"The goal of socialism is communism." - Vladimir Lenin
Discussions over Socialism are rare. Emotions and Hopes do not withstand much scrutiny. One element that has always been interesting is the Socialist's view of the Group, the Collective. The group seems to be an ideal but it is always the enemy in Socialism. Socialism always must overcome it, defeat it. That's what a revolution is.
So the decisions by the Group rarely support Socialism. Socialism must supplant the Group; then the new Group is created. But, like the first group, that new Collective is hard to trust; it might elect someone like Trump. So the Group needs a filter, a real control should the Group not fall in line and the ideals waver. Therefore, Red Guards. Gulags. And the new group can only be so accommodating; efficiency is important. So the actions of the group must be streamlined, sometime pruned. The very first thing that suffers under collectivism is deviation from the norm.
"In theory Socialism may wish to enhance freedom, but in practice every kind of collectivism consistently carried through must produce the characteristic features which Fascism, Nazism and Communism have in common. Totalitarianism is nothing but consistent collectivism."--Hayek
Discussions over Socialism are rare. Emotions and Hopes do not withstand much scrutiny. One element that has always been interesting is the Socialist's view of the Group, the Collective. The group seems to be an ideal but it is always the enemy in Socialism. Socialism always must overcome it, defeat it. That's what a revolution is.
So the decisions by the Group rarely support Socialism. Socialism must supplant the Group; then the new Group is created. But, like the first group, that new Collective is hard to trust; it might elect someone like Trump. So the Group needs a filter, a real control should the Group not fall in line and the ideals waver. Therefore, Red Guards. Gulags. And the new group can only be so accommodating; efficiency is important. So the actions of the group must be streamlined, sometime pruned. The very first thing that suffers under collectivism is deviation from the norm.
"In theory Socialism may wish to enhance freedom, but in practice every kind of collectivism consistently carried through must produce the characteristic features which Fascism, Nazism and Communism have in common. Totalitarianism is nothing but consistent collectivism."--Hayek
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