The True Goal of Top Down Control

The people at the top in a socialist hierarchy, the ones who want control of everything, the ones who want to micromanage your life and macromanage the nation must have some goal for all this. The question is, what is that goal? They will say they want to make life better for everyone, to promote the general welfare, to make us all safe, prosperous and happy. If that is so then the policies they push should produce that result, should they not?

“Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.” Ayn Rand

So it is reasonable to ask then, do their policies produce the results they claim. Does the theft of more money make us prosperous? It would seem logical that if your paycheck gets smaller, you will have less, not more. Does disarming us make us safer? It would seem logical that if we are unarmed in the face of criminal activity, we are less safe. Do open borders make us safe? It would seem logical that if we do not screen who is coming in it is very likely that we will find criminals and the diseased among us and we are less safe. Does treating people unequally make us happy? It would seem logical that if some are given preferential treatment for any reason other than merit, it will breed resentment and make us less happy. Does forced charity make us charitable? It would seem logical that if our stolen money is given to people whose personal choices have made them destitute or sick and there is no accountability attached to the plunder, we will feel less compassion for our fellows.

“Everything Government touches turns to crap.” Ringo Starr

I could go on but you get the point. None of these policies in any way shape or form promote the general welfare. So what is the real goal? Simple. The accumulation of money and power. Oh sure, the socialist will proclaim the purest of motives but it is all a lie. They care only about accumulating power for themselves for their own enrichment and that of their connected friends. They are paying off constituencies, receiving bribes from friends for whom they do favors, they punish perceived enemies all the while caring nothing for the people who suffer the consequences of their dictates. Be fooled no longer. Anything government gives it has taken from someone else and the only ones who benefit are the government and those who hold the reins of power.