Remaking America by George Shollenberger, Idea XXIV (More words on Socialism)

I conclude that many people of the USA do not know the concept ‘socialism. Most people know it as the socialism of the Soviet Union, which was installed based on the writings of Karl Marx of Germany in the 19th century. This form of socialism has a government that is sovereign.

Installing socialism in the USA is very different because its government is not sovereign. Then, where is sovereign in the USA? The people of the USA are sovereign and express themselves through representatives. Yet, many people today in the USA, including many elected representatives, say that the national government is sovereign. They must be retrained because they are violating the founding documents.

The government of the USA is a self-government. This means that it is formed by people of, by, and for the USA. This is the self government that the Jews sought thousands of years ago. But the Jewish self government had to wait for the development of ‘social contract’ theories (between a People and its Government) by Thomas Hobbes (1558-1679), John Locke (1632-1704), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1717-1778). So, like a business contract, two parties are needed in any social contract involving a self government.

Our founders selected the social contract of John Locke for the USA. Yet today, many elected people believe that the Constitution controls the national government and that the national government is sovereign. Such people are wrong.

The socialism found in the USA is real and lawful. However, since many elected people believe that the national government is sovereign, they believe that the U.S. socialism would be like Marx’s socialism. They are wrong.

When a person is elected or employed by the national government, that person must recognize that they are serving the people of the USA. Serving people does not mean that a member of the national government has gained power. People who seek power in the national government don’t understand the founding documents and must be dismissed immediately.

It is clear that President Obama knows the founding of the USA because of his socialism. But the Democratic and Republican parties do not understand the founding documents. I call American's socialism a 'social democracy' in orer to distinguish the USA from Marsist socialism.