Re:Albert Einstein: Why Socialism? (1949)
by sp332 on Friday March 11, 2011 @11:45PM
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One difference is that the sharing is opt-in. You don't have to give up all your stuff, just to be "in". When it's part of a government, it's not optional.
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Some would argue that when it's your God, it's also not opt-in. Not disagreeing with you, just pointing this out.
No really, I mean that there was never a rule (by God or the local church) that this sharing was mandatory. The members of the church did this spontaneously. See https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Ananias_and_S...