While sequitur and fusnik make salient points the fundamental difference between socialism and LOC is CHOICE. Therefore it cannot be argued that they are similar. In fact they are no more similar than an orange and an apple, unless your contention is purely to assert that they are both fruit!
Any society that excises from the populace, at its heart, is socialist. Therefore each of us lives in a socialist society and the only true degree of difference is found in systems, structure and semantics ;-)
WHEN the LOC is put into place, here upon this earth, members of the kingdom will CHOOSE to consecrate all that they own along with their talents, time and effort to the Kingdom of God. No single person will be coerced. As it now stands each of us are coerced daily to impart of our increase to government and compelled to return a portion of that same increase to the Lord.
Furthermore we can no more compare capitalism to LOC than we can socialism. Capitalism and Socialism are constructs of Men –fallible, weak and ultimately self-destructive.
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