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Why is socialism bad?

Started by Pineapple, August 14, 2009, 12:51:25 AM

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PipeBox

I'm not really familiar with socialism as a fiscal philosophy, but if universal health care is indeed socialist, then most of the first world is at least part socialist.  But then, we have medicare and medicaid and social security here, so, uhh, add us.

Methinks government is a balancing act of a lot of different ways of doing things.  We took a democracy and then put one man at the top of it.  We are capitalists who fund grants, homeless shelters, and government-run monopolies (postal service, anyone?).  The only thing I think I can say is that there is still improvement to be made.  Much improvement.  In the mean time, the media gets to invoke fear on demand by crudely labeling any system we didn't grow up with using words that stand in opposition to the fine labels we attach to ourselves.  It hurts progress, but I guess it keeps us from doing anything stupid with any great speed.

Meh, if I thought it was workable, there'd not be a government, but that's a hyper-ideal utopia.  We obviously need laws enforced on, moderation with, and protection from ourselves.
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AlP

Quote from: "PipeBox"We are capitalists who fund grants, homeless shelters, and government-run monopolies (postal service, anyone?).
You missed the US military. They get more funding than the postal service and the postal service doesn't deliver in Iraq or Afghanistan. =)
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Heretical Rants

Quote from: "Tom62"A: Capitalism makes social mistakes. Socialism, however, makes capital AND social mistakes.
FTFY

PipeBox

Hey, HR, how socialist does a country have to become to be bad?  I ask because we clearly have some socialist elements as is.  Are we too socialist now?
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SSY

I don't like socialism because I think everyone deserves the wages merited by their labour. Socialism's insatiable demand for cash tends to strip people of their earnings, which I believe is both morally wrong, and completely unworkable as a practical system of government.
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Quote from: "PipeBox"Hey, HR, how socialist does a country have to become to be bad?  I ask because we clearly have some socialist elements as is.  Are we too socialist now?
I use this inequality when I'm trying to tell myself that it's OK:
(Forced charity from which most people benefit/dx) < (slavery)

Definitions:
Some of our socialist elements=forced charity that benefits most people
Some of our socialist elements benefit no one, but that is topic for a different discussion.

Pure socialism=slavery
dx=the infinitesimal

jbeukema

Quote from: "Pineapple"All I hear from people is how socialism is "evil" and "terrible". I usually hear this from people that think Capitalism is THE BEST THING EVAAAA.

Can anyone explain the pros and cons of socialism for me please? I'm in the ninth grade and don't have quite a huge grasp on politics yet, but it seems like most of the people that completely shut it out don't really know what they're talking about.


Socialism is good.. in theory..


It's Man that's the problem...

jbeukema

Quote from: "MrWizard"The reason Socialism is bad, is because it does not work.


As opposed to what, Democracy?  :hmm:

I see one common problem with all these system... they all involve the most dangerous virus on Earth... humanity...

communism works, but only if the groups small enough and it's really an oligarchy in which  the masses are kept, through appeasement or fear, from chalenging authority...

Conclusion: no hope so long as the nature of Man remains unchanged  :shake:

AlP

Quote from: "jbeukema"Conclusion: no hope so long as the nature of Man remains unchanged  :shake:
Despite our nature, we've managed to persist somehow. The things we hope for are I think fixed by our upbringing and our society. When someone is smart enough to see themselves apart from their society, they can see that hope is an illusion. Ignorance is bliss =).
"I rebel -- therefore we exist." - Camus

jbeukema

Quote from: "AlP"
Quote from: "jbeukema"Conclusion: no hope so long as the nature of Man remains unchanged  :raised:

Despite its nature, HIV does remarkably well until all potential hosts are dead  :pop:

AlP

To be honest I don't care. What are your values?
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jbeukema

Quote from: "AlP"To be honest I don't care. What are your values?
Values? I got phi... I think I fucked up though, because a^2+b^2 has never equaled phi before  :hmm: ... and I got 42 for the last question. You?

AlP

"I rebel -- therefore we exist." - Camus

Tanker

#28
Quote from: "AlP"Please explain.
Hes being faciesious the "value" he got was Pi ie; 3.14, he made a math joke. 42 is a reference to the Hitchhiker Guide To the Galaxy.
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AlP

Yeah I got the 42 thing. It's one of my favorite series. But I couldn't work it into the math?
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