Friday, April 22, 2011

Socialism Doesn't Work

There is one simple reason for why socialism will never work. Human beings are innately evil. No matter how hard the government or other people try to make everything equal it will be impossible. People have a tendancy to be selfish and lazy, so it would be impossible to make all equal when not all people are willing to contribute the same amount. Within socialism, everyone would receive equal pay no matter what. Yet some people just do the easier job possible for the most amount of money so that they don't have to put forth effort since they are lazy. These are the people that would take advantage of having a socialistic government because if they are guaranteed the same reward no matter what then what's he point in putting forth more effort. This would cause unbalance within the system because they would not be equally giving to the government than they would take. The government would have complete control over your whole life because they would control what you got, when you got it, and how much of it you get, while also making sure you work according to your talent. But then it brings up the initial issue that there are some people that aren't willing to put forth effort.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Economics #1

He starts off by saying socialism is democracy and continues that all religions believe that the rich man is not supposed to come in and take the "9 slices of pie" and only leave a few for the rest. But that argument is completely irrelevant to socialism. Ignoring that fact though, he says that socialism is when we the people would run it and it would be what we want it to be, yet people want to earn money according to the work that they do, so socialism would be the exact opposite of it.
The idea the Marx presents of all being equal is being compared to the fact that Jesus tells us to show grace and mercy to the poor. These two idea are contradictory and therefore shouldn't be compared. God commands that those who do not work shall not eat, whereas socialism says everybody will receive equally. His logic is flawed in the sense that all religions and worldviews do not say the same thing and mean the same thing when it comes to government.