It strikes me that the name “socialist” for the leftist method of government is exactly opposite of what the word implies. Inasmuch as societies consist of people who agree to live by certain rules in order to create harmony, Socialism destroys societies. Where the socialist ideal is “What do I get out of it? How much can I soak other people for?”, the capitalist ideal is, “Let’s try to get everyone to be self-sufficient so that no one is a burden on other people; let everyone interact as equals.”
The selfishness of socialism destroys societies. We’ve seen this happen over and over—Venezuela is just the latest in a long line of socialist failures.
Antisocial is MUCH more descriptive.
I love quoting myself:
The primary beneficiaries of a socialist program are the socialist politicians. The secondary are the bureaucracies, and tertiaries are the supposed recipients. Everything after is fluff.