packrat's
War On Domestic Marxists
1900
Socialist Party formed
Eugene Debs
* Karl Marx's "10 Planks" to seize power and destroy freedom:
Taken from section: II -- PROLETARIANS AND COMMUNISTS
1. Abolition of Property in Land and Application of all Rents of Land to Public Purpose. **
Done.
2. A Heavy Progressive or Graduated Income Tax. **
Done.
3. Abolition of All Rights of Inheritance. **
Done.
4. Confiscation of the Property of All Emigrants and Rebels. **
Done.
5. Centralization of Credit in the Hands of the State, by Means of a National Bank with State Capital and an
Exclusive Monopoly. **
Done.
6. Centralization of the Means of Communication and Transport in the Hands of the State. **
Done.
7. Extension of Factories and Instruments of Production Owned by the State, the Bringing Into Cultivation of
Waste Lands, and the Improvement of the Soil Generally in Accordance with a Common Plan. **
Done.
8. Equal Liability of All to Labor. Establishment of Industrial Armies, Especially for Agriculture. **
Done.
9. Combination of Agriculture with Manufacturing Industries; Gradual Abolition of the Distinction Between
Town and Country by a More Equable Distribution of the Population over the Country. **
Done.
10. Free Education for All Children in Public Schools. Abolition of Children's Factory Labor in it's Present
Form. Combination of Education with Industrial Production. **
Done.
Sources: * conservativeusa.org, ** greaterthings.com, laissez-fairerepublic.com
Updated 4/09/2013
Statism defined:
-The practice or doctrine of giving a centralized government control over economic planning and policy.
-(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the theory or practice of concentrating economic and political power in the
state, resulting in a weak position for the individual or community with respect to the government. ***
Marxism falls under Statism.
The Defining Fundamentals of Statism:
Ayn Rand describes Statism as a social system based on the fundamental idea that “man’s life belongs to the
state,” where the government, or any ruling group, regulates and controls a country’s economy in any manner or to
any extent, “for any purpose whatsoever.” ****
***thefreedictionary.com, ****capilatismvsstatism.blogspot.com
FDR - socialist movement
Great Myths of the Great Depression (2008)
Walter Williams, Professor of Economics
Crony capitalism
A description of capitalist society as being based on the close relationships between
businessmen and the state. Instead of success being determined by a free market and the
rule of law, the success of a business is dependent on the favoritism that is shown to it by
the ruling government in the form of tax breaks, government grants and other incentives. +
+ investopedia.com