Because Che Guevara was photogenic...
= So why in the world would be want more Socialism.
“Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it”
-- Thomas Sowell
Answered By: Міша - 10/4/2010 |
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When messiah promised the sky, some weak souls went for it.
Answered By: Real Grit - 10/4/2010 |
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Answered By: Duke - 10/4/2010 |
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Because they are taught that lie in school from Kindergarten on.
Answered By: Sooners Girl - 10/4/2010 |
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Because people like the idea of getting something for doing nothing. It works for the poor people only temporarily but fails eventually. Remember that liberals don't listen to facts and logic.
Answered By: Does this look unsure to you? - 10/4/2010 |
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Who are "all of these people"?
Answered By: brown9500v13 - 10/4/2010 |
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Because their lazy minded and have probably just latched on to a mantra repeated by another lazy mind ...............Most who believe it seem to be hippies and school age kids .
Answered By: Michon - 10/4/2010 |
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It does work.
North Korea is better than South Korea.
East Germany was better than West Germany.
USSR was better than USA.
China is better than Japan.
(sarcasm)
Answered By: Too logical for my own good - 10/4/2010 |
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Well, it's working for Norway.
but when the oil runs out, they will be in trouble.
Answered By: wg0z - 10/4/2010 |
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Most of the people who are for socialism are the ones that want others to have to support them. They do not want to work, but they want the ones that do work to be forced into paying their way for them.
Answered By: the cloned one - 10/4/2010 |
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I believe in a mixed economy... and that has the highest levels of success... by almost any standard...
sometimes that means more socialism and sometimes that means less...
why do cons yell socialism at everything that moves yet most want at least some "socialist" programs?
Answered By: g - 10/4/2010 |
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Because it has a good premise (remember how we teach little kids to share?) but people who truly support pure socialism do not take into account that greed does and will always cause socialism to fail
Answered By: Alex - 10/4/2010 |
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The only people who "believe" socialism works are liberals.
America is getting ready to show them the door.
Answered By: Obama Isukin Mahweener - 10/4/2010 |
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They believe it can work if " we just do it right".
problem is over 100yr's and 100,000,000 dead people later we still haven't gotten it right.
Answered By: casey - 10/4/2010 |
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Not many people think that. It doesn't stop people from being socialists. I would venture to say that those holding socialist signs would be very unhappy if that were to become reality.
There is no one form of pure govt that works, including a purely capitalistic society.
They all look OK on paper, but when you factor in man, and the natural greed and corruption he brings to the table, it's all ends up being corrupt.
Answered By: maxmom - 10/4/2010 |
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It cannot work very well because many countries around the socialist ones are Capitalist.If all countries around the world become socialists then we will live in a paradise.
Example : Cuba
Why is it poor? because of the US embargo
Answered By: Lol - 10/4/2010 |
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We are far from socialist. Wild west style capitalism is not working well for us these days yet socialist China continues to rise. It's hard to find something in a store that's not made in a communist country these days. Maybe it's our system that's broke, of course the cons would never admit that. A mix of regulated capitalism and socialism works the best.
Answered By: L T - 10/4/2010 |
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1. Lots of blacks feel inferior because they dont have the intelligence to compete. (no offense but its true)
So they want everyone to be equally miserable. Thats a large portion of the liberal base. They don't want life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness because they feel substandard.
2. Atheist dont know God. So their only belief is that the government will save them (even though they are the CAUSE of the problems)
3. The Democrats promise alot of freebies.
4. They promise to rob those Americans who earn a living and give it those who dont (even though they keep it for themselves)
etc. etc etc.
Answered By: Jason Jackson - 10/4/2010 |
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Actuall it does work in theory, but in reality the human nature takes over, you end up with a lot of angry people.
Talking about insurance: Isn't that a socialist concept. Every one puts money into a bucket, and when someone needs it, they can use if from that bucket. To me insurance (including health, home, auto, etc.) are all socialistic concept. We have a premium we pay, I have paid my auto premium for years and years, in all I have paid enough to buy two avg. family sedans, but I have never ever claimed a penny. You ask, why? Because I have been a responsible driver, never had an accident, or any reason to clain any thing. Now, my neighbour, who has had two accidents in last 18 months, got the car fixed the first time and totalled it the next time, got his money's worth because he is in his early twenties and has hardly paid premium for more than a couple of years. To me people pay for these plans one way or another, govt. managed are paid in the form of taxes, privatly managed are paid in the form of premiums. Then you still have the ones who do not buy insurance and who pays for them... the govt. (each tax payer). Now tell me if this is not socialism?
Answered By: Apurva - 10/4/2010 |
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Socialism does work in its pure form. In the same sense, Capitalism works well in its pure form. If everyone in the society believes in the same ideas then there is no controversy. The problem with socialism in countries where it has failed is because it is not socialism. The name is used when really they are running more of an oligarchy. The same shows why American capitalism is gradually failing. Human tendencies towards greed and other selfish acts by the few drive down the success of these political systems. In response, governments create laws to protect against the few that are wrecking the system.
The entire process is a never-ending cycle. The only way to create a system that prospers as expected would be to make every person in the society have the same ideologies. This is humanly impossible.
Individuals waiving those signs usually are ignorant about the topics. You are right that we should modify our current system; however, people should not jump to radical conclusions about our society when a small piece of legislation is passed.
Answered By: Charles Clark - 10/4/2010 |
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The promise of (a minor child's) perpetual childhood. No responsibility, not even for yourself
Whining & throwing a fit ... beats working.
Soon enough they discover that their whining is drowned out by everyone else, and instead of having a minuscule voice, now they have none at all.
You never miss the water till the well runs dry.
Answered By: jim s - 10/4/2010 |
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You say : "It hasn't worked for countries that have it."
They say, in a funny voice of course (pinch your nostrils while speaking if you must): "Well, that's not true socialism/communism."
My questions: "Well why wasn't it true socialism? Why didn't it work? Is it because human nature is against the artificial robot-like character that socialists portray humans to be? Why is it that humans are greedy and immoral and, to remedy this, it is necessary that 'un-greedy' and 'moral' humans are needed to control all aspects of their lives? Isn't it the very reason for the establishment of the politician because they had the will to control others? How can it be said that these positions, with the responsibilities in which socialists label them to have, IS moral?"
The reason why socialism never has and never will work, is because humans are humans. Socialism is the polar opposite of what a government should be: that is to protect the individual and their liberties, not to control what is his/hers.
To answer your initial question, I don't know why so many people believe that socialism works. To speculate: I think that as kids they thought that there should be no poor, no hungry, no evil; who didn't as a kid? But when they were told that it was impossible, they covered their ears and tried to get into politics to take from those who "have" in order to give to those, of whom they deem, "have not."
To try to keep from having poor, they try to redefine poor and accordingly the law, and just like a sore loser in a game of hide-and-seek they try to change the rules.
Answered By: That Old Guy - 10/4/2010 |
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The people who want something for nothing believe in socialism of course. No risk involved for them which is indicative of the loss of the work ethic for many, but NOT ALL of us.
Answered By: colorado kid - 10/4/2010 |
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Greece, nor any of the European countries have had socialism yet. They've all had capitalism with some social programs tied in. Canada, nope, that's capitalism too.
Answered By: jessi - 10/4/2010 |
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