The initial catch is that you are given stuff free, the government takes care of it and takes care of you. At first many like this and that is the trap. Under socialism people are taken care all right, but at some lower form of existence. All power goes to the Federal government where people's lives are dictated and controlled, personal freedoms begin to disappear. Incentives to better oneself also begin to disappear, since you are taken care of and there is a low ceiling on what you can become. All communication, news, and the media eventually are controlled by the government. Individuals and businesses that were successful in life are very heavily taxed in order to pay for much of this. This in turn destroys their incentive.
After awhile, many find that they do not like to
be taken care of. They want to better themselves, improve their state in life
over their lower form of existence. They don't want to be controlled, the human
spirit longs for freedom, not for being controlled. But too late! You have
already given all power over you to the Federal government. Many begin to rebel
over this, but the government that you have given all power to is not going to
relinquish this, they exert even greater strength over you and punishment for
not falling in line. As the personal conflict vs. the government increases, the
government takes stronger and stronger control and becomes dictatorial. People
are jailed (or worse) for speaking up and resisting.
The proof of this evolution of socialism from "free
stuff" to being totally controlled by government has been proven in history with
plenty of examples. How about China, Russia, North Korea, Cuba, Laos, and
Vietnam? Many people, especially young people today, are being lured by all the
good words that entrap them...free education, other free stuff...and we will get
those bad guys with all the money and make them pay. Yeah !
The very fact that socialist presidential candidate
Bernie Sanders is getting so many votes and support is downright scary in
America. It is evident that many people don't know what they are doing.
