“Statism” is the concentration of economics and planning in the hands of a highly centralized government often extending to government ownership of industry.

The quotes of a few who’ve thought enough of statism to advocate for it.

Benito Mussolini: “State intervention in economic production arises only when private initiative is lacking or insufficient or when political interests of the state are involved. This intervention may take the form of control, assistance or direct management.”

Vladimir Lenin: “Socialized medicine is the keystone to the arch of the socialist state.”

Karl Marx: “For each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.”

Hillary Clinton: “Many of you are well enough off that…the tax cuts may have helped you. We’re saying that for America to get back on track, we’re probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.”

Community Party Education Workers Congress: “We must create out of the younger generation a generation of Communists. We must turn children, who can be shaped like wax, into real, good Communists…We must remove the children from the crude influence of their families.”

Stalin: “When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.”

Adolf Hitler: “Why nationalize industry when you can nationalize the people?”

Barack Obama: “I do think at a point you’ve made enough money.” “I think when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everybody.”

Friedrich Engels: “All that is real in human history becomes irrational in the process of time.”

Nikolai Bukharin: “We see now that infringement of freedom is necessary with regard to the opponents of the revolution.”

See any similar thinking in America today? The desecration continues. We become food for the vultures.