Shouldn't we live in a world where everyone shares everything? Shouldn't we live in a world that values equality and we all work together to benifit each other and society? Shouldn't we live in a world where there exists no social classes, just people working together to help one another?
2007-11-21 11:52:57 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Why do you think I never worked for anything in my life? I did.
2007-11-21 12:00:05 · update #1
Go live in Cuba or North Korea and share in their misery. Come back if you can and let us know if you still have the same opinion.
peace out! seester
2007-11-21 11:57:46 · answer #1 · answered by jello 3 · 5⤊ 4⤋
You're confusing "sharing" with "wealth redistribution."
In order for everyone to truly "share," and be on the same level, everyone would likewise have to PULL their fair share. Unfortunately, human nature being what it is, a significant portion of humanity who have the ability to pull their fair share, refuse to.
Sharing wealth is great...and expected of us by our Creator...but socialism, which is what you are describing, is not sharing; it is forced redistribution...in other words...robbery.
I feel about socialism how you would feel if someone came to your front door and took your possessions by gunpoint to give to the guy in the smaller house next door to you because it wasn't fair that you lived in a bigger house. I can imagine what your response would be. That is socialism and that is what you are purporting is the answer to the world's woes.
Socialism destroys individual initiative...just look at our welfare rolls in America. Talk to my Russian step-mother; she will give you an earful as to exactly how "beneficial" socialism is on a society. Take away reasons for initiative and what do you have?
I believe your heart is in the right place but you are--I'm sorry, I have to say this---very naive, and uneducated as to the true nature of socialism.
You want me to take you seriously? Sell your possessions, keep only what you need to survive, and give the rest to the woman on welfare with a half-dozen kids.
Walk the talk. Then, and only then, will you have earned the right to preach to me.
2007-11-21 20:20:10 · answer #2 · answered by thenightscribe 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Here's what that kind of sharing means in practice (this is a true story, by the way--it was in the news in september)
A young mother whose husband died in Iraq was struggling to make ends meet. But hse managed to save a bit by doing without some things herself to get her child a "kit" with all the things he needed for kindergarten--crayons, pencils, etc. He was overjoyed--they didn't have much and he was a bright kid--he'd realized he might not be able to have all the things the other kids had.
That first day, the "teacher" told the children to bring forward all the things that they had broght with them and put them in a box. Thenshe informed the children that the thngs wer no longer theirs--they were common property and they woudl not be allowed to have them except to use in class, so everyone would be "equal."
The child, haeartbbroken, met his mother in tears and told her what had happened. He had been so happy--and so proud togo to school with his own things. "Why," he wanted to know," were his things taken from him? He had done nothing wrong.?"
That is the "morality" you are asking about. It is, as I said elsewhere, indicitive of a disgusting and profound contempt for humanity. You will find also,that the people who advocate such ugliness invariably plan to be the ones deciding who gets what. Their goal is not "equality," it is power--the ugliest and most immoral kind of power: the power to take away the hopes and dreams of decent hard-working people in order to feed their own egos and enrich themselves.
Anyone like that is not a "humanitarian." They are vampires, sucking the lifebblood of others to feed themselves. And that is al they are.
2007-11-21 20:23:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
It's not sharing. It's the government stealing from us. Socialism leads to a weak economy, just look at France. The only way it can work is if you have a rich supply of oil or some other type of rich resource. And when that resource runs out, your economy, and country, is screwed.
2007-11-21 20:06:15 · answer #4 · answered by TC 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
We do all work in a world that we all work together to benefit each other and society. It's called Capitalism and it works quite well.
In capitalism, one makes something or performs a service for his fellow man, and sells that to him. Another person is making something or providing a service and now can sell it to the first man for the money he earned serving his fellow man.
It's a beautiful system because it naturally rewards those of us who provide goods and services that others want or need. It encourages us to serve our fellow man even better in the future.
Why are you so opposed to that?
2007-11-21 20:02:49 · answer #5 · answered by Uncle Pennybags 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Who is going to enforce this sharing? Government, of course. That's a social class, known as the ruling class in communist countries. The problem is that this class has all the power, and takes advantage of the people they rule over.
2007-11-21 20:01:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
Its funny how people who inherited huge trust funds *bush consider themselves self made, imagine if Bush was born to a poor family , a person with those kinda brains he isn't smart enough to work at burger king, Dem's live in a WE society and Con's live in a ME society, which is why the wages of corporate ceo's has gone up 1000- 10000 since Regan rolled back the new deal and the wages of average Americans has stayed stagnant . Lets not roll back Bush's tax cuts lets roll back Reg ans tax cuts we are headed for another Republican Depression. Its funny how they consider themselves Conservatives when 70percent of our current 9 trillion dollar debt can be accounted for by 3 republican presidents Regan, Bush, Bush = 9 trillion dollars.
2007-11-21 20:06:36 · answer #7 · answered by Joshua S 3 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Because people are imbued with the spirit of capitalism, free enterprise, materialism and dog eat dog from an early age.Socially conscious educators have to try to undo some of the damage. Maybe some day we will have a better society.
2007-11-22 01:49:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Human nature prevents your Utopian concept from becoming reality, through out the ages some form of communal-ism has been tried and on any large scale effort fails. Nature has many programmed solely for self preservation and personal gain at the cost of others, while you can wish for a greater and harmonious sharing of the resources the nature of the beast will always prevent it
2007-11-21 20:04:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 6⤋
Are you just another liberal looking for a free ride on the backs of people that actually do the work?
Seems so...
2007-11-21 19:59:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋