Capitalism, Feudalism, and Socialism

From Thomas Sowell: "Marxism is an ism that has become a wasm."

Socialists, ignorant of history, say that capitalism carries on feudalism (they really mean manorialism, but theyre too stupid to do their homework before mouthing off). However, they should note that capitalism is the direct opposite of feudalism. Capitalists seek to serve every need of a human being while Socialism, much more like feudalism, has historically sought to defeat the infinite dimensions of the individual and subordinate us to the state as solely economic vessels. Both socialism and feudalism do great violence to the spirit during this 'collectivization' and, thus, fail to provide, as Capitalism does, the greatest selection of highest quality goods and services at the lowest cost.

Instead of tracing a society's move backward to socialism and Daddy government by watching ideological policies, we are much better served by tracing the known effects. America since the 1930's has grown more and more socialistic (or more like its close brother Fascism which the Left Wing of the Democratic Party conveniently calls 'crony capitalism') and it is apparent in the effects. Under capitalism, the government would never have such strict control over labor (compulsory minimum wage, government enforcement of 'closed shop' rules, OSHA mandates, etc.) and natural resources ("protection" of coastal oil fields, imperial EPA greatly outstripping its legal authority and going WAY beyond protecting the environment). Further, under free capitalism, the government is not a legitimate investor, it has no authority to tell you what to buy, it does not run services, it doesnt make laws governing the use of products, warnings and nutrition information doesnt exist, among a number of other things you believe are good. Ask yourself this: how much more innovation could have taken place in the last 50 years if free markets were the laws of the land and not the socialist imperialism? How would we control our cars if the government didnt mandate the 1890's concept of 1 WHEEL, TWO PEDALS? How would toilets get rid of waste if the government didnt mandate the 1880's concept of swirling water? It's crazy to consider because a toilet which 'flushes' with __gal of water -and a car that operates on a way-too-simple control system- are second nature to us.

But that's socialism! It's socialism that causes societies to lack individual innovation and employment of individual skills just like the system that kept European and Far Eastern quality of life the same for hundreds of years...and it's socialism that threatens to do that to our world. We have to come to the understanding that, regardless of Socialist 'Newspeak,' their system is backward while free markets and private innovation are moves forward. There is great potential in people of my generation for a great national recognition of these simple truths.

We understand that the internet changes everything. We can communicate and disseminate ideas much faster than our parents' generation. For example, we know costly, unfair, established unions can be replaced with a Facebook group. There are all these little things that, together, can drastically increase our take-home pay while eliminating and thinning those entities which oppose liberty in our society...more older people just have to get on board in opposing 21st century feudalism.

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