04 October 2012

Did Obama State a Marxist Principle in the Debate?

Most of us, at least back when schools actually taught their students, learned that Karl Marx wrote a communist manifesto, and the the main creed was this: 'From each according to his ability, to each according to his need (or needs)', which was the 'campaign slogan' popularized by Karl Marx.

Let's take a quick look at the closing argument from the debate made by POTUS. From the Weekly Standard with the link below.

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Obama: ' And everybody's getting a fair share," Obama said, before quickly correcting himself and adding. "Everybody's doing a fair share, and everybody's playing by the same rules,"
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Pretty close?

'From each according to their abilities' vs 'Everybody's doing a fair share'

'To each according to his needs' vs 'Everybody's getting a fair share'

Doing your fair share based on your abilities and getting a fair share based on your needs.

Is this one of those '...same rules...' he wants us to be playing by, or am I reaching?

Read More at the Weekly Standard:  Everybody's getting a fair share

With an update on the way......

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