task0778
Diamond Member
I think most Americans like to make their own choices. They like the idea that they get to spend their money any way they want to. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, right? Essentially, most of us like to decide for ourselves how we are going to go about pursuing whatever our idea of happiness is. I'm guessing that most of us also do not like somebody else telling us what our idea if happiness should be, and also setting limits on how much happiness we deserve.
Well that's what socialism is, somebody else making your decisions for you whether you like it or not. How's that for equality, hmm? Ok, maybe not ALL your decisions, at least not yet. But have you considered what the trend has been here in the US over the past century or so? Whether you realize it or not, your rights and liberties have been reduced and by more than you think.
Do you think that the best player on the team should be paid the same as the worst? How about the best actors, musicians, teachers, doctors, whatever? No doubt some will strive to be the best they can be anyway, but how many won't bother? How much poorer will that make us as a society?
What does socialism to do innovation if there's no incentive for the results? Whose going to bust ass to develop something new if there's no reward? Been to Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela lately?
Do you really think that under socialism there wouldn't still be a ruling class living like kings? What makes you think things will be any different from an equality and social justice point of view? Or any kind of justice, do you think you will get the same justice as the well-connected, or will they skate and you get screwed?
So you have a decision to make. Do you want to live in a country where no matter how hard you work, no matter what you do or how much you succeed, you simply won't improve your lot?
Do you want to benefit from your own success or would you prefer to let the government take over and use your benefit to pay everyone else?
In short, how much control do you want the gov't to have over your life? Do you want to make your own choices, or leave it to somebody else?
Well that's what socialism is, somebody else making your decisions for you whether you like it or not. How's that for equality, hmm? Ok, maybe not ALL your decisions, at least not yet. But have you considered what the trend has been here in the US over the past century or so? Whether you realize it or not, your rights and liberties have been reduced and by more than you think.
Do you think that the best player on the team should be paid the same as the worst? How about the best actors, musicians, teachers, doctors, whatever? No doubt some will strive to be the best they can be anyway, but how many won't bother? How much poorer will that make us as a society?
What does socialism to do innovation if there's no incentive for the results? Whose going to bust ass to develop something new if there's no reward? Been to Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela lately?
Do you really think that under socialism there wouldn't still be a ruling class living like kings? What makes you think things will be any different from an equality and social justice point of view? Or any kind of justice, do you think you will get the same justice as the well-connected, or will they skate and you get screwed?
So you have a decision to make. Do you want to live in a country where no matter how hard you work, no matter what you do or how much you succeed, you simply won't improve your lot?
Do you want to benefit from your own success or would you prefer to let the government take over and use your benefit to pay everyone else?
In short, how much control do you want the gov't to have over your life? Do you want to make your own choices, or leave it to somebody else?