Sergey Brin knows the evil of socialism — and he’s decided to stop it from coming to California. The Google co-founder issued a rare statement this week slamming the left’s “ billionaire tax ” — to which Gov. Gavin Newsom has only offered the weakest opposition . “I fled socialism with my family in 1979 and know the devastating, oppressive society it created in the Soviet Union,” Brin said. “I don’t want California to end up in the same place.” Sergey Brin knows the evil of socialism — and he’s decided to stop it from coming to California. FilmMagic He’s right — because that’s exactly where the “billionaire tax” is taking us.  The left wing of the Democratic Party — which is particularly strong in California — is excited about the tax, and the prospect of seizing 5% of the wealth of the richest people in the state.  It’s just the billionaires, they say — those who have benefited the most from the system, including everything the government has provided them, from roads to running water.…