Was Karl Marx Right? - 2012 Update

Karl Marx believed that capitalist societies would eventually transition to socialist societies. This would be achieved through class warfare. Today, Democrats are all too eager to break Americans into classes and stir up class warfare. They prod Americans to ask, “What’s in it for me?” More and more candidates pander to the public by promising federal giveaways. And since the government doesn’t generate wealth, those giveaways are paid for with money taken from other Americans. This is the slippery slope that will lead us to socialism. As the government continues to redistribute the wealth of Americans, the phrase, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need,” sounds more like a campaign slogan from our President than a belief promoted by Karl Marx. America’s Founding Fathers called their dream “the great experiment.” The federal republic they founded became the most powerful and free country in history. They envisioned a land where the powers of the federal government were enumerated and limited; a land where Americans were self reliant and if someone needed help we would take care of each other through charitable giving and not rely on the government. But today we see more and more Americans who feel entitled to things just because they were born in this country; Americans who resent the success of their fellow Americans. More and more Americans are being convinced that it is the government’s job to take care of them. So where is America heading? Will the country lurch so far left that the “great experiment” becomes contaminated beyond repair? Alexis de Tocqueville is quoted as saying, "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." So will the American Republic endure as it was originally envisioned, or was Karl Marx right after all?