posted on Jan, 22 2020 @ 08:10 PM
A reply to: TerryMcGuire
Ok first let’s dismiss the untruth that in socialism the worker has liberty and that workers work for themselves. But let’s talk about degree of
socialism. In a fully socialist economy, the State controls the means of production. Therefore the boss is always going to be the State. The socialist
state is going to involve redistribution of income. In all these places where there is socialized medicine, the worker is going to pay high taxes to
pay for it. The worker will also pay high taxes for govt overhead, for the poor, for pretty much whatever the State demands. So is the worker working
for themself? At least in a capitalist economy, a as n individual is allowed to work for higher pay based on personal effort. When socialists say that
the wealthy should pay “ their fair share”, they really mean that they want to take as much of that wealth as they can son they can redistribute
it to those they deem worthy. I have yet to see Nancy Pelosi give away her wealth to the less fortunate. She has made money on the taxpayer dole and
probably insider trading. She, the one who is promoting a socialist agenda. Perhaps that is the kind of socialism that isn’t socialist, or at least
not truly equitable. But it’s a fact that socialism is full of people who get more than others. It’s not fair at all only equitable for those in
power. Historical evidence shows that.
John Dewey, a humanist and the father of our modern educational pedagogy, believed that people exist for the State. There again, the people exist for
the State. That is the true socialism and every totalitarian’s dream.
You really didn’t need to give me the Wikipedia definition of socialism. I’m fully aware of what socialism is and what it isn’t. Socialism is an
integral part of communism. Indeed the difference is the level of socialism involved. In a fascist system, the State still has control but leaves some
private business in place. Did the people of Nazi Germany have control over their own destiny ? Did the State own them ? I find it strange that you
refer to “ the State” as a foreign entity. So I’m the former Soviet Union, was the State something foreign and not of the country ? The State is
a government apparatus. The State is a controlling apparatus. Why refer to it as foreign, unless you are referring to something like the Chinese rule
over N Korea or the Russian control of Eastern European states such as Lithuania or Belarus...
edit on 22-1-2020 by ThirdEyeofHorus because:
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