Why The Left Hates Private Wealth

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Much of the hostility toward private wealth comes from the same impulse: hatred of its ability to insulate the citizen from the will of the state. Money empowers resistance; it gives one the ability to buy some gold coins, for example, and thereby hold a measure of independence from the monetary monopoly of the state; to send children to a private school and avoid the brainwashing of the public education monopoly; to open a foreign bank account and provide oneself with protection against legal confiscation schemes. Propaganda alleging the immorality of inherited wealth is also a reflection of the assault on the family. Before he dropped into noumenal oblivion, Charles Reich wrote that private property “guards the troubled boundary between individual man and the state,” but that there is a new wealth that has replaced it, one dispensed in myriad forms by the state. Increasingly, therefore, “Americans live on government largesse – allocated by government on its own terms, and held by recipients subject to conditions which express ‘the public interest.’ ” People who are thus described are more likely to be compliant servants of the authorities than are those who earn their living by giving value to private citizens who prize what they have to offer.

Idols for Destruction – Herbert Schlossberg

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  1. Magnus Forteman

    There are voices out there who have been calling it, people who have seen government overreach before and are urgently trying to warn others. It is such a shame that so many Kiwis are fast asleep, and that few churches act as beacons. Red or blue at the next election – what does it matter? National and Act would’ve been, by their own admission, more strict with lockdowns, harsher with mandates, more efficient at implementing and funding draconian measures. The only real difference seems to be in degrees of financial aptitude. Activists push evil, the government promotes it, the people tolerate it, and so they’ll get the government they deserve while most churches and Christians sleep.
    I hate to say it, but we were told to observe the signs and act accordingly. We’ll be leaving these shores at the earliest opportunity. Simply raising our children correctly and mostly ignoring society won’t do. You won’t be left alone. There is no tolerance. They are coming for you and they’re coming for your children.
    There are examples of people staying and fighting, and of people escaping impending trouble. For the Christian, we may be called to either of these. Not doing anything and going back to sleep after the election is not an option however. Be strong and courageous, and act.

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