The Golden Age of Socialism and her Decline

Socialism as a practice has an ancient place in western thought. It was implemented by the Spartans of Ancient Greece, and indeed it influenced many thinkers from Socrates to Aristotle. There have been different places and peoples who have used it throughout history, but it wasn’t until the 1800s that socialism really became a popular philosophy. Although it started its life in academic treatment, it started it’s real glory days in the twentieth century. I call those years the Golden Age of Socialism. Almost every land had adopted it, whether “officially” or not. From Asia to Europe, to the American countries, the majority of states have adopted socialism.

It’s disturbing to my mind how the socialist age pushed out the better one before it. The Industrial Age was so much superior seeing that it’s end was to create wealth instead of redistributing it like a thieving Robbin Hood. There would be nothing to redistribute if it were never created!

To often do people forget previous ages. The one before the Industrial Age was the enlightenment. It was an age of reason and wisdom. That age gave rise to industry. That age is what changed the oppression of kings into free republics. Those republics were not based on socialist ideals like equality of things, government control, and economic dominion, but on law and reason!

The enlightenment’s ideals were liberty, conscience, and peace. Liberty didn’t mean freedom from want back then. It meant freedom from tyranny and kings! The age of socialism says in crafty words that we need a king, or a beast, or leviathan to save us from capitalism or unfair circumstances. The socialists brought back the kings. They might not be called that anymore, but what’s the difference between a king robbing you or a democratic majority? In neither state are you free.

I don’t belong in this age. Philosophically I love Adam Smith, Thomas Paine, and Edward Gibbon. Politically I love George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams. The age of socialism had different heroes, all of whom I extremely dislike for 
their self-deification and the tyranny they sold.

I am pleased at least, that the Golden Age of Socialism is past. Gone are the days of greedy redistribution. Socialism took its toll on human life in Asia, but Russian communism has failed although socialism still persists in that country. Chinese communism is not communist anymore, they just like to call it that although economically they are almost entirely capitalist. In the West, socialism gave rise to Hitler and the other fascists. People don’t talk about Hitler being a socialist, but he was. After that period, all of Europe, South America, and North America had adopted socialism, this ravishing their economies and weakening their peoples. Although the death toll is much less in the new world. As socialism dies, it will leave its untold dead. I see the signs of decline everywhere. Eighty percent of the buildings on the east coast are over sixty years old and our debts are literally beyond human comprehension! History proves to us that the west will fall, yea, it predicts it.


Therefore, I would submit to your approval that we are entering a new age. What will we do with the years ahead? Will they be ones of new life or darkness? The world has had its share of dark ages. What will we name this new age we are in? Can we know it’s name before we have lived it? I wouldn’t dare. I would wish however that it will be one of geniuses, human goodness, and heroism. This age will have its share of Statesmen, champions, prophets, philosophers, martyrs, warriors, villains, traitors, and tyrants. We’ll proceed best we know how and pray that history will hold us in her esteem.