Whats wrong with socialism?

kwasford
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:06:39 +0000

Well, the whole issue with Marxist ideology opposed to Capitalism is the culture instill in the people who are practicing it. In a capitalist nation, the people are encouraged to be selfish. We are working for our own common good for our OWN pursuit of happiness, not for the happiness of our community. For America to become a socialist state, that very culture must be undone, and people must see the community before themselves.

I’d hate to evoke religion, and in no way am I trying to convert anyone, but the Bible is a prime example of the sort of culture that should be instilled in people to obtain a somewhat-socialist state. For example, on the seventh year that a slave is working for a master, the master must release the slave in addition to giving him a number of supplies to allow that slave to build his own farm. In addition to just GIVING, the master must GIVE and be HAPPY that he IS GIVING (excuse if there are bits of specifics that I am missing, I’m no word-for-word expert). A capitalist nation would more advocate you giving a third (if that much) of what is needed, and doing that unwillingly, as if swallowing a spoonful of Buckley’s… which is terrible.

And just to like, address this–
"If something works in theory, but not in practice there is a major problem with your theory. "

Someone said that a few pages ago, and I have to respectfully disagree. Theory usually works, and practice fails, especially in politics, due to human variable change. As I stated before culture, and other factors such as greed. For example, the American supported governments of Nationalist China and South Vietnam in the Cold War, which were basically taking money for themselves, thus giving way to the communist rebellions in those nations.

Just my two cents. :D