🧵 1/ Marxism inspires people to wield government’s coercive power against their fellow citizens—inevitably causing immense harm—all while insisting that the harm is justified because “it’s for their own good”
2/ Once embraced, the “it’s for their own good” mantra can be misused to justify cruelty in almost any setting in which there is a pronounced power differential—including at work (mean boss), home (abusive spouse or parent), or school (tyrannical teacher)
3/ While potentially harmful in countless other settings, the “it’s for their own good” mindset can become nothing short of *deadly* when it takes hold in government
4/ There’s a simple explanation for that: there’s a particularly pronounced power imbalance between the government and the governed, and that makes it really hard to stop unchecked, violent abuse
You normally can’t just leave your government like you would an abusive employer!
5/ Think of Stalin’s famines, and Mao’s purges—all “for the good of the people”
6/ As C.S. Lewis insightfully observed in *The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment*:
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive … those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience”
7/ Marxism, to whatever degree it sinks in, tends to do precisely that, leaving a trail of blood and human suffering
8/ Marxism must therefore be rejected—emphatically and without qualification or hesitation—by anyone who loves freedom and hates oppression
9/ Fortunately for all Americans, the Constitution—while written long before Karl Marx was even born—is incompatible with Marxism inasmuch as it strictly limits both the power of government prohibits the and the concentration of power within it
To the Marxist, that’s kryptonite!
10/ The Constitution is only as effective at forestalling Marxism’s inevitable tyranny as Americans—and those they elect—are committed to understanding, defending, and adhering to the Constitution’s limitations on the authority and concentration of power within government
11/ It’s my sincere hope and prayer that God will continue to bless America—protecting us from the predation of would-be tyrants as we honor the Constitution throughout the ages
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… “strictly limits both the power of government and the concentration of power within it”
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