What is Socialism?

Understanding What is Socialism
If you are wondering whether to trust the people presently in charge, there are a couple of tests you can apply.
What would the Founding Fathers do? Did they believe in more or less government?

Read Helaman 6, about the Gadianton political party, which took over the Nephite government.

Consider the antichrists in the Book of Mormon. They were all flatterers. We are warned about flatterers. Read Alma 1. Therein we are warned about the dangers of enforced priestcraft. Alma said that when priestcraft is enforced, it causes the destruction of that nation. What philosophies of men have been enforced in the schools for generations? Socialism and the theory of evolution. We are now seeing the fruits of those philosophies. Alma 30 describes a flatterer-in-chief.

President Benson said that if we read the Book of Mormon regularly, we won't be deceived.
How does socialism compare to the kind of government the Nephites ended up having? What is Socialism? Understanding the philosophy of plunder.