Socialism is a big step towards communism. It is communism lite. They both have a centralized government that confiscate wealth from the masses, skim a bunch off for themselves and then dole out what's left as they see fit.
They also confiscate your God given rights and only allow you freedoms that will ensure that they can keep their power.
Bullshit. This is that tired fuck Libertarian tripe about how bad government is. Keep telling me this as you drive on paved road and are kept safe by police an firefighters, while eating food and taking medicines monitored by the 'evil government so you aren't poisoned by corporations. If you would like to see a country without socialist programs, I invite you to take a trip to Somalia. It's a libertarian paradise.
Wow. I never knew how horrible socialism is.. I mean.. lived in a socialist country for 25 years where everyone was given free healthcare and university.. where you're given maternity leave for 1.5 years and we have a smaller income gap than most other countries (no we aren't all poor.. actually quite the opposite).. my parents pay more taxes than most could ever imagine.. but are very happy as they still argue they would be worse off in a country where health care and education cost (all children with a masters degree and one pre-born). I currently live in another country, only pay marginally less in taxes but don't have the same options of luxury (holiday leave, work rights, health care, and don't even want to think about what happens if I start a family here without loads of savings) as back home. (Still love it here though.. and I moved as a bigger country/city equals more work opportunities :) )
And also, that would be /Russian/ communism you're thinking of, friend. True Marxist Communism doesn't have /any/ central government, but is in fact classless and government free while everybody spreads peace, love, and granola. Marxist Communism hasn't ever been achieved, and neither has true Socialism, which applies many of the same principles.
Government is good and necessary, but all government is corrupt. Some forms are better than others, though. There is a finite amount of power that is divided between the government and the people. Isn't it better for the people to have the power to determine how best to allocate the resources that they have given there own blood, sweat and tears for? Or, is it better for the government to take your stuff and hand it out to a slacker? If you get to keep what you work for, your going to be motivated to work harder and produce more. The government should only be there to catch the people that fall through the cracks and truly need a helping hand.
The government doesn't build the roads, it
hires private contractors to build them. Government maintains the roads. Do you see the awful pothole repairs on the road that you go bouncing over? That's the governments contribution.
The government doesn't feed you either. That's the farmers doing. Government just regulates the crap out of them and makes their life more difficult.
It's the evil corporations that discover new drugs that help the sick. They are motivated by money and we get cured of our diseases. Win, win.
The Gov didn't invent the internet, Facebook, Amazon or the automobile. Free people did that because they were motivated by money and we all benefit. The Gov just gets in our way. Their only motivation is to stay in power.
They also confiscate your God given rights and only allow you freedoms that will ensure that they can keep their power.
hires private contractors to build them. Government maintains the roads. Do you see the awful pothole repairs on the road that you go bouncing over? That's the governments contribution.
The government doesn't feed you either. That's the farmers doing. Government just regulates the crap out of them and makes their life more difficult.
It's the evil corporations that discover new drugs that help the sick. They are motivated by money and we get cured of our diseases. Win, win.
The Gov didn't invent the internet, Facebook, Amazon or the automobile. Free people did that because they were motivated by money and we all benefit. The Gov just gets in our way. Their only motivation is to stay in power.