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These teachings seem to have a Socialist direction to them. We Latter-day Saints are not heartless nor are we unaware of the plethora of scriptures and gospel teachings to remember the poor and the needy. Q: Are we then to teach our families to believe (as the Socialists) that the ‘proper role of government’ is to promote social justice by redistributing wealth and ensuring that all the basic needs of our fellowman are met from cradle to grave no matter what? Even many Latter-day Saints fall into the deceptive and seductive position of the Socialists who in the name of brotherly love, insist that the ‘proper role of government’ is to impose economic equality in the name of social justice. This ultimately must mean implementation through coercive force. Q: Without force, how do you convince those who have more and who disagree with social justice to redistribute what they have to those who have less?

⁠— Armon Eaton