Where individuals own the land and are free to use it, societies prosper. Socialists reject the idea of private property, believing instead, that government ownership and management of land is the only way to assure its efficient use for the equal benefit of all. Governments now own more than 40 percent of all the land in America. Socialism, called by any other name, smells the same. Public ownership and control of the sources of production is the classic definition of socialism.
Land is the source of all production.
The land government does not yet own, it controls. Under the misguided pretense of protecting the environment, the government has quietly taken control of virtually every square inch of land in America. There is some kind of law in place that gives the government jurisdiction to prevent the use of any privately owned land. Consequently, the government already has the power to transform this beacon of capitalism into just another slave of socialism. And the government is accelerating its use of its power.