The young socialists of today call themselves Democratic Socialists. They truly believe that they can do socialism in America much better than it was done in the 20^th century in all the Soviet satellite countries which called themselves socialist democratic republics.

These countries were not democratic; they were tyrannies controlled by the Communist Party. The Communist Party represented about ten percent of the population while the other ninety percent were subjugated by the total control of the top Communist Party executive leaders.

The Communist Party leaders had a huge standing army, a huge street police apparatus, and a large security police controlled by the Dear Leader. The ultimate power resided with the tyrant and his wife.

What is Socialism?

Socialism is a societal form where the central government [the Communist Party] controls all the means of production, the centrally planned economy, government banking, all press, education, travel, health care, all churches, arts, publishing, and all media.

When asked what socialism is, people on the street answered this way:

- Socialism is a political party that takes care of people; you Americans are not taking care of your people- Socialism is being friendly and sociable with others- Socialism is compassion, fairness, and equality - Socialism is the other word for communism, and it was horrible, it killed a lot of people- I don’t know and I don’t care- Socialism is like a worm which destroys its host nation- Free stuff like the Nordic people get

Twenty-first century American socialists or Democratic Socialists as they call themselves believe that they can dispense with the political tyranny of socialism and keep the economic programs and thus do socialism the right way, never explaining what the right way is.

The elephant in the room is that under socialism, economic programs did not exist, you had to work hard for a meager salary. There was no incentive to work harder since everybody was paid about the same. This gave rise to the performance motto: “We pretend to work and they pretend to pay us.

”Under socialism, land and farms were confiscated, private real estate like nicer homes and hotels were confiscated. Any criticism of the government’s decisions landed one in prison for years and worse.

Shouldn’t rational human beings be able to learn from the experience of millions of people who suffered and died under socialism in the twentieth century, without having to live it personally in the twenty-first century?

The most obvious case against socialism is that it creates abject poverty, loss of all freedoms, and no prosperity because no human is so altruistic that would be willing to share all personal wealth and hard work with the lazy.

Socialism is propaganda, deceit, lies, and false promises. The Government uses force to control and change society. It is a tyrannical society of thieves. The main goal of socialism is communism. Vladimir Lenin wrote, “what is usually called socialism was termed by Marx the ‘first,’ or lower, phase of communist society.”

According to Paul B. Skousen, socialism has seven pillars.⁽¹⁾

1. All powerful RULERS2. Society divided into CASTES (see India) and CLASSES3. All things in COMMON4. All things REGULATED5. Compliance is FORCED6. Control of INFORMATION

7. No UNALIENABLE RIGHTS

46 goals of modern socialists

Skousen also wrote that there are 46 goals of modern socialists⁽²⁾ 

1. Promote Socialism:
2. Demean capitalism
3. No national boundaries
4. Install Environmental Rulers (green energy)
5. One-world currency
6. Control the Internet
7. Establish economic rulers
8. Economic equality
9. Ruler’s Law (bypass national law)
10. Render Congress irrelevant
11. Subordinate local government
12. Destroy representation (no free elections)
13. Deflate constitutional convention
14. Uphold 17^th Amendment
15. Regulate all transportation
16. Regulate all energy
17. Eliminate private property
18. Destroy family culturev
19. Redefine normal and healthy
20. Destroy the sacrament of marriage
21. Discredit the traditional family
22. Destroy gender distinctions
23. Universal access to abortion
24. Limit family size
25. Replace God-centered religion with Humanist religion
26. Destroy church economies (tax exempt status)
27. Eliminate cash in the marketplace
28. Nationalize health care
29. Supreme World Court
30. One-World Super-Legislature
31. Environmental rights supersede Human rights
32. Nationalize all natural resources
33. Destroy nuclear weapons unilaterally
34. Neutralize Israel
35. Nationalize all industry
36. Synch animal rights with Human rights
37. Infiltrate and regulate all education
38. Control all information
39. Infiltrate and regulate labor
40. Uphold all labor as Optional
41. Discredit the U.S. Constitution
42. Discredit all Freedom Heroes and Founding Fathers
43. Rewrite history to discredit American culture.

What is communism?

Communism is a classless, stateless society. Communism promises that a communist society, even in the absence of work incentives, will produce greater quantities of goods than any other economic and political system in existence and each person will be provided according to his/her needs.

In the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote that property is to be eliminated and used for public purposes, income tax must be progressive or graduated, property of all emigrants and rebels should be confiscated, credit, transportation, and communication should be centralized in the hands of the state, a common plan for all production and agriculture must exist, all must labor in industrial armies, town and country must be abolished, agriculture and manufacture must be combined, and education must be free.

“Communist production will produce a state of absolute saturation where all human needs will be satisfied. Supplies are to be stockpiled and distributed according to the needs of every person. Services are also to be made available at central depots and are to be available in such quantity that all elements of competition among consumers will be eliminated.” (W. Cleon Skousen, 2014, The Naked Communist, p. 87)

So, greed, selfishness, jealousy, coveting, markets, money, and prices will disappear? And who decides the needs of each person and by what metrics? You will own nothing and be happy about it? Who will measure your happiness quotient? Who will suppress discontent and dissatisfaction? How would selfishness be eliminated, which, according to communists, leads to class struggle?

1. (Paul B. Skousen, The Naked Socialist, Ensign Publishing Co., 2014)

2. (Paul B. Skousen, The Naked Socialist, Ensign Publishing Co., 2014, pp. 493-500)

Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh——Bio and Archives

Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh, Ileana Writes is a freelance writer, author, radio commentator, and speaker. Her books, “Echoes of Communism”, “Liberty on Life Support” and “U.N. Agenda 21: Environmental Piracy,” “Communism 2.0: 25 Years Later” are available at Amazon in paperback and Kindle.