Communism

In 1848, Marx threatened to organize a worker's revolution unless European governments:

1. Abolished property rights and applied all rents towards public purposes. [Modern equivalent: Don't pay your mortgage, lose your house. So who really owns your house?]
2. Levied a heavy, progressive income tax to equalize wages. [Modern equivalent:  income and payroll taxes approach (or surpass) 50% in many western countires.]
3. Abolished all rights of inheritance. [Modern equivalent: The estate tax.]
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants. [Modern equivalent: The 2008 "Hero's Act" which forces people leaving the U.S.A to pay the equivalent of their estate taxes on the global assets before they turn in their passports.]
5. Centralize access to credit in the hands of the State by means of a national bank and an exclusive monopoly. [Modern equivalent: UK state owned banks]
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State. [Modern equivalent: Most of the US media is owned by 6 corporations, and the UK BBC is controlled by the state]
7. Free education for all children in public schools. [Note the emphasis on public schools. Paying for education isn't enough. What counts is indoctrinating the kids in how to be good little worker drones.]
8. A common agricultural policy to maximize the productivity of the land. [Modern equivalent: EUROPE.]

Imagine trying to explain to your neighbors that public education is a communist idea that's meant to indoctrinate children. Imagine trying to convince them that the estate tax is a bad idea, or that progressive income taxes are the key to communism.  Imagine trying to explain that the problem with the "greedy banks" isn't down to capitalism, but is in fact due to the corruption of socialism.

My advice...... don't bother.