There is a lot of talk these days in political debates about socialism. Some of our educational systems and higher learning institutions and even politicians are offering their take on this subject. Many books are available to study the text about the subject, it almost looks like communism which some say is an extreme form of socialism. From the ideological standpoint, there is no substantial difference between the two. In fact, the communist Soviet Union called itself the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991) and communist China, Cuba and Vietnam define themselves as socialist nations.

Socialism seeks to eliminate “injustice” by transferring rights and responsibilities from individuals and families to the State. In the process, socialism actually creates injustice. It destroys true liberty: the freedom to decide all matters that lie within our own competence and to follow the course shown by our reason, within the laws of morality, including the dictates of justice and charity.

Those who have seriously studied this subject say socialism is anti-natural, it destroys personal initiative, it calls for “redistributing the wealth” by taking from the “rich” to give to the poor , it undermines private property, has the State, and not parents, control the education of children, evolution must be taught and School prayer must be forbidden.

Additionally a supposed absolute equality among men is the fundamental assumption of socialism and Belief in God, who unlike us is infinite, omnipotent and omniscient, clashes head-on with the principle of absolute equality and socialism therefore rejects the spiritual, claiming that only matter exists.

According to Karl Marx, religion is “the opium of the people.” Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union, agreed: “Religion is opium for the people. Religion is a sort of spiritual booze in which the slaves of capital drown their human image, their demand for a life more or less worthy of man.”

Indeed this subject is something to think about, and it's interesting how some in the political family want us to believe it is the way for our freedom loving society to go.