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Explore the fine line between utopia and totalitarianism in this insightful analysis. This book delves into historical and philosophical perspectives on social ownership from Plato to Marx, examining the Pilgrims’ experiment with communal living and its evolution through the Enlightenment, French Revolution, and Marxism. It questions the role of the state in granting and revoking rights, referencing Eisenhower’s and Coolidge’s thoughts on government intervention. Discover the Bible’s stance on private property contrasted with Marxist ideology, and consider whether France’s Reign of Terror set a precedent for future socialist revolutions.
Author: William J. Federer
Is it a wonderful “utopia” or a totalitarian nightmare? Will everything be free or will deep-state bureaucrats decide who gets what? Did Plato, Thomas More, & Francis Bacon propose social ownership of property? Is there a difference between socialism and communism? Did Pilgrims attempt “a communistic plan of life”? What happened? How did the Pilgrims’ covenant under God become the Age of Enlightenment’s social contract with a distant God, become the French Revolution’s social contract with no god, become Marxism’s “the state is god”? “If the state gives rights, it can, and inevitably will, take away those rights”-Eisenhower. Was France’s Reign of Terror a model for future socialist revolutions? The Bible talks about private property, yet Marx wrote: “The theory of the communists may be summed up…Abolition of private property.” Coolidge wrote “It does not follow that because something ought to be done, the national government ought to do it.”
Weight | 13 oz |
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Dimensions | 5.5 × 0.7 × 8.4 in |