why didn't socialism(eg Marxism) work?

Answer 1

Even though Marxism seems to put the power in the people - it is a false assumption. The system doesn't provide a free market for betterment based on ability. It levels the playing field to point that it's not competitive. No competition breeds stagnation and mediocrity. Social structure is not fluid; it becomes constrictive.

Answer 2

Because such political ideas only work in a "perfect" world where people are not greedy, lazy, jealous, selfish, egotistical, etc.

It would be a wonderful world if everyone actually tried their hardest and did their best, then distributing to everyone according to their needs and taking from them according to their means seems like it would work.

However, why is anyone ever going to "go the extra mile," give up time with their family and loved ones, go to school college or grad school, etc. when people who don't work that hard get the same reward?

It was best explained by Sean Hannity when he had a few college kids on his show who thought that Marxism was a noble idea. He asked them what their GPA was in college. He then asked them if they thought it would be fair to simply average the GPAs of all the graduates in their class and give everyone the same grades.

Of course, they were totally against the idea. That wasn't fair because they worked for their grades.Two of the three immediately admitted that they were wrong about Marxism. The third couldn't come up with any sort of argument for her continued support of Marxism, but she continued to say that "that's not the same thing."

Yeah. It's not the same thing because would hurt her in a way she can understand.

Answer 3

Communism and Socialism both fail because they do not factor in their beliefs that humans are in their very nature selfish, some would call it sin. People will always abuse a system if they can come out ahead.

Capitalism, though not perfect, is the best system. With only minor regulation, individual effort is rewarded. When our forefathers first landed in America they attempted to live their first year as socialists. Almost 50% of the people died because there was not personal motivation to work harder than the next guy. After that first harsh winter they switched to capitalism and they thrived, trading with local Indians and each other.

Answer 4

I don't think true communism could ever work. It takes away real freedoms for the good of the society. But humans are individuals just as much as they are part of society and when you sacrafice one for the other a mess occurs.

I think socialism could work or at least parts of it. For example it says in the constitution that we have a right to life. Without proper health care for everyone...we don't really have that right any more.

Conservatives complain about their tax dollars going to pay for others health care. That it's not fair. But it's really in everyone's interest for everyone to have health care. Less disease will be spread.

Healthcare is just another way of distinguishing the haves...and the have-nots. Take away health care....which is what will happen because it's becomming to expensive for the middle class to afford....and you take away the middle class. Period.

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Answer 6

Because people are selfish... We like to be the benefactor of our own hard work, or at least be the one who chooses who benefits.

The socialist style of government devalues an individual's contribution.

Typically it's the mind set- "If I know that no matter how hard I work, I'll only scrape by.. why should I work at all?"

Answer 7

Because it didn't take basic human behaviors (selfishness and self interest) into account.

It is an ideal, but not very workable, much like pure capitalism which is similarly flawed but in the opposite way.

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Answer 9

It assumes that all people have the same nature: particularly, that all people want to work 8 hours a day just to have what everybody else has.

Answer 10

Capitalism is not working either. People are made to believe that it works.