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But I don’t see it as anything in serious conflict with what Jesus taught. There a monasteries where the monks share everything and own no personal property.

That's part of the deception. The difference is that Christians live this way by choice, but under the Marxist system, it's forced.

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>>That’s part of the deception. The difference is that Christians live this way by choice, but under the Marxist system, it’s forced.<<

I don’t want to go too far down this road because, as my Grand Daddy used to say “the Devil has enough advocates.”

But..

for our discussion.

Can’t you say that any system of taxation and government spending, even if voted on by a large majority is forced on some who do not agree. And while we may call liberals “socialists” they are still talking about a sytsem of free elections and thus more choice than in any true Marxist system.