Americans don't understand Socialism

There has been a lot of talk about socialism in the recent health care debate. I'd say that the majority of Americans appose a more socialist approach to health care, or anything for that matter. But I think there is a fundamental misunderstanding.

Before you ask "but who will pay for the tutors?" The Answer is the same people who pay for the professor, and the classroom, and the desks etc. So essentialy, everyone pays for the tutors, but only those who need them, use them. But they are available to all.

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[thegodman1]

Thanks for having your own thoughts, and not just following what everyone else things

[zunathanzu]

@thegodman1 Thanks man!



[pyroHAN]

WOW...if you're going to release a video onto a public forum defending socialism and how your university is so great, at least take a communications class first so you can learn to annunciate your words...fail

[zunathanzu]

@pyroHAN What words did I say wrong?

[Altimadark]

@imapisces23 And yet, they still felt it best that religion and government should remain separate from one another.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"

[Altimadark]

@Urbania05 You are incorrect.

[funhouse21]

@kwaal WRONG that's Communism

[fortyaider]

Your analogy is bad.

[kwaal]

That's not quite what socialism is, either - Socialism is when the workers own the means of production. Nothing more, nothing less. A better example would be if the students suddenly owned the school, directed the class curriculum etc.

[partynetwork]

Fake!

[jhillst]

The "teacher" story is a pretty good analogy for why socialism fails.

Unfortunately, in American capitalism, people who get A's don't get them because they study hard, but rather because they copy other people's tests.

[merchan5967]

The first example was an example of pure socialism, while the second example (government helping people help themselves) is an example of a mixed system like social democracy. This is the distinction that most Americans don't understand. My opinion is that any pure system of government is evil. Pure socialism is evil because it takes away the right to own property and businesses, but pure capitalism is evil because it is exploitive of the poor and gives too much power and influence to the rich.

[jevansturner]

Are you really wealthy if you don't buy / own anything?

You buy a mansion or a yact by spending millions of dollars. That money stimulates the economy and creates jobs.

If you punish the rich, you discourage individuals from aspiring to become wealthy.

Also, you drive them to move their operations overseas to countries that don't punish success quite as much...then you lose a LOT of jobs and economic stimulus. There's just no way around it, socialism punishes success. Simple.