True. But the Russians weren't messing around. If they determined that your "ability" was digging the White Sea Canal, off you went.
This is the left at work.
They want equal outcomes for all, in spite of unequal abilities and unequal effort.
This is the ideal of communism: from all according to their ability, to all according to their need.
Eventually, the smart hard workers rebel against their money being taken and given to dumb slackers.
Exactly what the current USA tax system does. It takes from the successful, and gives to the indolent. It’s throughout the tax system, at all levels, federal and state. And we think we’re a capitalist country.
“....Eventually, the smart hard workers rebel against their money being taken and given to dumb slackers. ….”
Or they throw in the towel and become a dumb slacker too!
Excellent comments!
The Left is a destructive force.
True. But the Russians weren't messing around. If they determined that your "ability" was digging the White Sea Canal, off you went.