The Institute's Sheldon Richman explains why socialism is not peaceful.

"Thus socialism fulfilled James’s humanitarian requirements. It is war by other, bloodless means. It would provide military discipline and social unity without the mangled bodies. So, for example, “accidents of birth and opportunity” (that is, inequality) could be addressed by “a conscription of the whole youthful population to form for a certain number of years a part of the army enlisted against Nature, the injustice would tend to be evened out, and numerous other goods to the commonwealth would follow.” (Emphasis in the original.)"