Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
That view is a bit out there to say the least.
Socialism may be 'fair', but it is not right. Rightness is different than fairness, which I would define as everyone being equal. If everyone is equal economically [except the leaders, of course!] then there is no incentive to do anything. Why should any person do their best when someone else who is slacking off is just as well off as them?
It doesn't matter who runs it; socialism is inherently flawed in that it punishes creativity and hard work and rewards laziness.
That view is a bit out there to say the least.
Socialism may be 'fair', but it is not right. Rightness is different than fairness, which I would define as everyone being equal. If everyone is equal economically [except the leaders, of course!] then there is no incentive to do anything. Why should any person do their best when someone else who is slacking off is just as well off as them?
It doesn't matter who runs it; socialism is inherently flawed in that it punishes creativity and hard work and rewards laziness.
I belive my favorite definition of socialism comes from an episode of The Simpsons, in which a teacher - I belive it was a ballet teacher or something, I've seen this episode only once - says to the class, answering Lisa's comment about something:
"Class, what do we call giving equal rights to different people?"
And the whole class of girls: "Socialism!"