by Kody Fairfield
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” – Winston Churchill
1. Milton Friedman- Socialism Is Force
Milton Friedman, renowned American economist, explains why the ideology which purports to make everyone “equal” through government control of goods, services and distribution is inherently force. “What is your ultimate sanction? Go back aways, take it on a milder level. Whenever you try to do with someone else’s money, you are committed to using force. How can you do good with somebody else’s money unless you take it away from them? The only way you can take it away from them is by threat of force…”
2. Rand Paul vs. Bernie Sanders- Right to Healthcare is Conscription
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), took self-proclaimed “democratic socialist” Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to task over Sander’s argument that healthcare is a right. “If you believe in a right to healthcare, you believing in the use of force to conscript someone to do your bidding. ”
3. Daniel Hannan- Socialism Rests On Compulsion
Daniel Hannan, European Union member of parliament from South East England, destroyed the notion of socialism at the Oxford Union. Laying his ground work with a World War II history lesson, he then tangibly works through how we should tilt the balance as far towards liberty as possible. Hannan explains, “what is unique about socialism, is the readiness of the State to deploy coercive force.”
4. Margaret Thatcher- Last House Of Commons Speech
Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of England, took to task a socialist from within her own country on the notion that he would rather see everyone get poorer, given the income gap was smaller.
5. F.A. Hayek- Socialism Is Impossible In A Technical Sense
F.A. Hayek, famed Austrian economist, turns on its head the idea of central planning essential to socialism. He states, “Socialism protesting against the production for profit and not for use, objects to what makes the extended society possible. Production for use is only possible in a society where we know all the facts. But to achieve this situation, where we are all working for people whom we do not know, and being supported by the work of people we do not know, is made possible because we produce profit. Profit is the signal which tells us what we must do to serve people whom we do not know.”