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Is it true that the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money?

Posted - January 30, 2019
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  • 1305
    Fabian Socialist George Bernard Shaw was for "humanely gassing people who did not contribute to society," so I'd say no, using other peoples money certainly wasn't the initial aim of socialism. The aim was to bring the living standards of everyone down, but people are competitive by nature. This post was edited by kjames at January 30, 2019 8:11 PM MST
      January 30, 2019 9:50 AM MST
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  • 5391
    The socialism that I’ve heard of was usually infected and sabotaged by the corruption and/or ineptitude of the govt leaders empowered to dole out the ”benefits”. 

    In a sense, that isn’t so far afield from what we see in practice in certain Constitutional republics... This post was edited by Don Barzini at January 30, 2019 8:12 PM MST
      January 30, 2019 12:44 PM MST
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  • 5835
    The problem is that humans are absolutely lousy at self government in numbers larger than a small city, and even cities don't have great reputations.
      January 30, 2019 5:34 PM MST
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