his or her lifelong goals; as already understood, no entrepreneur needs apply, for that implies the revival of private ownership of property. In our representative democracy, we know that hard work and gainful employment can bring great prosperity - Bill Gates and countless millionaires know this self-evident truth.

But from Karl Marx’s standpoint, only government bureaucrats would be allowed to dispense “private property” to laborers in payment for labor; and only State bureaucrats would determine the value or worth of labor, incentives, rewards, amount of owned property or final incomes.

Marxist/Socialism does not make sense except for people who entertain totalitarian fascism as a State-controlled “political system,” denying individual rights and micro-managing private lives.

“From each according to his ability, to each according to his need,” is the most satanic doctrine ever devised by the mind of Man. Long live Capitalism, the work ethic, the free market, entrepreneurial freedom, and the rule of law based upon the consent of the governed! Let’s keep voting!

Karl Marx was simultaneously naive, cynical and deceitful. He is Darwin's "twin brother," so to speak. Darwin also opposed human spirituality in his godless publications; he advocated a “theory of origin” that contradicts the Holy Bible. Marx and Darwin “paired up” in that, “descendants of apes,” would thus “struggle,” or “make revolution” merely to achieve government or State ownership of all means of production, and then, position themselves as “top bureaucrats,” – no different from the Soviet Union disaster that crippled its capacities for economic and democratic development.

We must reject Marxist/Socialist ideology and the “ape mentality” that degrades humanity in the saying that “the monkey with the most toys wins.” The Holy Bible tells us that God created us “in His own image and unto His own likeness;” and the Declaration of Independence states it’s a self-evident truth that we are created by God who endowed us with our inalienable rights.

For the horrendous sufferings Karl Marx and Charles Darwin have caused on the earth, they deserve eternity in Hell.

Thanks. With God's blessings, LEO

WO, wo, wo, wait one minute. "We need another attack"?

You mean, like, another attack like the attack on 9/11/01? I thought Cheney had nothing, NOT ONE THING, to do with ANY of that, and anyone who would imply that "another attack" means that there was, like, once a FIRST attack, and that attack was, you know, like sort of maybe enabled or possibly kinda even welcomed or maybe even . . . planned is, like, tinfoil-hat crazy, know what I mean?

I am, like, AMAZED that crazedandconfused hasn't had a "come to Jesus and the article in Popular Mechanics" email from TPM's main man, telling him in no uncertain terms that ANY mention of the events of 9/11/01 in terms that imply connection with the Bush Administration (instead of dogged compliance with the 19Saudis Theory) is strictly forbidden under Terms Of Use policies, and so please shut up for JesusChristCrucified's sake or we'll pull your blog?

So I'm pretty sure that's not, not ever, never, never what you were implying, right? Right? Because it would be crazy and indecent and unAmerican to think that.