T. A. Gardner
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That is how socialism works after all...Leftists apparently believe things are "free" as long as someone else pays for them.
Free healthcare?
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T. A. Gardner
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It can in small, controlled, doses but on the whole, no socialism defies human nature at its core. It requires humanity to willingly do things humans are innately opposed to for the most part. The big one is it requires humans--all humans--to be altruistic. You have to be willing to work hard, produce, and then freely give away what you did often to someone who did nothing to deserve it.
Yakuda
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Absolutely right. Many religious orders are secluded socialist communities. It works in small communities but not as a plan for political or economic stability
Diogenes
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Where? In Arizona?
T. A. Gardner
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Anywhere it's tried that way. Small communes can be socialist. Monasteries work that way. You can even have light doses of it in a large society where a small fraction of taxes go to support limited socialist programs.
What doesn't work is confiscatory, progressive (really regressive), taxes supporting universal socialist programs. They eventually destroy the economy, a decline in people wanting to work in the official economy, a rise of black markets, and a general decline in the quality of life for most citizens.