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9780910558730

The Naked Socialist

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    9780910558730

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    0910558736

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2012-09-26
  • Publisher: Ensign Pub Co
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Table of Contents

What is Socialism?
Socialism At Workp. 1
The Eternal Conflict: Force Versus Choicep. 3
Socialism in Ancient History
First, There Was Forcep. 28
Ancient Sumer, The Earliest Socialistsp. 29
Pharaoh, The Demigod Socialistp. 33
Nimrod, The Anti-God Socialistp. 36
China: Dynasties Of Socialismp. 38
Assyrians: Ruthless, Blood-Drenched Socialistsp. 42
Socialism in Classical History
Draco And His Draconian Ideasp. 50
Sparta: Warrior Socialistsp. 52
Of Beards, Words, And Wisdomp. 56
A Caste Of Millionsp. 60
Aristophanes: Socialist Ideas "In The Round"p. 62
Rome's Recipe: Bread & Circusesp. 64
Israel: The Elusive Essenesp. 65
China: Wang Mang, A Failed Socialistp. 66
How Socialism Killed Romep. 67
Socialism in the Middle Ages
Socialism And The Rise Of Christianityp. 74
Feudalism And Rulers' Lawp. 80
Socialism In The Middle Agesp. 82
Socialism And The Reformationp. 88
Rise Of The Guildsp. 96
How The French "Revolutionized" Socialismp. 103
Socialism in the Early Americas
Meanwhile, Over In The Americasp. 122
Incas: Model Socialistsp. 123
Jesuit Priests Socialize Paraguayp. 129
Jamestown: Socializing The New Worldp. 131
Plymouth: No Thanksgiving For Socialismp. 135
Socialism in Religion
Socialism In Religionp. 144
The Universal Religionp. 155
Was Jesus A Socialist?p. 156
Did the Early Christians Practice Communism?p. 159
The Word That Can't Be Definedp. 163
Socialism Du Jourp. 167
The Miracle that Stopped Socialism
The Miracle That Stopped Socialismp. 176
Abolishing Pillar #1: "The Ruler"p. 181
Abolishing Pillar #2: "The Caste"p. 192
Abolishing Pillar #3: "All Things In Common"p. 194
Abolishing Pillar #4: "All Things Regulated"p. 197
Abolishing Pillar #5: "Force"p. 199
Abolishing Pillar #6: "Information Control"p. 201
Abolishing Pillar #7: "No Rights"p. 204
Does It Work?p. 212
Founding Fathers Speak On Socialismp. 214
Is It "Old Fashioned"?p. 218
Democracy vs. Republicp. 219
Revolution of the Socialists, I
Conspiracy To Socialize Americap. 224
There's Nothing Progressive About Progressivesp. 225
America's First Progressivep. 227
The Revolution Of The Socialistsp. 237
Revolutionary: Ned Luddp. 239
Revolutionary: Unions & The Kingp. 240
Revolutionary: Napoleon Bonapartep. 241
Revolutionary: Robert Owenp. 244
Revolution of the Socialists, II
Revolutionary: Union Organizersp. 250
Revolutionary: Religious Revivalistsp. 260
Revolutionary: The Thinkersp. 266
Revolutionary: Top Ten Booksp. 274
Revolution of the Socialists, III
Revolutionary: Bad Amendmentsp. 280
Revolutionary: U.S. Supreme Courtp. 291
Revolutionary: The Neo-Progressivesp. 301
Revolutionary: The Socialist Partyp. 309
Revolutionary: Law Schoolsp. 312
Revolutionary: Federal Powerp. 316
The Last Temptation, Part 1: Compulsory Care
The Last Temptation: Compulsory Carep. 326
Franklin Speaksp. 327
Bastiat Speaksp. 329
The Twisted Roots Of Modern Welfarep. 330
Modern Welfare Born In Prussiap. 339
The Roots Of American Welfarep. 343
The Last Temptation, Part 2: Health Care
Death By National Health Carep. 348
Top 6 Flaws Of Universal Health Coveragep. 350
Socializing The Money
John Law's Trillion Dollar Ideap. 372
The Ruling Power Of Central Banksp. 376
Progressives Finally Get Their Central Bankp. 379
Broken Promises Of The Federal Reservep. 385
The Great Concessionp. 390
The New Deal Constitutionp. 397
Socialism Today in America
Thinking Like A Socialistp. 404
U.S. Presidents And Socialism: Lincoln, Cleveland, Teddy Rooseveltp. 405
U.S. Presidents And Socialism: Taft, Wilson, Hoover, FDR, Trumanp. 409
U.S. Presidents And Socialism: Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reaganp. 417
U.S. Presidents And Socialism: Bush, Clinton, G.W. Bushp. 427
U.S. Presidents And Socialism: Obamap. 434
Socialism Around the World
The Rise And Fall Of Socialist Europep. 446
Grandma Was Rightp. 451
A Snap Shot Of World Socialism: Australia, Argentina, Canada, China, Cubap. 453
A Snap Shot Of World Socialism: France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Italyp. 460
A Snap Shot Of World Socialism: North Korea, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Spainp. 465
A Snap Shot Of World Socialism: Sweden, U.K., U.S., Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwep. 470
Socialism Needs A Host: Three Examplesp. 476
The 46 Goals of Socialism
The 46 Goals Of Socialismp. 482
The Proper Role of Government
The Proper Role of Governmentp. 494
The New Beginning
The New Beginningp. 500
Appendix
The Day The Socialists Took My Honey and Nectarp. 510
"Obama Care"p. 514
A President's Private Army?p. 516
Why Is Socialism So Appealing?p. 518
Sample Fruits of Ruler's Lawp. 524
It Takes A Familyp. 530
A Khrushchev Quotep. 533
Acknowledgementsp. 534
About The Authorp. 535
Selected Bibliographyp. 536
Quotes On Major Section Headingsp. 546
Factoid Sourcesp. 547
Indexp. 548
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