To All of the Good-Hearted American Socialists and Communists

For a large portion of my life I was forced to rely on the learning and experience of others for my own worldview to take shape, and in truth, that worldview that I called my very own really wasn't mine, but a tapestry of pieces of others' worldviews sewn together, held together by an intrinsic need for ideological and philosophical structure.  I owe much of what and who I am to my parents, the valiant conquerers of Jim Crow Mississippi sad Arkansas and a racially oppressive Chicago at the height of the Civil Rights struggle.  They worked harder than there exists adjectives to describe their diligent toil to provide quality private school education for my entire childhood, including college and in college, my truly very own evaluation of the world took form.
     Still, though, I had an untested judgment of Socialism and Communism.  I had always been taught (and told) that especially Communism had been one of the great scourges of the twentieth century but I did not have objective facts to judge the validity of such claims.  Again, I was forced, to a degree to accept at face value.  But the greatest beauty of college is the unfettered access to all the world's knowledge and the greatest tragedy is not unearthing innumerable gems of truth. 
     It wasn't until fairly recently, now that my beloved America is in the throes of societal upheaval, that I came to really understand what Socialism and Communism are all about.  And my purpose here is not to condemn or praise these systems but to appeal to my fellow Americans who adhere to these philosophies.
     First, in the interest of being transparent, I am not a supporter of Socialism or Communism if not for their collective body count, then for their impracticality.  Socialism and Communism cannot endure for one reason above all others irregardless of the motives and intentions of the purveyors thereof. 
     I would dare postulate that there is actually a rather large number of well-meaning disciples of Marx in the United States that truly love America.  They have, however, chosen systems of government and economics that are flawed, and fundamentally so- as is Capitalism and our system of Constitutional Republicanism.  (They are all imperfect, by the way, because they are all human institutions.)  I would think that some, if not all the adherents of Socialism sad Communism (in America) had similar quests for objective truth to mine and they finally settled on that which they believed was best for America, and best for the hundreds of thousands locked out of the "American Dream" because of educational deficiencies, poverty, racism, sexism, etc.
     I can honestly understand why a country-loving patriot would promulgate Socialism out of a sincere belief that the socio-economic inequities deeply entrenched into the fabric of our nation don't allow one from the poverty and crime-oppressed Englewood community (on the south side of Chicago) the break/advantage they would need for escape.  I really do understand that, and why they would want a fair-dealing powerful government to balance the scales so that the power of corporations, banks, etc is checked by the servants of the people, all of whom are duly elected and empowered by the people.
     Therein lies the problem.  All government is comprised of people, and history has, with crystal clarity shown us that these virtually all-powerful governments, when given the power to act for the people always serve themselves above all.  What is missing is Almighty God, and the Founders of this great Republic knew firsthand of man's total depravity, and the natural tendency of powerful monarchs and governmental bodies to invariably lean toward tyranny, toward despotism.  The Founders understood that embedded within the workings of the government were needed constitutional roadblocks to absolute power by any one member or branch of government.  Furthermore, they understood, indicated by their (almost) unanimous reverence of "Nature's God" that man desperately needed something on the inside of himself to curb him from his innate craving for self promotion, at the expense of others if necessary.
     Socialism cannot work because it empties God of His power, removes Him from His rightful place as judge of all man's actions and arbitor of Truth, placing man there instead.  Socialism can't work also because one day, when the government has devolved into tyranny, as it is doing now before our eyes, the people will throw its shackles off of their hands and necks and violently depose it.  It cannot work because its premise is an impossible one.  Human government cannot balance the scales.  It falls on individuals, familes, friends, churches to do that.
     My fellow Americans who love Socialism, all we need do to understand its workings is to look at the twentieth century and spend time studying National Socialism work its way to its only possible end.  Adolph Hitler had become a god to the Germans and his wicked pogrom they executed to his satisfaction. 
     Socialism would remove ingenuity and ambition, save the craving for position in government.  Socialism would destroy a man's desire to work hard for his wages because one thing Socialism needs more than anything is money, and that revenue would only be raised through oppressively high taxes and fees for governmental services.  Most of all though, Socialism (and Communism) would demand the exit of God, the only force capable of checking man's depravity, from the public square, a la North Korea.  Socialism didn't produce the greatest, most powerful, wealthiest nation on earth, so what would be the advantage in embracing it now?  Look what it's done for Cuba, Venezuela, China, North Korea, Cambodia, Germany, and other nations.  No, we as Americans, must once again fully embrace our Judeo-Christian heritage, our Constitutional Republican form of government, and a rejuvenated dedication to work that benefits ourselves and each other.  Socialism, as you'll honestly see has no part of our history and heritage, nor should it.