Huff Po: What Socialism Requires

[m.knox]

Well if this can't alter the positions of individuals like NJPSU and rumble_lion, then I think we've arrived at a conclusion.

Here are some soundbites.

• "...what it means is that the government would run the entire economy and society, and all decisions would be made by the political process."
  
  
• Socialism...must depend for its economic direction on some form of planning, and for its culture on some form of commitment to the idea of a morally conscious collectivity...
  
  
• "Not only does a socialist economy require a central plan, he said, but a plan will require us to subordinate our personal liberties -- liberties of choice and free speech, associated with John Stuart Mill -- to the plan of the government."
  

Socialism fails because free minded individuals WILL NOT subordinate their personal liberties to the plan of POLITICIANS. Collectivism will always fail because of individuals. There isn't a force strong enough in the universe to change this.

Here's the link. Short and sweet.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-boaz/bernie-sanders-democratic-socialism_b_9055290.html?

 

[m.knox]

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