"There is nothing inherently unethical about Marxism/socialism/communism, as long as it is promoted and practiced somewhere other than in America." Quote from Dr R. L. Wysong in his article Ethics of Modern Liberalism. Read below to see how America is indeed changing.

Constitutional Republic Tenets:

• Freedom of religion, press, speech, assembly (no permits, no licenses, equal time for all competing ideas in the media).

• Freedom to bear arms (for both self protection and to keep the government honest).

• No forced quartering of troops.

• No unlawful search and seizure.

• Freedom not to witness against self, guaranteed due process, the right to a full and fair hearing, just compensation.

• Speedy and public trial (no attorney-judge deals, no waiting months for a trial).

• Trial by jury, not by attorneys and judges.

• The right to represent yourself without experiencing prejudice by courts and without pressure and encumbrances that put you at a disadvantage.

• Freedom from excessive bail.

• No denial of common law rights.

• The right to “pursue happiness” – meaning the ability to earn and to keep what you earn.

• No oppressive taxation and no taxation without representation.

• No privileged ruling class and no monopolization of law by special interests such as attorneys, career politicians, and corporate lobbyists.

• All powers not mentioned above, reserved to the people.

Marxist Communism Tenets: (American practices italisized in parentheses)

• Government has a right to citizen’s private property (if taxes are not paid, you are charged with crime, or eminent domain is exerted, property goes to the State).

• Heavy progressive income tax.  The harder you work -- the more happiness you pursue -- the more you are penalized (the income tax code and IRS does just that).

• Abolition of rights of inheritance (the State becomes a vested party through a marriage license; State imposed death taxes).

• Confiscation of rebel’s property (those not complying with State or tax dictates may have property confiscated).

• Central bank (a Central Federal Bank with the power to create money by printing it).

• Governmental ownership of factories and farms (control by favors for donations, and through permits, licenses, labor boards, OSHA, Soil Conservation districts, Bureaus of Land Management, etc.).

• Governmental ownership of communication and transportation (like a Federal Communication Commission and State Department of Motor Vehicles).

• Governmental ownership of factories and farms (or controls through permits, licenses, labor boards, OSHA, Soil Conservation districts, Bureaus of Land Management, etc.).

• Governmental control of labor (like mandatory Social Security numbers, minimum wage, enforced withholding tax on employees).

• Corporate farms, regional planning (such as the gradual removal of the small family farm and its replacement with a few super farms linked to governmental/corporate control).

• Governmental control of education (permits and licensing of teachers and schools, as well as state-approved unions and curricula).

It is apparent that the gap between American government and communism is becoming narrower and narrower. Only by thinking and measuring long term consequences can freedom be protected from naive political ideologies such as communism.