The Road from Stuart Mill to Mussolini: Socialism

<p>"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others…"  -John Stuart Mill</p> <p>"All within the state, nothing outside the state..."  -Benito Mussolini</p> <p>The bridge from the former to the latter is socialism.  After all, if every area of life can do harm to society, where is the room for liberty?</p> <p>"In the old days, we used to celebrate if somebody had a baby, we used to chip in and help him out with the hospital bills, if he happened to be hard-pressed for the moment. Now, if a baby was born, we didn't speak to the parents for weeks. Babies, to us, had become what locusts were to farmers."  -Ayn Rand</p> <p> </p>