Utopianism also attempts to shape and dominate the individual by doing two things at once: it strips the individual of his uniqueness, making him indistinguishable from the multitudes that form what is commonly referred to as 'the masses,' but it simultaneously assigns him a group identity based on race, ethnicity, age, gender, income, etc., to highlight differences within the masses.
Mark LevinSo virtuous are the programs said to be - pensions for the elderly, compensation for the unemployed, medicine for the sick, and assistance for the disabled - few dare ring the alarm of looming economic catastrophe that threatens to destabilize the civil society.
Mark LevinTaxation of private property, or the regulation of such property so as to reduce its value, can become in effect a form of servitude.
Mark LevinThe government does not add value to the economy. It removes value from the economy by imposing taxes on one citizen and providing cash to another.
Mark LevinConsequently, citizen legislators, rotating back to their communities after a short period of public serviceโconsidered an indispensable and routine characteristic and design of representative government at the time of the founding, and for a century thereafterโhave been replaced with a professional ruling class led by governing masterminds. For the most part, they are isolated from the communities from which they hail and are consumed with the daily jockeying for position and power within their ranks. Moreover, they both pander to and lord over their constituents.
Mark Levin