Rebekah Koffler: Socialism in America - a warning to my adopted homeland about the evils of this system

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Socialism is an evil system, incompatible with freedom and democracy.
64% : Socialism is inhumane, forcing people to do unethical things out of desperation.
61% : Ironically, just like my parents tried to shield me from untruths and brainwashing by Soviet schools by explaining at our dinner table the truth behind Soviet indoctrination, I've found myself pulling my children from public schools and placing them into religious schools in order to avoid heavy and biased government-sponsored indoctrination.
60% : A third problem with socialism is the state's complete control over individuals.
59% : If we don't want our nation to join the ranks of failed and oppressive socialist countries, we must fight socialism in America with all we've got.
58% : The second problem with socialism is that, as scarcity of goods grows, those in charge of wealth redistribution start taking care of their needs first, rationing goods and services for everyone except themselves.
57% : The first problem with socialism is not only that socialists eventually run out of other people's money, as Margaret Thatcher once famously said, it is also that socialist societies stop producing wealth altogether.
54% : Socialism creates a society of "one-percenters" and "ninety-nine-percenters," except the one-percenters are the ones who redistribute wealth, not the ones who create it.
53% : Socialism inevitably results in stagnation and tyranny.
50% : I am compelled to warn my fellow Americans what socialism is really about.
47% : As an immigrant to America from a socialist country, I am distressed about the monumental shift of my adopted homeland toward socialism.
45% : Socialism idealistically looks for government to create complete equality in society and to end suffering -- a noble-sounding idea.
42% : During the past few years, I have increasingly felt like socialism is resurfacing in America.
42% : During the past few years, I have increasingly felt like socialism is resurfacing in America.
37% : Under socialism, since the state "takes care" of its people by providing everything "for free," it plays the dominant role in all spheres of life.

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