I know most are familiar with this, but it's good to remind ourselves every so often how close we are to the Marxist Ideal:


Ten Pillars of Marxism:

Manifesto of the Communist Party
by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels (1848)

[b]1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes. [/b]
* In progress... (EPA regulations...)

[b]2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. [/b]
*** DONE!

[b]3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance. [/b]
* In progress... (hefty inheritance taxes)

[b]4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.[/b]
*** DONE! (RICOH statutes)

[b]5. Centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly. [/b]
*** DONE! (Fed. Reserve)

[b]6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in he hands of the state.[/b]
*** DONE! (FCC, Interstate Commerce clause)

[b]7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan. [/b]
* In progress...

[b]8. Equal obligation of all to work. [/b]
*** DONE! (Women's Lib)

[b]9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country. [/b]
* In progress... ("Supermarket to the world")

[b]10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc.[/b]
*** DONE!


More than half-way there - Woooohoooo!!

The complete document:
[url]http://csf.colorado.edu/psn/marx/Archive/1848-CM/cm2.txt[/url]   (Look in Section 2 for the ten points)

And, for comparision, the original platform of the Nazi party:
[url]http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?id=76162[/url]

And our own Democratic party:
[url]http://www.democrats.org/issues/platform/platform.html[/url]

You sure didn't need to remind me about #2 since 4th quarter taxes are due today to the IRS....

I had to bookmark this page, so I could come back and look at the links.

Good work The_Macallan.

# 10 is my personal favorite.

Stinkin' rich bastard.  It is human abusers like you who are responsible for all the poverty and suffering in Africa!
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[;D]

Well, your kids can't inherit your registered "assault weapons" in Kali...