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Capitalism vs Socialism; Interesting analogy
Topic Started: Nov 13 2012, 09:26 PM (550 Views)
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An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, “OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama’s plan”. All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A….

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.

The second test average was a D! No one was happy.

When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.
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Snidely Whiplash
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I've heard variations of this simple minded logic for years.
First off, obama is nowhere near a socialist. Start with the fallacy of your initial premise.
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I don't like socialism. People don't just wake up one morning and they are rich. A lot rich people work 16 plus hours a day and they might have done that for 30 years before they got rich. So it would be totally unfair to take what they've earned through hard work and give it away to somebody that's sitting around watching television all day.
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Miami
Nov 13 2012, 09:54 PM
I don't like socialism. People don't just wake up one morning and they are rich. A lot rich people work 16 plus hours a day and they might have done that for 30 years before they got rich. So it would be totally unfair to take what they've earned through hard work and give it away to somebody that's sitting around watching television all day.
Socialism is what we have to varying degrees in all countries with a good standard of living. In fact it is the way humanity was able to survive. Each of us sharing some aspect of civilization. Defending ourselves, feeding ourselves, housing etc. That is not to say entrepreneurism should be discouraged. To the contrary.

However, someone had to put the roads down we use, install the water and sewer systems we take for granted, allow for electrical systems, provide for emergency protection etc.
Edited by Snidely Whiplash, Nov 13 2012, 10:05 PM.
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Miami
Nov 13 2012, 09:54 PM
I don't like socialism. People don't just wake up one morning and they are rich. A lot rich people work 16 plus hours a day and they might have done that for 30 years before they got rich. So it would be totally unfair to take what they've earned through hard work and give it away to somebody that's sitting around watching television all day.
The goal of socialism isn't to make everyone rich. The ultimate goal of socialism, something that will not happen until the world decides to listen to me, go on a massive World War, and kill off about 75% of the population, is to make it so everyone has what they need without an actual monetary scale. No one would be rich or poor. They would just be.

However, there's too many damn people and too much damn greed over monetary gains for true socialism to exist. And while Obama and the Dems may have some rules that seem socialist in nature they are in no way, shape, or form about to usher in true socialism.

And while we're on your utterly insane and so damn simple it's R-Tarded view of what socialism actual is, the Republicans sponsor and seem A-OK with a multitude of socialist programs including Welfare, Medicare, and our current road system. And they definitely aren't about to abolish taxes because then how would they be able to skim off the damn top?
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Zechariah
Capitalism & socialism, democrat & republican, it's all Hegalian Dialectic paradigm...a game.
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TIM, we have some things in common :)
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Snidely Whiplash
Nov 13 2012, 10:01 PM
Miami
Nov 13 2012, 09:54 PM
I don't like socialism. People don't just wake up one morning and they are rich. A lot rich people work 16 plus hours a day and they might have done that for 30 years before they got rich. So it would be totally unfair to take what they've earned through hard work and give it away to somebody that's sitting around watching television all day.
Socialism is what we have to varying degrees in all countries with a good standard of living. In fact it is the way humanity was able to survive. Each of us sharing some aspect of civilization. Defending ourselves, feeding ourselves, housing etc. That is not to say entrepreneurism should be discouraged. To the contrary.

However, someone had to put the roads down we use, install the water and sewer systems we take for granted, allow for electrical systems, provide for emergency protection etc.
In France they just passed a law that say that rich people have to pay 75% in taxes. They are going to take most of rich people money away and give it to somebody else, that's crazy and that's socialism at it's worst.
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Nov 13 2012, 10:02 PM
Miami
Nov 13 2012, 09:54 PM
I don't like socialism. People don't just wake up one morning and they are rich. A lot rich people work 16 plus hours a day and they might have done that for 30 years before they got rich. So it would be totally unfair to take what they've earned through hard work and give it away to somebody that's sitting around watching television all day.
The goal of socialism isn't to make everyone rich. The ultimate goal of socialism, something that will not happen until the world decides to listen to me, go on a massive World War, and kill off about 75% of the population, is to make it so everyone has what they need without an actual monetary scale. No one would be rich or poor. They would just be.

However, there's too many damn people and too much damn greed over monetary gains for true socialism to exist. And while Obama and the Dems may have some rules that seem socialist in nature they are in no way, shape, or form about to usher in true socialism.

And while we're on your utterly insane and so damn simple it's R-Tarded view of what socialism actual is, the Republicans sponsor and seem A-OK with a multitude of socialist programs including Welfare, Medicare, and our current road system. And they definitely aren't about to abolish taxes because then how would they be able to skim off the damn top?
The Bible said that the poor will always be with you, so it doesn't sound like the Bible is into socialism.
Edited by Miami, Nov 13 2012, 10:14 PM.
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The Bible say that you reap what you sow. Which means whatever you put into life is just about what you're going to get back out.
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