Socialism (or communism) seems to me to be systems of government based on greed
and fueled by envy.
Communism and its child/sibling socialism are philosophies that are often
hard to discuss rationally because people get heavily emotionally involved in
these belief systems. Perhaps the reason for this is that so many people have
invested their ‘treasure’ both in worldly goods and belief in these ideas and
if anyone refutes these ideas they are devaluing the treasure that has been
invested in them.
Yet when one takes the time to examine the idea that everyone should have
the same stuff, (goods and services) without all of the emotional baggage, it
becomes very evident that communism is childish or infantile at best and evil
at worst. The reason for this is that not everyone wants, or needs, or deserves
the same things in life. For very young children it may only seem fair that Johnny
doesn’t have a cookie when Timmy doesn’t have a cookie. But adults can easily
understand that if John works every day he has the goods and services he earns
while if Tim refuses (not cannot) to work then he should likewise have what he
has earned which is poverty.
© 2012 Vic Jones
