are you left,right or centre?

[leo-rcc]

One flaw in that argument, I am a socialist and not exactly poor. I pay a whopping amount of taxes and do not complain about it. Okay, I am not Bill Gates either, or the sultan of Brunei. But still.

Leo, what flaw?
I don't know you but I guess you will be pretty close to me on the scale of wealth.
Do you not consider yourself nearer the underclass than the mega rich?
As a socialist, do you not have more affinity for the underclass and do you not want to see capitalism replaced eventually?

I guess that depends on what boundary you set for mega-rich. I am closer to zero than a million dollars, sure. I earn about 2 times the standard income in the Netherlands.

More affinity with the underclass, sure, I have been there so I know how hard it can be.

Capitalism replaced, the Netherlands isn't really a capitalist nation like the U.S. so I am not as gung ho to change our national politics as my more left colleagues. I am more the PVDA than the S.P. to coin the phrase.

But I do concede that the most of the socialists would like the distribution of wealth more evenly than is the case now and rightfully so. But I also see that humans do need an incentive to strive to the best of their ability. Rewards do need to come for a job well done, not because it is a given right. But the split between rich and poor is to great at the moment. So in that aspect you are correct and your argument is not flawed.