Quote: (09-25-2015 02:49 AM)Phoenix Wrote:
That's some serious true believer talk. Socialism has always been about "from each according to their ability, to each according to their need". So sure, you can have plenty of ability and talent, but you'll be punished for it by parasitism, and by extension, the more of a useless urchin you are the more you're allowed to parasitize others. You won't receive the personal benefits of intelligence and ability and industry like you would under capitalism.
This has always been the problem with marxist and softer socialist approaches. It doesn't take into consideration the more venal and parasitic attributes of human nature. There are people who will naturally exploit and abuse a system given to them no matter what. Socialism does not offer adequate checks and balances to counteract this. It just exacerbates all the problems by putting faith in human nature and authoritarian (leader) structures. The flaw is that it's unrealistic and hopelessly optimistic. This is why this ideology has been revitalized again and again with hippies and coffee shop hipsters wearing Che Guevara crap. They really don't understand nuance.
It's a bit ironic since popular socialist type policies have led to the death and murder of millions worldwide.