Why doesn't socialism work?

@Ax17x7: shouldn't the rich pay more taxes.

@Ax17x7: real socialismis even distributionof taxes, in communist countries everybody has to work, they had no umeploy,ment, ex soviet countires all have hard working populations, they had no welfare, but yes the govt gave them housing, and freed education, fee health care, so swings and roundbaoutr

@Ax17x7: Actually that is how capitalism works. Explain to me how exactly Paris Hilton "earns" any of her money or that Waltons for that matter.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow: Ideally, in capitalism there would be little or no taxes.

Paris Hilton and the Waltons do have money because of capitalism. They earn money from people freely choosing to buy the goods and use the services provided by the companies they represent.

@Ax17x7: Ahh...you are one of the ones that think nations are funded by magic.


Nice fantasy but they no more earn money then the Queen of England does. They are rich because they won the baby lottery.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow: Yes, they were fortunate to be born in a good family, but their family provides services to the public that people are free to use, and pay for.

The Queen is rich because one of her ancestors, George III, agreed to forgo the income on his properties in exchange for a salary from Parliament. That was a deal because the income from royal properties provides Parliament with many times more than the salary given to the Royal Family.

@Ax17x7: Pointless distinctions without a difference. They both are rich simply because of who they were lucky enough to be born to. The only difference from them and royalty is the titles.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow: You cannot deny that the Hiltons and the Waltons run a successful business....

@Ax17x7: No....they collect dividend checks. An idiot could do that.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow: So no one shops at Walmart? Or stays at the Hilton hotels?

@Ax17x7: Like the Queen a relative or ancestor actually did the work. They themselves provide absolutely zero value to society. The businesses would continue exactly the same way if they suddenly vanished from the earth tomorrow.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow: Why shouldn't the children of successful people receive the benefits of their parents or grandparents?

Don't you want to leave something of value to your children, if you have some, or might have some one day? Or do you want the government to take all your assets and redistribute them?

@Ax17x7: Did you not read any history books? That is why the aristocracy was overthrown in nearly all nations to try and do away with that. Instead under capitalism we just changed the titles of the ruling elite and increased the extremes at both ends.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow: So you don't think children should be allowed to inherit?

@Ax17x7: I do not believe anyone is so valuable that they deserve to have more wealth then half the population of the globe when people are starving to death.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow: So you don't think children should be allowed to inherit?

@Ax17x7: Don't you think it is time to give up on the irrelevant questions?

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow: It's not irrelevant.

If I work hard and get ahead, I want my children to benefit from that. That idea is natural. You seem to think otherwise.

The problem with socialism is that it doesn't provide people the motivation to work or create.

@Ax17x7: You are basically making an argument for the reinstatement of Feudalism.


The problem with that argument is it is based on myth and assumption not fact. By your logic the USSR became the second most powerful nation on earth through laziness.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow: The USSR became the 2nd most powerful country because they had the shit tons of nukes. They did VERY LITTLE to increase the quality of life for the population.

Meanwhile the US was able to become the MOST powerful country and simultaneously increase the quality of life for their citizens.

Lol. Wow. You know they have these things made of pages of paper called books. You should read some. You are so out to lunch it is sad.

Was the writings of Joe McCarthy the only thing you have ever read?

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow: I'm not the one who needs to study history.

@Ax17x7: Really? Because the only thing you have been reading is obviously US propaganda 101.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow: I'm not the who thinks that the USSR was a good place to live...

@Ax17x7: Actually I know several people who actually lived there so I take them at their word instead of fairy tales from Americans who cannot find Russia on a map.