(August 6, 2011 at 6:50 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: I've always thought the redistributing wealth to be a good thing, to a certain extant.
It does no good if wealthy tycoons simply buy real estate, usually for purposes of converting unreliable cash into reliable tracts of rocks. That money could certainly have been used to fund a company, give seed money, etc, that can feed a growing workforce. That money could've been used for aid programs, ensuring that the most vulnerable do not starve in the motherfucking 21st century.
Many people, including a fair body of wealthy folks, in the US envision redistribution of wealth as "Government takes all your money, makes you live like a rat". The authoritarian Soviets did somewhat contribute to their flawed, extreme idea.
If inequality is to be addressed, I would have thought redistribution of wealth is unavoidable.
What amazes me is that " ordinary " people with not a lot of wealth to be redistributed are so fearful of the idea of socialism!
I do not portray Soviet Russia as the working example of socialism , as Orwell indicated in Writing " Animal Farm ".
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
