And don’t say corruption. We have that in capitalism as well.
Also don’t say parasites too lazy to work taking advantage of the system. We have that in capitalism also. They own mega yachts instead of a shopping cart.
People hear socialism and immediately think Stalin, that’s one problem. Another problem is thinking having a capitalistic system and socialist services are somehow necesarily mutually exclusive.
Capitalism works fine in some area’s. Socialism is needed where it won’t.
Healthcare is a case in point. Everybody needs it when they need it, so there’s really no reason to leave that shit to any “market” and therefore chance.
Investments in public transport, taking care of the livability at the bottom end of the economic ladder are other examples.
Capitalism is dogshit whenever you have deal with things you just can’t, or morally shouldn’t, attach an ROI to.
Basic neccesities (healthcare, including mental healthcare, nutrition, electricity, clothing, heating, water, communication, housing, transport, etc.) should be covered by default.
Then, less basic neccesities (like entertainment, fashion, safe drugs) could be profited from.
Well the downside is they would lose a tiny insignificant amount of profit as they would no longer be allowed to abuse their workforce quite so much. If they actually sat down and did the maths they would work out that it isn’t really worth fighting against it. But a lot of Republicans don’t like it on principle.
That’s why they always come up with hand wavy arguments about the need to incentivise work. You can always see them a mile off because they’re the type that keep yelling about how minimum wage should not be a livable wage, because it discourages people to advance.
I’m assuming you want to abolish money and free markets altogether, because otherwise we’re just talking about capitalism with social safety nets a la most of Europe.
So: Depends. Are we making working voluntary, or are we forcing everyone into jobs they may or may not like?
If it’s the former, then there’s no reason to work jobs that don’t seem interesting or fulfilling. Good luck keeping the garbage service running.
If it’s the latter, then well, economically everything’s great, but the downside is that people will be forced to do jobs they don’t like.
If you DON’T want to abolish money and free markets altogether, then there’s still going to be private property, so then that’s the downside. It’s the exact same one we already have from capitalism. Just less of it, because more capital is redistributed via taxation.
What are the actual downsides to socialism?
And don’t say corruption. We have that in capitalism as well.
Also don’t say parasites too lazy to work taking advantage of the system. We have that in capitalism also. They own mega yachts instead of a shopping cart.
People hear socialism and immediately think Stalin, that’s one problem. Another problem is thinking having a capitalistic system and socialist services are somehow necesarily mutually exclusive.
Capitalism works fine in some area’s. Socialism is needed where it won’t. Healthcare is a case in point. Everybody needs it when they need it, so there’s really no reason to leave that shit to any “market” and therefore chance. Investments in public transport, taking care of the livability at the bottom end of the economic ladder are other examples.
Capitalism is dogshit whenever you have deal with things you just can’t, or morally shouldn’t, attach an ROI to.
Basic neccesities (healthcare, including mental healthcare, nutrition, electricity, clothing, heating, water, communication, housing, transport, etc.) should be covered by default.
Then, less basic neccesities (like entertainment, fashion, safe drugs) could be profited from.
Well the downside is they would lose a tiny insignificant amount of profit as they would no longer be allowed to abuse their workforce quite so much. If they actually sat down and did the maths they would work out that it isn’t really worth fighting against it. But a lot of Republicans don’t like it on principle.
That’s why they always come up with hand wavy arguments about the need to incentivise work. You can always see them a mile off because they’re the type that keep yelling about how minimum wage should not be a livable wage, because it discourages people to advance.
I’m assuming you want to abolish money and free markets altogether, because otherwise we’re just talking about capitalism with social safety nets a la most of Europe.
So: Depends. Are we making working voluntary, or are we forcing everyone into jobs they may or may not like?
If it’s the former, then there’s no reason to work jobs that don’t seem interesting or fulfilling. Good luck keeping the garbage service running.
If it’s the latter, then well, economically everything’s great, but the downside is that people will be forced to do jobs they don’t like.
If you DON’T want to abolish money and free markets altogether, then there’s still going to be private property, so then that’s the downside. It’s the exact same one we already have from capitalism. Just less of it, because more capital is redistributed via taxation.
One name: Stalin!
He’s dead.
Jim.