Socialism, as an economic and political system, is presented as fundamentally rooted in mob rule, distinguished from other governmental forms not by its organizational structure but by its operating procedures. While it appears to offer opportunity to the downtrodden and unemployed masses, its historical track record for employers and business owners is dismal, and it generates more citizen riots than any other governmental form. This pattern is observable across Europe, particularly Northwestern Europe, where socialism prevails among populations believed to be largely of Israelitish extraction, in contrast to Jewish populations, descended from the same father Abraham, who have not been similarly drawn to this system unless they control it. Socialism operates as a godless economic system, essentially a massive scheme of thievery in which government robs from one group to give to another, all while masquerading as something obtained for nothing. A religious leader is quoted describing socialism as "the political embodiment of nothing more than plunder on a massive scale," constituting "the denial of the rule of law, of private property, of individual liberty," and therefore destructive of Christianity, even while it is deceptively promoted in Christianity's name. History, including biblical history, demonstrates that socialism unleashes both "the lust of the mob and the police power of the mob" upon a nation. The term "police" is etymologically connected to the Greek polis, meaning a high place or place of power, historically associated with cities built on defensible elevations and, biblically, with altars—places where a god sits in judgment. Under socialism, government itself becomes this "high place" that the mob looks up to, while the mob's collective power becomes their actual source of confidence. Socialism persuades people to congregate into mobs seeking their heart's desire through collective force rather than labor, exploiting a mindset that reasons its way toward desired outcomes without willingness to work for them. When individuals believe themselves part of a large group, their fear and respect for governmental authority diminishes; the sense of shared power overwhelms restraint. This phenomenon, though occasionally present even under despotic or divine-right rule, occurs far more frequently under socialist systems. Two root causes explain mob formation, both traceable to failures in proper childrearing. First, mobs act because they do not recognize that God is the author of all government, that governments answer to Him, and that He will ultimately judge—leading people to take matters into their own hands rather than trusting divine justice, as a true Christian would. Second, children are not taught to accept that life is inherently unfair due to others' sins, a condition tracing back to Adam and Eve, whose original transgression set in motion the ongoing human rebellion against governmental authority that mobs continue to express. Abraham, by contrast, was commended by God specifically because he could be trusted to teach his children about God and His purpose, illustrating the corrective needed against the mob mentality that socialism so readily cultivates.