What is Socialism? | |
Socialism At Work | p. 1 |
The Eternal Conflict: Force Versus Choice | p. 3 |
Socialism in Ancient History | |
First, There Was Force | p. 28 |
Ancient Sumer, The Earliest Socialists | p. 29 |
Pharaoh, The Demigod Socialist | p. 33 |
Nimrod, The Anti-God Socialist | p. 36 |
China: Dynasties Of Socialism | p. 38 |
Assyrians: Ruthless, Blood-Drenched Socialists | p. 42 |
Socialism in Classical History | |
Draco And His Draconian Ideas | p. 50 |
Sparta: Warrior Socialists | p. 52 |
Of Beards, Words, And Wisdom | p. 56 |
A Caste Of Millions | p. 60 |
Aristophanes: Socialist Ideas "In The Round" | p. 62 |
Rome's Recipe: Bread & Circuses | p. 64 |
Israel: The Elusive Essenes | p. 65 |
China: Wang Mang, A Failed Socialist | p. 66 |
How Socialism Killed Rome | p. 67 |
Socialism in the Middle Ages | |
Socialism And The Rise Of Christianity | p. 74 |
Feudalism And Rulers' Law | p. 80 |
Socialism In The Middle Ages | p. 82 |
Socialism And The Reformation | p. 88 |
Rise Of The Guilds | p. 96 |
How The French "Revolutionized" Socialism | p. 103 |
Socialism in the Early Americas | |
Meanwhile, Over In The Americas | p. 122 |
Incas: Model Socialists | p. 123 |
Jesuit Priests Socialize Paraguay | p. 129 |
Jamestown: Socializing The New World | p. 131 |
Plymouth: No Thanksgiving For Socialism | p. 135 |
Socialism in Religion | |
Socialism In Religion | p. 144 |
The Universal Religion | p. 155 |
Was Jesus A Socialist? | p. 156 |
Did the Early Christians Practice Communism? | p. 159 |
The Word That Can't Be Defined | p. 163 |
Socialism Du Jour | p. 167 |
The Miracle that Stopped Socialism | |
The Miracle That Stopped Socialism | p. 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 Socialism | p. 214 |
Is It "Old Fashioned"? | p. 218 |
Democracy vs. Republic | p. 219 |
Revolution of the Socialists, I | |
Conspiracy To Socialize America | p. 224 |
There's Nothing Progressive About Progressives | p. 225 |
America's First Progressive | p. 227 |
The Revolution Of The Socialists | p. 237 |
Revolutionary: Ned Ludd | p. 239 |
Revolutionary: Unions & The King | p. 240 |
Revolutionary: Napoleon Bonaparte | p. 241 |
Revolutionary: Robert Owen | p. 244 |
Revolution of the Socialists, II | |
Revolutionary: Union Organizers | p. 250 |
Revolutionary: Religious Revivalists | p. 260 |
Revolutionary: The Thinkers | p. 266 |
Revolutionary: Top Ten Books | p. 274 |
Revolution of the Socialists, III | |
Revolutionary: Bad Amendments | p. 280 |
Revolutionary: U.S. Supreme Court | p. 291 |
Revolutionary: The Neo-Progressives | p. 301 |
Revolutionary: The Socialist Party | p. 309 |
Revolutionary: Law Schools | p. 312 |
Revolutionary: Federal Power | p. 316 |
The Last Temptation, Part 1: Compulsory Care | |
The Last Temptation: Compulsory Care | p. 326 |
Franklin Speaks | p. 327 |
Bastiat Speaks | p. 329 |
The Twisted Roots Of Modern Welfare | p. 330 |
Modern Welfare Born In Prussia | p. 339 |
The Roots Of American Welfare | p. 343 |
The Last Temptation, Part 2: Health Care | |
Death By National Health Care | p. 348 |
Top 6 Flaws Of Universal Health Coverage | p. 350 |
Socializing The Money | |
John Law's Trillion Dollar Idea | p. 372 |
The Ruling Power Of Central Banks | p. 376 |
Progressives Finally Get Their Central Bank | p. 379 |
Broken Promises Of The Federal Reserve | p. 385 |
The Great Concession | p. 390 |
The New Deal Constitution | p. 397 |
Socialism Today in America | |
Thinking Like A Socialist | p. 404 |
U.S. Presidents And Socialism: Lincoln, Cleveland, Teddy Roosevelt | p. 405 |
U.S. Presidents And Socialism: Taft, Wilson, Hoover, FDR, Truman | p. 409 |
U.S. Presidents And Socialism: Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagan | p. 417 |
U.S. Presidents And Socialism: Bush, Clinton, G.W. Bush | p. 427 |
U.S. Presidents And Socialism: Obama | p. 434 |
Socialism Around the World | |
The Rise And Fall Of Socialist Europe | p. 446 |
Grandma Was Right | p. 451 |
A Snap Shot Of World Socialism: Australia, Argentina, Canada, China, Cuba | p. 453 |
A Snap Shot Of World Socialism: France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Italy | p. 460 |
A Snap Shot Of World Socialism: North Korea, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Spain | p. 465 |
A Snap Shot Of World Socialism: Sweden, U.K., U.S., Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe | p. 470 |
Socialism Needs A Host: Three Examples | p. 476 |
The 46 Goals of Socialism | |
The 46 Goals Of Socialism | p. 482 |
The Proper Role of Government | |
The Proper Role of Government | p. 494 |
The New Beginning | |
The New Beginning | p. 500 |
Appendix | |
The Day The Socialists Took My Honey and Nectar | p. 510 |
"Obama Care" | p. 514 |
A President's Private Army? | p. 516 |
Why Is Socialism So Appealing? | p. 518 |
Sample Fruits of Ruler's Law | p. 524 |
It Takes A Family | p. 530 |
A Khrushchev Quote | p. 533 |
Acknowledgements | p. 534 |
About The Author | p. 535 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 536 |
Quotes On Major Section Headings | p. 546 |
Factoid Sources | p. 547 |
Index | p. 548 |
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