Socialists are supposed to be more enlightened than I am and yet their dream is to have the government do?

Question

everything for them. Why is this?

Answer 1

It's difficult to say. They tend to give less to charity so it seems they are less enlightened so the government has to step in and pick up the slack.

Answer 2

Wrong again.Personal freedom is a cornerstone of the socialist ideology.All the rest is far right fear mongering.
12. Democratic socialism is an international movement for freedom, social justice and solidarity. Its goal is to achieve a peaceful world where these basic values can be enhanced and where each individual can live a meaningful life with the full development of his or her personality and talents and with the guarantee of human and civil rights in a democratic framework of society.

13. Freedom is the product of both individual and cooperative efforts - the two aspects are parts of a single process. Each person has the right to be free of political coercion and also to the greatest chance to act in pursuit of individual goals and to fulfil personal potential. But that is only possible if humanity as a whole succeeds in its long-standing struggle to master its history and to ensure that no person, class, sex, religion or race becomes the servant of another.

14. Justice and Equality. Justice means the end of all discrimination against individuals, and the equality of rights and opportunities. It demands compensation for physical, mental and social inequalities, and freedom from dependence on either the owners of the means of production or the holders of political power.

Equality is the expression of the equal value of all human beings and the precondition for the free development of the human personality. Basic economic, social and cultural equality is essential for individual diversity and social progress.

Freedom and equality are not contradictory. Equality is the condition for the development of individual personality. Equality and personal freedom are indivisible.

15. Solidarity is all-encompassing and global. It is the practical expression of common humanity and of the sense of compassion with the victims of injustice. Solidarity is rightly stressed and celebrated by all major humanist traditions. In the present era of unprecedented interdependence between individuals and nations, solidarity gains an enhanced significance since it is imperative for human survival.

16. Democratic socialists attach equal importance to these fundamental principles. They are interdependent. Each is a prerequisite of the other. As opposed to this position, Liberals and Conservatives have placed the main emphasis on individual liberty at the expense of justice and solidarity while Communists have claimed to achieve equality and solidarity, but at the expense of freedom.

Answer 3

socialists, by definition, don;t have government. The people run everything, and work equally. Understand now?

Answer 4

They want to run your life and tell you what to think so that they don't have to deal with opposing beliefs. They are so insecure in their own beliefs that they want them enforced by government.

Socialism is the philosophy of collectivism by means of centralization. That implies government, who else? An all-powerful one if everything is centralized.

Answer 5

no, idea I don't know any socialists that want the government to do everything for them

Answer 6

They are. They have figured out a way to do nothing and get paid for it. On top of that they want to keep there money and depend on the Gov to pay for everything. They are enlightened!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

Do you know what socialism is? Hint: it's not the same thing as liberalism, libertarianism, or communism.

Answer 8

There is no truth to your post. So that makes it invalid.

Answer 9

Because they are lazy? To the enlightened lazy person it is a great idea!

Answer 10

There is no explanation for why people become psychotic, schizophrenic, or manic/depressive. Likewise there is no answer to "why" people become socialists.