Confiscation of the Property of All Emigrants and Rebels

The recent events of this past winter in the history of the United States of America have been quite polarizing. On one hand citizens of several states are celebrating the election of Joseph Biden as the 46th President of the nation. Citizens of the remaining states believe that there were severe election irregularities and machine-generated manipulation of votes.

President Biden has asked for unity. However, after the transfer of power to President Trump, it is evident that unity may not be possible. The new administration does not have the United States' best interests at heart. Patriots fear that the entanglements of the Biden family in Ukraine and China put the security of the country at risk. Only time will tell. People should pray for God's protection over the citizens of the Republic.

The purpose of this blog is to point out how the United States of America is being drug down the path of communism and how it relates to the role of the US citizenry and how Holy Scripture stands on the issues promoted by the Communist Party.

Today's blog topic is the fourth plank of the Communist Party: the confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels. It seems innocuous enough. These people have abandoned the USA, or they have caused some problems in the nation. However, as the Land of Opportunity that was built on property rights and rebellion against tyrannical authority, o
ne may ask how this could possibly be right.

Citizens who have emigrated, left the country to live in foreign lands, have abandoned their property. At least, this is they way the government could look at it. Even if these property owners have paid for the property in full and are current on their property taxes. Would it be right to confiscate their property? Could a communist government simply confiscate the property if the owner is merely out of country for an extended vacation? During the Communist Revolution in 1918, thousands of wealthy refugees emigrated to western Europe to avoid being arrested and executed for being aristocrats and members of the bourgeoise. their lands and homes were promptly confiscated for the use of the new Soviet government. 

Who are the rebels? In Soviet Russia, it was whoever spoke out against the state and disagreed with the government's policies. According to the current administration, any person who voted for President Trump in the 2020 election needs to be reeducated or "cancelled." Are those people rebels now? Rebels in Soviet Russia were arrested for merely having conversations that were critical of government policies. They were sent to Gulags in Siberia to work as slaves for the State. Their legal property was also confiscated for the use of the State.

One wonders if this could happen in the USA. Has this policy already begun due to the "cancel culture" and "woke capitalism" that has infiltrated the country? People who speak up for traditional Judeo-Christian values on marriage and biological sexuality are being forced to resign from their jobs and could possibly lose their homes from the lack of income and not being able to find work to maintain their property. Could the State lump both emigrants and rebels into the same category and pass laws that would cause them to lose their property? 

Based on the unconstitutional nature of several bills which have passed out of the House of Representatives since January and a slim Democrat majority in the Senate, there may not be much the People can do to stop this. Many elected and non-elected officials believe that the Constitution allows them to do whatever they want despite Article I, Section 8 and the Ninth and Tenth Amendments of the Constitution.

Where does the Bible fall on this issue? This issue has been addressed in past blog posts. The Ten Commandments are clear on this issue. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not covet. Christ spoke on this as well. He stated that one should love your neighbor as yourself. If people live the life of Christ and love their neighbors, they will not elect people who will vote on laws that will confiscate property from law-abiding citizens.