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STEVE HALL
MAR 20, 2024
My observation is that there are only two basic types of national government: the Laws of Rulers and the Rule of Law. The tendency of Rulers is to seek more power; become more authoritarian; implement collectivist economies; and place themselves above the law.
That is true, of course, for those who rule here in America as well, even those who are elected. The difference, though, is that through our Constitution, our Rule of Law, our Rulers were supposed to be subject to the same laws as the rest of us. And we were all to have had the same Rights, whether citizen, bureaucrat, official or ruler.
It is interesting to contrast the economies under Communism, Socialism and Fascism. With the Marx Communist plan, the government owns everything and the national production is shared equally. “You will own nothing and you will be happy!” - as they advertise at Klaus Schwab's World Economic Forum in Davos.
The idea of a Socialist economy, sometimes a precursor to Communism, is that the government takes money from certain groups and distributes it to others; of course that can happen in conjunction any governing system. “Democratic Socialism” only means, in theory at least, that the majority rather than the Ruler decides who takes how much from whom, and who receives it.
A Fascist economy is different; unlike Communism, it recognizes private property and industry. But rather than free trade and free markets and true capitalism, the government regulates and aggressively controls the industries . . . in effect, the government and industry are merged.
Note that a Fascist economy does not require a dictator. China today no longer has a Communist economy, which is now better described as Fascist after they began allowing for private industries, where producers could keep some of their profits, even though they are still strictly regulated. That shift also produced their incredible economic growth over the past couple of decades (although it remains to be seen how sustainable it is because, like America and other countries, it was built on fiat money and mountains of debt).
Here are some insights to consider, especially as to how they relate to America today:
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published the Communist Manifesto in 1848 [a philosophy that would become a movement and change the world]. They included ten “planks” necessary to transform a society to Communism:
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In his 1944 book As We Go Marching, John T. Flynn described eight marks of Fascism:
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Full article:
https://stevehall.substack.com/p/co...e&r=9atnc&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
MAR 20, 2024
My observation is that there are only two basic types of national government: the Laws of Rulers and the Rule of Law. The tendency of Rulers is to seek more power; become more authoritarian; implement collectivist economies; and place themselves above the law.
That is true, of course, for those who rule here in America as well, even those who are elected. The difference, though, is that through our Constitution, our Rule of Law, our Rulers were supposed to be subject to the same laws as the rest of us. And we were all to have had the same Rights, whether citizen, bureaucrat, official or ruler.
It is interesting to contrast the economies under Communism, Socialism and Fascism. With the Marx Communist plan, the government owns everything and the national production is shared equally. “You will own nothing and you will be happy!” - as they advertise at Klaus Schwab's World Economic Forum in Davos.
The idea of a Socialist economy, sometimes a precursor to Communism, is that the government takes money from certain groups and distributes it to others; of course that can happen in conjunction any governing system. “Democratic Socialism” only means, in theory at least, that the majority rather than the Ruler decides who takes how much from whom, and who receives it.
A Fascist economy is different; unlike Communism, it recognizes private property and industry. But rather than free trade and free markets and true capitalism, the government regulates and aggressively controls the industries . . . in effect, the government and industry are merged.
Note that a Fascist economy does not require a dictator. China today no longer has a Communist economy, which is now better described as Fascist after they began allowing for private industries, where producers could keep some of their profits, even though they are still strictly regulated. That shift also produced their incredible economic growth over the past couple of decades (although it remains to be seen how sustainable it is because, like America and other countries, it was built on fiat money and mountains of debt).
Here are some insights to consider, especially as to how they relate to America today:
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published the Communist Manifesto in 1848 [a philosophy that would become a movement and change the world]. They included ten “planks” necessary to transform a society to Communism:
.
.
.
In his 1944 book As We Go Marching, John T. Flynn described eight marks of Fascism:
.
.
.
Full article:
https://stevehall.substack.com/p/co...e&r=9atnc&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Of course, none of that made it into western Christian doctrine which is too bad.
