What is wrong with socialism?

Answer 1

Capitalism and socialism need to work together. When you have a system that is 100% socialism, it fails. When you have a system that is 100% capitalist, it fails also.

Even in capitalistic societies, like the United States, you still have an educational system and a military system that are government controlled and largely socialist. In a purely socialist system you wouldn't even know how to set a price on items, and people who choose not to work would be cared for by those who do. There would be no justice in a purely socialist system.

Answer 2

We don’t have enough of it. Just look at countries like Canada where they have more of it and people are happier because their basic needs are more taken care of.In this country only the rich get taken care of. Everybody else is expendable and worthless, encouraged to go at each other’s throat’s by rich billionaire presidents like trump.Kids not lucky enough to be born into wealthy families have no value in a society where only rich are catered to.They can’t go to private schools, end up going to public schools and get shot.While rich GOP takes NRA $$$. Been shown that countries with the greatest economic disparities are the ones that are the most dysfunctional. U.S. at this point in it’s history has More economic disparity than perhaps any other time in history. We have Plenty of corporate welfare and handouts for the rich, very little for the struggling underclasses. Plenty of money for a bloated military and Wall St. bailouts, Not a hell of a lot for basic human needs

Answer 3

It does not work!

Answer 4

To a POINT it need not be bad. Every society taxes to the point of having surplus which they then spend SOMEHOW. Like both Republican AND Democratic presidents have sent billions in aid overseas, which I never have thought was the responsibility of the American taxpayer, as well as just shooting a lot of money into outer space. Then, whenever someone wants to help the poor HERE in our OWN country, everyone screams "Socialism". What is wrong with socialism is when it is overdone. How is it better to spend billions sending rockets up into Space, or sending billions to Pakistan? We should consider Christian charity demands that we help the needy here. And investing in the education of poor citizens, such as talented school children and students who cannot afford college or medical school, should be seen as an INVESTMENT by even the hardest hard line Capitalists. But They lack foresight.

Answer 5

the 80/20 rule applies

if 20% of the people are productive and 80% are not productive workers and just show up go through the motions but not apply any effort to job at hand. eventually the 20% will stop working hard too.

eventually their is not enough food, clean water, shelter and other necessities for the people

the socialist leaders will always take for their wants and needs at the expenses of the workers.

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the idea socialism has a relation with being sociable and sharing over abundance -- is a myth and improper application of words.

how would you explain to a employee who decided to not work as hard as he/she has for years after she/he got tired of being the only one of the group of 10 employees working hard
that he/she had to keep working hard while the rest pretend to work ?

Answer 6

The elite leaders claim to give everybody "free" stuff. The elite taking 99% of the money and distributing the remaining 1% equally is what really happens.

Answer 7

Is that a rhetorical question?

Answer 8

Ask Hitler.

Answer 9

Other than the fact it doesn't work? How about everything else?

Answer 10

Lots if it is the basis of an economy. Consumer goods and services are most efficiently produced and distributed by a free market with controls to prevent monopolies and fraud.

It is not so bad for selected functions like the military, courts, police, fire fighting, some infrastructure, and a few other things.

Answer 11

like the fabled 'perpetual motion' machines of ancient lore, the engine simply cannot exist in our physical world whose sole purpose is to power itself...