The obstacle for freedom

I think only one thing stands in the way of Leftism being eliminated once and for all - the inability of many to understand that wishing government-control over one area of society translates into wishing government-control over the whole society. Leftists say they are tolerant when it comes to moral issues, saying for example that homosexuals should be able to get married, adopt and so on, and preaching equality for everyone (economic equality for most part). Leftists even use the word "freedom" when they praise their message!

But while one hand of the Leftist preaches freedom in moral issues, the other hand preaches government-control in economic issues. High taxes on the rich and low on the poor, they say. High taxes on everyone so that education, health care, roads and social security can be offered "for free". High taxes so that money can be given to those who chose to go to school or have children, or both. Strict laws on companies so they don't step on the consumer or offer too low/high/equal prices.

What the Leftist doesn't see is that this need to control the money-flow translates into control of moral issues. By holding the market in the grips of the State, people are held in the grips of the State. A historical proof is the apparently inescapable result of communism in practice, which always starts out as an economic expansion of the State, and always ends up being complete oppression of free will and free speech. As long as individuals aren't given the freedom to use their time, energy, money, common sense and property as they see fit (more or less), then they aren't given the freedom to make moral decisions themselves.

The dots are pretty well connected: Having the need to control the market = having the need to control individuals and their moral behavior, even though the Leftist doesn't realize it himself.

I will refer to this article for more details about the whys and whats about my statements here. Skeptics are advised to read. I note though that I don't consider myself an anarcho-capitalist like the author of the article.