to work. The government owns everything.
Now think; British Health-care...ol' ButtCrack's DeathCARE..
'just take this little white pill, granny/grandpa'
Why did even the hardest-core liberal in America think that was a system that "worked"?
Yes most leftists that believe this crap were from middle and upper clases, but didn't they SEE how the average Soviet lived?
Even during our great depression you didn't see people like this. And this was the Soviet Union "heyday". Not like things looked any different in 1971 or 1951.
“All them cornfields and ballet in the evening.”
Peter Sellers - “I’m Alright, Jack”
Karpov vs. Kasparov
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As has been played out in Marxist regimes time and again: As individuals, Marxists never believe that they will be rendered expendable in the new People’s Paradise. They will never catch a bullet in the head. They will remain among the unassailable elite. It will always be the enemy, the opposition, the other guy; what they fail to understand is that as the criteria for acceptable thought and speech narrows, they become the other guy.
The delusion that it will never happen to them is simply narcissism, a quality Marxists possess in spades.
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As has been played out in Marxist regimes time and again: As individuals, Marxists never believe that they will be rendered expendable in the new People’s Paradise. They will never catch a bullet in the head. They will remain among the unassailable elite. It will always be the enemy, the opposition, the other guy; what they fail to understand is that as the criteria for acceptable thought and speech narrows, they become the other guy.
The delusion that it will never happen to them is simply narcissism, a quality Marxists possess in spades.
They look at our total wealth, and assume that if it were distributed evenly then everyone would be very comfortable and well fed. To them, work is merely a way to redistribute wealth, and capitalism does it unfairly (”unfair” to them meaning “does not give same amount to everyone just because they’re a human”).
What they do not realize that wealth is _created_ and _consumed_. When today’s hamburgers are eaten, their value literally turns to $#!^. Take away any incentive to earn more than a legislated blind sum, and there won’t be enough hamburgers tomorrow. Starvation soon ensues. Money is not wealth; the money used to purchase a hamburger may remain, but unless someone finds reason to make another hamburger, the prior buyer and seller find currency is not a satisfying meal.