Dear Jason Mark,
Do please read more carefully what it is that I state: More Millionaires, No Poor, No War.
So, I'm quite opposed to socialism.
The root cause is somewhat more a problem. Namely that we humans are something different than our current paradigm makes us believe we are. We are all idiots - so am I, that need groupthink in order to think properly. Group think is not socialism, lest you think that. You can also do that in any organization, family or church if you like.
You would be astonished how little focus we individual humans have. A thing that illusionists and hypnotizers know and exploit.
40% of humanity even the 10% of the most intelligent thereof simply can't compute long term problems. 80% female thus 20% male.
A further 40% of humanity simply can't compute further than medium term affairs: 80% male and 20% female. Including the 10% most intelligent thereof.
Only 20% can think in more long terms on important issues. 50% male / 50% female. On far above average complex problems that leaves us (10% of this group thus) 2% that can dream up correct potential testable solutions in order not to let it spiral out of control.
Less than 1% deviation over the total.
You can learn to spot this as being true yourself B.T.W.
Alas the survival trait of internalized hypnotics that I also define as religion, comes to play. And then only a person seen as the authority can change the religion of the peer group without it becoming an open conflict.
If you are religious in this belief you state it is as if I were to state like Sherman, that I pointed out earlier saying to a toddler (that we all are thus, including myself) go ahead walk on the Duckweed of the pond, commit suicide with H2O. The toddler will hear "go ahead walk onto the strange pond, blah, blah unimportant." And thus walk onto the pond, and get wet and maybe drown.
So if you are indeed religious in this issue, then there is no way I can convince you to rethink this.
So then we'd best agree to disagree.
Unless you can prove that we aren't prof Dick Swaab type of robots and that hypnotism and religion aren't survival traits.
Oh, and by the way, I've been in the army and proudly so. And my grandparents were in the armed resistance in the war. I've been a D.A.. So I don't quite know where you got these ideas from? That Sherman was vehemently opposed to war, made him in your eyes I guess then a pacifist?
Regards, Gerhard