Socialists claim to support the “People.” But who are the “People?” To the socialist the people are monolithic group who must be herded by the government. The leaders of the government are not part of the “people,” because elitism is necessary in socialism. The people are to be used by the elite for economic purposes. They are moved from one industry to another. There is never to be any individualism because the individual is the enemy of the collective.

Ever notice that once a nation turns socialist, economic output declines? This is because the government does not have the ability to allocate resources and labor to particular industries. In a free-market system resources and labor are efficiently allocated because the market can foresee and react to economic changes. The socialist also believes that the government can set the price of commodities and goods but this never works. For example, a socialist may see that people are hungry so they attempt to “freeze” the price of a certain product. This freeze will create a shortage because there will be a rush to purchase this product at the new discounted price. The producers of this product will not be able to keep up with the demand, so next the socialist will nationalize this industry in the name of the “people.”

A socialist nation can never actually create anything … they always seize what already exists, socialism can not exist without capitalism. Capitalism creates the factories, farms and goods that the socialist seizes. Once the seizure takes place, there is no longer an incentive to create new goods, products and technology. Socialism also pushes away foreign investment in a nation, which leads to less capital to work with.

We believe that the “people” are individuals … each with their own skills and dreams. When each citizen pursues their own happiness, economic prosperity is created. Unlike socialists, we believe that the power of the individual is superior to the power of the collective.