Socialism in America

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iUniverse, 2004 - 372 páginas
In 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville predicted a "...species of oppression...[with] which democratic nations are menaced...unlike anything which ever before existed in the world..." It was a despotism that "...would be more extensive and...would degrade men without tormenting them." It would be a force that "...compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, til each...is reduced to be nothing better than a flock of timid...animals, of which the government is the shepherd." Tocqueville was predicting socialism in America, a new form of oppression that did not exist in his time. He could not name it at the time because the word socialism had not yet appeared in the English language and Karl Marx had not yet published his Communist Manifesto. America has become a socialist state and Socialism in America is about what socialism is doing to America today.

Socialism is an oppression that has caused America to discard the rule of law, forsake justice, limit freedom, attenuate individuality, create dependence, degrade social norms, attack sources of wealth, and divide the culture. This form of despotic totalitarianism has irreversibly commenced the destruction of American culture and nation. Socialism in America offers the reader the perspective of how and why this is happening. It explains the history of socialism, and in particular the history of socialism in America. It discusses the roles of socialism's foremost vectors, which are primarily the unions and Democratic Party. It critically dissects the philosophy of socialism itself and examines other countries' struggles to survive under the heavy socialist boot. Every freedom-loving American should read Socialism in America.

 

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Introduction
1
Commentary
8
Before 1700
17
Fabian Socialism
40
Definition of Socialism
48
Progressivism and the Amelioration of Mankind
55
Socialism in Other Parts of the World
69
Reasons That Relate to the Individual
111
Arguments that Relate to the Society
204
General Philosophical Arguments
236
Solutions That Increase Supply
247
Solutions That Attenuate Need
274
Solutions That Enhance Individual Well Being
288
The Final Solution
294
Socialism and Democracy
302
Socialism in America
315

Reasons That Relate to Society
130
Arguments That Relate To The Individual
166
Conclusion
328
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