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Originally posted by nukeandpave:
Next up: sieze the means of production.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
Socialism is a religion to many people.
Once one accepts the tenets of a religion, then facts, rational thinking, and anything else that conflicts with those tenets are dismissed from consideration lest one be accused of heresy. And the older people get the less willing they are to examine their own beliefs. As one of my signature lines puts a quotation by Leo Tolstoy,

“Most men … can seldom accept the simplest and most obvious truth if it … would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions … which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabrics of their lives.”

(None of that is intended to insult other religionists because that has worked for countless people throughout the history of the human species; it’s just the way people are. It’s important when trying to determine what drives socialists, however, to understand that the thought processes are exactly the same. In fact, I believe that the reason so many atheists [but not all of us] are leftists and socialists or unabashed Communists is because they too are looking for a faith system that doesn’t require much thought beyond the acceptance of a few basic beliefs.)