By Steve Rossiter ——Bio and Archives--April 30, 2021
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With
chaos in today’s America, it is past time to analyze exactly how we
have arrived at this point and consider where America is headed, if
action is not taken to change the current trajectory. History is the
wall on which this message has been painted, and too many Americans seem
unable to read. In this case, ignorance is not bliss, but impending
tragedy.
In 1847, Karl Marx and Friedrick Engles were engaged to write the
Communist Manifesto which was published by the Communist League in
1848. As the fathers of Marxism, they detailed the primary steps that
needed to be taken to seize power and control of a population and
destroy capitalism and individual liberty.
- Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purpose.....
- A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.....
- Abolition of all rights of inheritance.....
- Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.....
- Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly......
- Centralize the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state......
- Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state, the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of soil generally in accordance with the common plan......
- Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especial for agriculture.....
- Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries;
gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country by more
equable distribution of the population over the country......
- Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labor in it’s present form. Combination of education with industrial production......
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