This week, Hugo Chavez stated that Christ was the greatest socialist- which nicely illustrates one of the more popular errors in political economic philosophy.
The difference between Christ and socialism is the difference between freedom and force. Christ encouraged true charity- the free giving of one's time or earnings to help those less fortunate. Socialism or communism as preached by Marx is forced economic redistribution by the state- which, as always, destroys the spirit of true Christian charity.
The unifying theme of the Left is it's instinctive turning to the force of the state to solve all it's problems- whether economic or environmental.
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