In the recent Biden interview, anti-social Faux News anchor Barbara

West quoted Karl Marx and asked, "You may recognize this famous
quote. From each according to his abilities, to each according to his
needs. That's from Karl Marx. How is Sen. Obama not being a Marxist
if he intends to spread the wealth around?"

This continuous drone in an effort to vilify natural social tendencies of

humans betrays the selfish, greedy worldview of a few twisted minds.

What they don't want you to know is that this concept of community
responsibility wasn't born with Marx. Greater men then him
articulated the principle, including the most intellectual of the USA
'founding fathers', Benjamin Franklin.

No rugged individualist such as Bill Gates could earn $54 Billion in a

few years, no matter how genius, absent the rules made and enforced
by government as agents of the land lords. The obscene wealth being
transferred to a handful of the 'opulent minority' doesn't speak to the
wonderful 'American Dream' but rather it exposes how ill-founded and
anti-social the rules are that enabled this aberration.

Franklin noted that all wealth is the creation of society, community.

And as such, those holding immense wealth are indebted to society -
'From each according to his abilities, to each according to his
needs.'..."down to the last farthing"! - Not as charity, but as
repayment of a debt to society.

"Superfluous Property is the Creature of Society. Simple and mild Laws

were sufficient to guard the Property that was merely necessary. The
Savage’s Bow, his Hatchet, and his Coat of Skins, were sufficiently
secured without Law by the Fear of personal Resentment and
Retaliation. When by virtue of the first Laws Part of the Society
accumulated Wealth and grew Powerful, they enacted others more
severe, and would protect their Property at the Expence of Humanity.
This was abusing their Powers, and commencing a Tyranny."
- - Benjamin Franklin

"...the Accumulation therefore of Property in such a Society, and its

Security to Individuals in every Society must be an Effect of the
Protection afforded to it by the joint Strength of the Society, in the
Execution of its Laws; private Property therefore is a Creature of
Society and is subject to the Calls of that Society whenever its
Necessities shall require it, even to its last Farthing; its Contributions
therefore to the public Exigencies are not to be considered as
conferring a Benefit on the Public, entitling the Contributors to the
Distinctions of Honour and Power; but as the Return of an Obligation
previously received or the Payment of a just Debt."
- - Benjamin Franklin

As great a mind Franklin was, the concepts imbedded in his words

were not novel. They are ancient. In fact it should be clear that what
he wrote and Marx's famous mantra 'From each according to his
abilities, to each according to his needs.' were merely restatements of
the principles espoused by others such as Gerrard Winstanley and the
Diggers of the 1600's.

"Seeing the common people of England by joynt consent of person and

purse have caste out Charles our Norman oppressour, wee have by
this victory recovered ourselves from under his Norman yoake." "..."in
the beginning of time God made the earth. Not one word was spoken
at the beginning that one branch of mankind should rule over another,
but selfish imaginations did set up one man to teach and rule over
another."
- - Gerrard Winstanley

"The power of enclosing land and owning property was brought into
the creation by your ancestors by the sword; which first did murder
their fellow creatures, men, and after plunder or steal away their land,
and left this land successively to you, their children. And therefore,
though you did not kill or thieve, yet you hold that cursed thing in your
hand by the power of the sword; and so you justify the wicked deeds
of your fathers, and that sin of your fathers shall be visited upon the
head of you and your children to the third and fourth generation, and
longer too, till your bloody and thieving power be rooted out of the
land."
- - Gerrard Winstanley

And just where did Winstanley get this 'brainstorm'? From the actual
'compassionate conservatives', the true evangelical Christians, the
disciples of Jesus himself:

One origin of such fundamental Christian Communism can be traced to

the Book of Acts, chapter 2:

44 And all that believed were together, and had all things in
common; 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them
to all men, as every man had need.
Acts Chapter 4:
32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed
that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything
they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all. 34
There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time
those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from
the sales 35 and put it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to
anyone as he had need. 36 Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the
apostles called Barnabas (which means Son of Encouragement), 37
sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the
apostles' feet.
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So one might ask, when Marx penned his famous line, 'From each
according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.' - did he give
credit to the Christian source?

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What kind of world do you dream for your grandchildren?

Neither the production of great wealth nor the maintenance of great

disparities can be effected without a fascist police state.

Is that your fantacy?

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'From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.'

From Jesus, to his deciples, to Winstanley, to Benjamin Franklin, to

Karl Marx, to me, to you.