“Now all who believed have been collectively, and had all issues in frequent, and bought their possessions and items, and divided them amongst all, as anybody had want.” – Acts 2:44-45
“All of the believers have been one in coronary heart and thoughts. Nobody claimed that any of their possessions was their very own, however they shared every thing they’d.” – Acts 4:32.
“I’ve unlocked the key of being content material regardless of my circumstances.” – Philippians 4:11
Our nation appears to be on a gradual, regular march towards turning into a Marxist nation.
The common American is aware of little of Karl Marx and the hazard of Marxism which has infiltrated the US academic, governmental, and societal establishments.
The daddy of Kamala Harris is a Marxist financial professor with tenure at Stanford College.
The Stanford Evaluate wrote about Kamala’s father in 1976:
“Professor Donald Harris, a Marxist financial professor, attracts college students to his subject of instruction. He’s a “pied-piper” who leads college students astray from neo-classical economics. Briefly, he (teaches) dangerous programs too nicely. (There’s) a rising curiosity within the scholar physique for Marxian economics.”
The Stanford Day by day, Nov. 3, 1976
A Professing Christian as a Youth
Karl Marx (1818-1883), thinker and German politician. (Roger Viollet Assortment / Getty Pictures)
Karl Marx was born on Might 5, 1818, in Trier, Prussia (now Germany), and died on March 14, 1883, in London, England.
His mother and father have been Jews who’d transformed to Christianity, and so they raised Karl in a Christian house. Nevertheless, Marx, went off to school, and after listening to his materialist professors, he turned away from the Christianity of his youth.
Marx’s grownup views of faith are famously summarized in his assertion:
“Faith is the opium of the individuals.”
Karl Marx, Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Proper, 1843
Marx as soon as boasted of memorizing main parts of the New Testomony, however later took pleasure in his materialistic atheism as an grownup.
You may learn Marx for your self, however to avoid wasting you time, after I listing his six main works, I’ll provide the ABC’s of Marxism in a easy to grasp abstract.
Karl Marx authored and printed six main books:
- “The Communist Manifesto” (1848) – Co-authored with Friedrich Engels, that is considered one of Marx’s most well-known works, outlining the ideas of communism.
- “Das Kapital” (1867, with later volumes posthumously printed) – Typically thought-about his magnum opus, Das Kapital critiques political financial system and capitalism. Marx personally accomplished the primary quantity, and Engels edited and printed the second and third volumes after Marx’s dying.
- “The German Ideology” (written in 1846 however not printed throughout his lifetime) – Co-authored with Engels, this work critiques different German philosophers and lays out their principle of historic materialism.
- “A Contribution to the Critique of Political Financial system” (1859) – This work was a precursor to Das Kapital and delves into Marx’s theories on worth, labor, and capital.
- “The Poverty of Philosophy” (1847) – A response to Pierre-Joseph Proudhon’s work, the place Marx critiques his concepts on political financial system.
- “Critique of the Gotha Program” (1875) – Marx critiqued this system of the German Employees’ Get together, discussing socialism and the long run communist society.
The ABCs of Marxism
Marxism is damaging and harmful.
After 100 years of governments all over the world adopting Marxism, over 100 million individuals have been murdered by Marxist governments.
That’s horrific.
Put the phrase “N0” earlier than the phrases that begin with the A, and the B, and the C within the ABCs of Marxism, memorize it, and also you’ll by no means be at a loss to clarify Marxism to others. Marxism advocates:
A – No ASSETS for self.
The federal government owns every thing and provides to you in keeping with your want.
B – No BORDERS for states.
When all are Marxists, your complete world might be communal (communism).
C – No CLASS for society.
The haves (bourgeoisie) and have nots (proletariat) might be gone. All are equal.
New believers in Christ typically learn the e-book of Acts and suppose that Christianity advocates no the identical factor as Marx did (see the Scriptures on the prime of this submit)
However there may be one basic distinction between biblical Christianity and Marxism:
In Christianity: GOD favors His individuals with new, beneficiant hearts that cause them to voluntarily give to others in particular person freedom.
In Marxism: GOVERNMENT controls its individuals by exterior drive that results in unvoluntary confiscation and the state’s tyrannical management.
Once you see United States political leaders, authorities non-profits, spiritual establishments, faculty professors, and younger individuals advocate:
- Authorities confiscation of your private wealth to present to others, it’s Marxism.
- Authorities advocacy of open borders within the identify of globalism, it’s Marxism.
- Authorities selective prosecution by class, politics, and faith, it’s Marxism.
The Variations Between Marxism, Socialism, and Communism
One of the simplest ways for example the that means of the above chart is with
Marxism is marketing strategy of a grocery retailer proprietor (the federal government), the place everyone seems to be paid by the for manufacturing and producing the meats, fruits, greens, and grains picked up on the grocery retailer by everybody in want. The one one with “wealth” on this Marxism is the proprietor of the grocery retailer (the federal government or state). Consider North Korea because the prime instance of Marxism.
Socialism is the enforcement of grocery retailer proprietor (the federal government) in its common visits to producers and producers, controlling each side of the method, making certain that no one is taking something for himself, however is working for the state to deliver the merchandise to the shop.
Socialism is the bridge from capitalism and private liberty to communism and state tyranny.
Communism is the final word purpose of the grocery retailer proprietor (the federal government). Communal meals (the grocery retailer) is out there to all “freed from cost,” and whenever you stroll within the door, you get meals “in keeping with your want.” There’s no want for money. There’s no want for saving cash. There’s no want for personal belongings. The federal government will care for you. Authorities takes the place of GOD in your life.
However sadly, communist nations traditionally run in need of groceries.
Cabinets are naked. Why? There isn’t any incentive to work laborious or advance by your superior benefit when everyone seems to be handled equally in the long run.
Even worse, those that personal the shop (authorities leaders) turn into tyrannical and egocentric. And in occasions of shortage, the grocery retailer homeowners (authorities leaders) have every thing they want as a result of they rob residents to feed themselves.
Get the image?
Somebody has summarized the variations visually on Pinterest.
A Marxist authorities solely works when there may be ONE POLITICAL PARTY. Dissent is the kryptonite of Marxism. Due to this fact, in a Marxist nation, the political leaders all stroll in lock-step and shut down dissent by drive.
Don’t Let the US Develop into Marxist
Main Nations throughout the twentieth century that Adopted Marxist Philosophy
- Soviet Union (1917–1991): The primary nation to aim to implement Marx’s concepts on a big scale following the Russian Revolution of 1917. The USSR grew to become the world’s first socialist state beneath the management of Vladimir Lenin and later Joseph Stalin.
- China (since 1949): Beneath Mao Zedong, China adopted a model of Marxism, sometimes called Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. The Chinese language Communist Get together stays in energy at present, though China’s financial system has included market parts because the late twentieth century.
- Cuba (since 1959): After the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro established a Marxist-Leninist state, aligning intently with the Soviet Union throughout the Chilly Struggle.
- Vietnam (since 1976): After the Vietnam Struggle, the reunified Vietnam grew to become a Marxist-Leninist state, ruled by the Communist Get together of Vietnam.
- North Korea (since 1948): Though North Korea’s political ideology is formally “Juche,” a philosophy of self-reliance, it has roots in Marxist-Leninist thought, particularly beneath Kim Il-sung.
- Jap European Nations (1945–1989): A number of Jap European nations, together with East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia, adopted Marxist-Leninist governments following World Struggle II beneath Soviet affect. These governments largely collapsed with the autumn of the Soviet Union.
- Different Notable Examples:
- Laos (since 1975)
- Angola (since 1975, with a Marxist-Leninist interval)
- Mozambique (since 1975, Marxist parts in governance)
- Ethiopia (beneath the Derg, 1974–1991)
- Nicaragua (Sandinista authorities from 1979–1990)
Actions or Governments Influenced by Marxism
- Chile (1970–1973): The presidency of Salvador Allende was influenced by Marxism, however he was overthrown in a coup.
- Spain (1936–1939): In the course of the Spanish Civil Struggle, numerous Marxist factions, together with anarchists and communists, performed key roles on the Republican facet.
- India: The Communist Get together of India (Marxist) has ruled sure states like Kerala and West Bengal at numerous occasions.
All of the above states suffered super downturns economically, socially, and industrially.
They turn into poor nations.
You will have the power to maintain the US in keeping with our Judeo-Christian heritage and capitalistic, Austrian financial system.
Don’t let anybody idiot you.
The best nation on this planet is one the place followers of Jesus rule the individuals, defending private liberty, preserving out authorities tyranny, and establishing an financial system primarily based on particular person meritocracy.
I write primarily based on Christian ideas and the examine of historical past all over the world.
Solely you possibly can forestall communism coming to the US.
