the collective, inherently reacting with anathema to their very presence. The differences between the forces of the collective and those of the productive class are immediately apparent.
One notes the beady eyes, lank hair and stooped shoulders of the weaselly members of the collective. By contrast, the heroes of humanity are strong and face the world full on, reveling at the difficulties and taking on whatever comes into their path. These men built the railroads, went to the moon, sailed the ships, fought the wars, flew the aircraft and provided for their families. They built America!
The weasels do none of these things. They lie in the dark, preying on perceived weaknesses and taking all they can from the strong. Secretly, they hate the strong, resenting their intelligence, wealth and power while chipping away, using the organs of the collective, to destroy their foundations. The weasels are the collective politicians, the millions of government minions and those who speak for them.- the useless, the dross and scum of humanity- God’s mistakes and an embarrassment- soon to be dealt with!
You can see them every day, bleating and whining on liberal state TV and radio, mouthpieces
Many of you might take exception to my portrayal of the collective class but, I would submit this: Every cent the weasels have comes from us, those who earn and have earned real money. Those who have built the cities and towns, the roads, the power generators, the cars the aircraft. Those of us who dreamed the impossible dream and then went out and did it… Every single thing the weasels have, all the food they eat, their homes, their clothes, everything, is a direct result of the productive class providing. Without us, they would be nude, starved, diseased and soon die…Consider these distinctions and then let me know if you still take exception to my description of the takers?
The productive citizen does not sit around criticizing those who have made something of themselves. He does not skulk in the dark, plotting ways to take away the fruits of the labor of others. The productive citizen is too busy thinking of ways to make progress, to build, to invent, to do! He uses his legs to stand on and his mind to think. He is educated and active. He is favored by God for living up to God’s concept of what a human should be.
If you try to take away from these men the hard-earned products of their labor, they will fight
If God hates the collective, then why did he make so many of them? Well, you can imagine, I asked Jesus about this. He said, ”Robert, we never intended that there would be so many imperfect humans, we made them all with the same possibilities, but, as you know, man has free will and the many children of the collective took on the sad characteristics of their parents.” “And since you all allowed them to prosper, their numbers naturally increased.” “But, don’t worry, I’m going to do something about them all pretty soon.”
Having considered Jesus’ words very carefully, I understood that some momentous happenings were imminent. The forces of the collective indeed were allowed to multiply in the 19 and 20th century and that was a grand fault of humanity. The following chapter discusses Communism, one of the greatest of the collective evils and one we, as productive men, were able to destroy by ourselves.
CHAPTER 5
COMMUNISM VS. CAPITALISM
“Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.” Alexis de Tocqueville
“SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM AND ALL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT CONTROL OVER THE LIVES OF MEN CORRODE THE HUMAN SPIRIT. THE LEAST GOVERNMENT IS ALWAYS THE BEST GOVERNMENT”
Robert Firth, 1977
Some of the misguided leaders of the Soviet Union may actually have thought they were embroiled in a contest for world domination with a diametrically opposed philosophy they erroneously refereed to as “capitalism.” This silly idea was also espoused by many “fellow travelers” such as the American, French and Italian communist and socialist parties.
In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. There is not today, nor has there ever been,
Communism, Dialectic Materialism and the other shop-worn catch–words of this now thoroughly debunked, defunct and pathetic system in the bright light of today, seems awkward and sophomoric- weak echo’s from a distant and dim past. In its early days, and as put forward in the writings of Marx, Lenin, Engles and Trotsky, Communism had indeed, some similarities with what might pass for a philosophy, or even a religion as many have pointed out. After all, to be a “good communist” one had to be selfless, egalitarian and willing to sacrifice everything for the “cause” or, in the case of religion, the belief. The idea of “to all according to their need from all according to their ability” or some such claptrap was patently absurd and proved, in the end, hugely unworkable.
The largely Christian West developed under market driven economies rather than one centrally controlled by government. There is no mystery or philosophy responsible for the incredible success of the European and American economies. Goods and services are created by private interests and directed to those markets that have a need and pay the most. This system is better described as one advanced by purely natural and logical forces rather than any cohesive and managed plan. Capitalism is simply supply and demand conducted under and within a system of common law, based for the most part on the Christian God’s ten commandants. To the degree that government keeps their dirty paws off the system it works very well. However, once the collective weasels begin monkeying with it, the system can be severely damaged if not destroyed. The Affordable Homes Act, Community Reinvestment act and the Financial Regulatory act of 2011 (Dodd Frank) are great examples, as are Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac etc.
In the Soviet state, a man was not allowed, under their absurd laws, to make a chair and sell it. A kid was not allowed to wash his neighbors car (if, indeed, a neighbor even had a car) Private enterprise, of any kind, was prohibited and the penalties, for even minor transgressions, severe. An author was not allowed to profit from publishing his book. All publishing was a function of the state and there were, in fact, no private presses. All forms of profit making activity was outlawed and remained so for 70 odd years. Imagine, while the free world economies prospered and grew, the Soviet system stagnated while the monolithic state crushed every vestige of individual incentive creating a nation of slaves.
Western governments, for fifty years, dealt with communist countries by maintaining a powerful military force and a policy of containment under NATO & SEATO. This was never considered in the west as a contest of Capitalism vs. Communism. It was simply a way to survive the threat of a militaristic dictatorship that was spinning out of control.
The Soviet empire was this xenophobic military colossus that demanded unquestioning obedience from its huge masses of imprisoned slaves. It is only due to the individual competence of the many dedicated Russian professionals that the Soviet system was able to work at all. The decisions of the aged, barbaric and hugely ignorant soviet leadership were almost all, terribly wrong. It is truly a wonder that anything worked at all, so egregiously