Fear?

Communism inspires fear. Certainly. You've got something there, Mr. Wadman. I don't wonder at any landlord or big businessman in Europe fearing that force which would expropriate him of his parasitic ownership of what rightly belongs to the people on whose labour it was built.

Surely that force, inspiring such fear, is but the modern version of the force which whipped the moneychangers out of the temple? What is the difference, in effect, between "Love the neighbour as thyself," and "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need"? Remember this one? "He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away. . . ."