Can Soscialist Programs Be Useful As A Means To An End Of Them?

Question

Are they part of a way to evolve beyond a need for them, like training wheels for instance?

Answer 1

I think it's possible, but human behavior has usually been good at proving such concepts unfeasible. It kind of makes a socialist think "This is how people think; how do we change that" instead of "This is how people think, how do we deal with it?" Even with the population base as it is, there will be those who don't want to do their share of the work, even if it's negligible. And there will always be people who think that since they're better than everyone else, they should get more.

Perhaps someday in the future, this will change, but I don't think it'll happen in my own lifetime. However, I do believe that circumstances may make it a necessity; I hope it's not an unpleasant necessity, though.

Answer 2

In a perfect world yes. In our world I am thinking no. History just in the United States has proven over and over again that social programs tend to bring down the people they were designed to help.

One example of this would be the American Indian. The American Indian was initially herded onto the reservation and of course suffered terribly. Social groups decided that this needed to be fixed so they started all sorts of social programs and government aid agencies to help them out. These handouts have almost killed all culture in the tribes that got the most handouts. Tribes that got less are doing better from a socio-economic view and tend to have stronger ties to their culture. (The Indians of the Southwest for example.) Native American tribes that were just given some land that nobody else wanted and then left on their own have thrived. These would be the tribes native to Alaska and Canada for example.

Some black economists such as Thomas Sowell believe that the welfare system has done nothing but bring African American's down. He has some interesting articles that you can look up online that discuss this. He used to teach economics at Stanford so I assume he knows more than a little about it. He has great books too that are available at most libraries. They are written for the average reader and site many real life examples and general laws of economics.

Answer 3

as any other "programs" humanity hysterically created, creating, and about to create ..... nothing is permanent under the Sun. That makes our life on earth look like circus...

Answer 4

No. There will always be those that help through no fault of their own.

Answer 5

If one believes in experience as a teacher...NO !!!!!!!!!!