Marxism, Part II

Earlier, I listed the first five tenets of Marxism. I'd like to now add the last five:

6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State
8. Equal liability of all labor
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools.

I want to briefly talk about number six and number ten.

When the "means of communication" is in the hands of the state, "Big Brother is watching" become more than just a punchline.

Well, number 10 seems harmless enough, doesn't it? When you read The Communist Manifesto, it becomes a little scarier. Here's how it reads:

"Do you charge us with wanting to stop the exploitation of children by their parents? To this crime we plead guilty. But, you say, we destroy the most hallowed of relations, when we replace home education by social."

Marx fully admits his disdain for parental rights. He believes the state can educate children better than parents and replaces "home education" with "social". Leon Trotsky said in 1932, "The majority of proletarian parents reconcile themselves to the loss of part of their parental authority the more readily as the state takes over the greater part of their parental cares."

If Obama is elected, you can count on home schooling to go by the wayside. You can count on private schools being regulated by the government and told what to teach and how to teach it.

More freedoms removed...