The overarching problem with socialism is that it removes God as someone we are ultimately accountable to. Whether it is communistic or nationalistic, socialism's answers are give to the State ALL your freedoms, powers, prosperity and we will give you security.

Yet, we saw 6 - 10 million killed by the Nazis, 20 million killed by the Soviets, and 50 million or more killed by Red China. These numbers cannot be matched by a God fearing nation. In fact, just the opposite happens in capitalistic, democratic and republican societies. The freedom to produce what people want to buy and use has saved more lives than all other forms of government.

There is a reason that socialistic societies imprison their populations (by walling them in) - because the ordinary man and woman would not freely choose to become a slave to the State.