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Old 11-02-2005, 02:15 PM   #71 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Steven M
Just because socialism would provide more for those who have less and make things more equal doesn't mean that it is a more moral system. The forced charity through socialist taxes isn't charity at all. It is better to have cheerful givers and freedom than to have the government dictate who gets what.
I disagree. If socialism and communism worked, more people would be treated better and that is a good thing. People who do not deserve to be below someone else would not be below them, and that is a good thing.

You say that we should allow charity to help those in need, but charity leaves most people still in need, it leaves many people suffering.

You say that we shouldn't allow government to decide who gets what, but you would suggest that it is better to allow the random distribution of capitalism determine it? When we're deciding a system of economy, does it make sense to say, "We should just randomly allow some people to get whole bunches of money, while most people get very little money?" Or does it make more sense to say, "We should design an economy where everyone gets a fair and equal share of money?"

Remember that this would exactly be corrupt politicans deciding who gets what, it would be a system where money is distributed equally and fairly among the citizens. In the same fashion that capitalism decides who gets money in America, communism would be deciding who gets it in communism. The government only decides that in that they're the ones who decide whether the laws will be capitalist or communist.
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