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That checklist was written by Joe Stalin and worked just fine.

You have problems with that? Don't you know that Marxism and Freedom are totally incompatible? To have all of the great benefits of Marxism, you must give up a little something.

Benefits of Marxism:
* Slave labor camps for long free vacations
* Fixed wages of worthless money
* No consumer goods to spend it on anyway
* Poor medical care
* Government ownership of everything
* No private enterprise
* Rationing of all essential commodities
* Collectivization of agriculture and confiscation of all farm land
* Chronic food shortages (see previous entry)
* Elimination of traffic problems because nobody can afford either a car or fuel
* Absolute censorship so the citizens are not assailed by evil ideas

Cost of Marxism:
* Loss of All Freedom
* Loss of Prosperity
* Loss of Right of emigration
* Loss of Right of private enterprise
* Loss of Right of free speech
* Loss of Right of freedom of religion
* Loss of Right of freedom of the press
* Loss of Right to trial
* Loss of Right to vote
* Starvation for everybody except the ruling elite
* Oppression for the masses
* Slow and miserable death

Clearly the wonderful benefits outweigh the slight costs.

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