On the death of evidence-based reasoning:
Socialists refuse to judge you by the evidence of your actions rather they judge by what they falsely assume motivates those actions. This has become the psychic plague of our time. We have entered an accusatory labyrinth where guilt is being determined not by what you do but by what socialists wrongly assume motivated you to do it.
And since socialist ideology declares itself to be based on dialectical materialism their own ideology states that their motives are based upon the greed and the power required to dominate others to force them to relinquish their property and their autonomy to the socialist collective. Therefore, when those who believe in individual autonomy are mischaracterized by them that mischaracterization is merely narcissistic projection. The socialist is simply accusing you of being motivated by the same base impulses that they are.
So here we are confronted with a spiritual challenge, namely the need for discernment. A discernment which can only result from having a revelatory understanding of the Living Word of God.
Hebrews 4:12, KJV: For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
I have noted this is a real problem for many Christians, me included. I have often attempted to reason with those who are under the influence of ideological error using rational discourse and reason. It doesn’t work. Why doesn’t it work? Because we fail to identify the real motive of the heart. Our own motives foremost, then what motivates others. In order to understand what our own motivations are requires self examination in the light of revelation. And that process is never pleasant. Nevertheless, this is an essential daily prayerful exercise without which we cannot hope to serve the Lord properly. When examining what motivates others, we must first seek to understand them. By that I mean not to wallow in their confusion, but rather to understand the source of their confusion and if that source is ideological what that ideology states that has influenced them.
1 Timothy 6:3-5 ESV:
If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
Colossians 2:8 ESV:
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
Ephesians 4:14 ESV:
So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
Be aware what constitutes sin and motivates a corrupted heart:
The church has long taught that the Seven Deadly Sins are Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride. Please forgive me but this reads a bit like Justin Trudeau’s CV.
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." – Sir Winston Churchill
What is the Zero-Sum Game of socialist belief?
The term Zero-Sum Game is generally used in game theory to refer to a situation in which any gains (such as profits or benefits) accumulated by one participant is offset by the accumulated losses of one or more other participants.
Basically, if one person acquires value, another person loses value in the game. The total value in the game is not expanded.
This term is commonly used in economics theory and negotiation practice.
In negotiations, distributive negotiations such as the redistribution of resources and wealth are generally considered zero-sum. Integrative negotiations seek positive-sum opportunities – these are also called non-zero-sum opportunities or win-win situations.
In terms of economic theory, capitalists tend to view national economies to be a non-zero-sum game (economic activity creates additional value through increased economic activity that spreads about and benefits everybody - though not equally).
Socialists, on the other hand, generally view national economies as a zero-sum game (if A grows $1 richer, this value was at the expense of another participant in the economy) which is why they insist on the necessity of the redistribution of resources and capital. This obviously requires them to place greater emotional value on equity as opposed to actual performance since capitalism outperforms socialism on both fronts. By this I mean that it allows the marginalized a pathway to increase their economic well-being through personal endeavours while cultivating good habits as opposed to the victimization narrative that socialists rely on.
The fact that the marginalized do not fare better under socialism takes us back to my initial assertion. Socialists won't judge based upon evidence of the result of a set of actions rather they judge by what they falsely assume was the motive for said actions. This has become the psychic plague of our time. Which is why we have entered an accusatory labyrinth where fault of a belief system is being determined not by what those beliefs accomplish but by what socialists wrongly assume motivated those beliefs.
The Divine method of increasing capital:
A God centred story of Investment from Matthew 25
14-18 “It’s also like a man going off on an extended trip. He called his servants together and delegated responsibilities. To one he gave five thousand dollars, to another two thousand, to a third one thousand, depending on their abilities. Then he left. Right off, the first servant went to work and doubled his master’s investment. The second did the same. But the man with the single thousand dug a hole and carefully buried his master’s money.
19-21 “After a long absence, the master of those three servants came back and settled up with them. The one given five thousand dollars showed him how he had doubled his investment. His master commended him: ‘Good work! You did your job well. From now on be my partner.’
22-23 “The servant with the two thousand showed how he also had doubled his master’s investment. His master commended him: ‘Good work! You did your job well. From now on be my partner.’
24-25 “The servant given one thousand said, ‘Master, I know you have high standards and hate careless ways, that you demand the best and make no allowances for error. I was afraid I might disappoint you, so I found a good hiding place and secured your money. Here it is, safe and sound down to the last cent.’
26-27 “The master was furious. ‘That’s a terrible way to live! It’s criminal to live cautiously like that! If you knew I was after the best, why did you do less than the least? The least you could have done would have been to invest the sum with the bankers, where at least I would have gotten a little interest.
28-30 “‘Take the thousand and give it to the one who risked the most. And get rid of this “play-it-safe” who won’t go out on a limb. Throw him out into utter darkness.’
These difficult truths will be to many a stumbling block. But they are evidently manifested as reality in the Pareto Principle. 80% of the wealth is owned by 20% of the people because 20% of the people are doing 80% of the work and even under the redistribution of socialism the wealthiest are invariably the socialist elite. There is no escaping from the Divine Truth revealed in Matthew 25, no matter how much the envious, narcissistic, lazy, and accusatory leaders corrupting Godly order may wish to, God will not be mocked.
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