Where Socialism Leads!
"For the earth shall be full of the knowledge
of the Lord as the waters cover the sea."
Isaiah 11: 9
In 2013, many liberal thinkers boasted in the apparent success of the
socialist government of Venezuela. Journalist David Sirota said the U.S.
should envy all the work of Hugo Chávez, and celebrities celebrated his
socialist cause—celebrities like Sean Penn, Danny Glover, Oliver Stone,
and Michael Moore.
But constitutional rights were suspended in 2016, and now a third of
the citizens of Venezuela don’t have enough food to eat. Nearly one
in five are eating garbage. Over five million people have
fled, and
Americans who set foot in Venezuela are subject to kidnapping
and extortion.
Why is socialism so attractive to so many people?
It eventually turns governments into gods. Socialism
ultimately fails because productivity declines when
one person’s labor is given to another.
God’s Word values the importance of work
and the integrity of God-given rights.
One day Jesus Christ will govern the world,
and His knowledge will touch every life. Until
then, let’s work hard to be productive, and let’s
guard ourselves against destructive philosophies.
"The problem with socialism is that you
eventually run out of other people’s money."
Margaret Thatcher
