Socialism in a nutshell. Place 10 people in a room, give each of them one dollar. Leave the room for two days, come back. Find out that one of the people has 7 dollars.
Government can place its rule onto people, increase the tax burden like a massive blanket over them, overwhelm them. The majority will roll over. Some will always find a way to get what they want by cheating others.
Socialism in theory sounds warm and cozy...........every one gets the same serving of pie. Everyone gets a home, a job, a car, medical care, food, clothing, etc,etc. This sounds great it really does. What it does however is place restrictions on the ambitiously motivated individuals whom wish to create and build empire's. Free markets allow people to become more than lemming leading normal drudging lives. Free markets create jobs for millions. Free markets allow for innovative technologies to come about. When government regulates wages and takes incentives away from individuals right to prosper, it then strangles productive growth and advancement in a society.
Hitler had a way around this however, he tried inslaved smart Jews to do his research. I have several friends who all came from socialist run countries to America. They all say the same thing. That we are in a peaceful revolution. They are saddened to see socialism comming to America, they have seen it, worked under it, lived under it. They know whats comming and they fear for our prosperity.