The Rich Benefit the Most from Socialism
September 21, 2013 at 4:06 pm
(This post was last modified: September 21, 2013 at 4:13 pm by Koolay.)
We are constantly subjected by media and government that the growing welfare state helps the poor, and decreases income disparity. Trillions and trillions of dollars have been put been involuntarily into the welfare state socialist style programs of the government. The welfare state has grown rapidly throughout recent history in USA. Let's see how well that has worked;
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As you can see, the wealth gap has increased dramatically. Keep in mind, the big social programs started in the 70s. Despite the trillions of dollars put into these programs that are supposedly done to achieve the exact opposite of what this graph shows.
Let's look at anothe example, the UK shows a similar pattern, increase government welfare, has correlated with increased income disparity:
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This should not be surprising, but the more violent and coercive a society becomes, a vacuum of power and wealth is created, naturally. People wanting to use the violence of the state to solve complex social problems are actually doing the opposite of helping solve the problems they claim to want to end. Like the 'war on drugs' has cost billions and billions of dollars, yet recreational drug use has not changed, but increased slightly. You can come up with any scenario, and you will find governments turn anything they touch into shit. Making whatever problem they claim to want to solve, much, much worse.
Take for example the largest governments with virtually no freedom to trade, like Venezuala and North Korea. The leaders live a life of wealth, Hugo Chavez is estimated to be a billionaire while the regular citizens have to stand in line for toilet roll. Kim Jong Un, also estimated to be a billionaire, a long with other high up officials, while other people starve to death.
I feel poor people are constantly entrapped by seductive socialist rhetoric, government welfare is literally a trap for the poor, and all these rich people championing government interference are incredibly sadistic or incredibly ignorant to the facts.
This is all to predictable, using violence to achieve something will achieve the opposite. We all understand this at a local level, like if you want a woman to have sex with you, the very worst thing you can do is to rape her. Or if you want someone to trade with you, the very worst thing you can do is to steal from him. Why do we not get this on an a larger economic level?
As you can see, the wealth gap has increased dramatically. Keep in mind, the big social programs started in the 70s. Despite the trillions of dollars put into these programs that are supposedly done to achieve the exact opposite of what this graph shows.
Let's look at anothe example, the UK shows a similar pattern, increase government welfare, has correlated with increased income disparity:
This should not be surprising, but the more violent and coercive a society becomes, a vacuum of power and wealth is created, naturally. People wanting to use the violence of the state to solve complex social problems are actually doing the opposite of helping solve the problems they claim to want to end. Like the 'war on drugs' has cost billions and billions of dollars, yet recreational drug use has not changed, but increased slightly. You can come up with any scenario, and you will find governments turn anything they touch into shit. Making whatever problem they claim to want to solve, much, much worse.
Take for example the largest governments with virtually no freedom to trade, like Venezuala and North Korea. The leaders live a life of wealth, Hugo Chavez is estimated to be a billionaire while the regular citizens have to stand in line for toilet roll. Kim Jong Un, also estimated to be a billionaire, a long with other high up officials, while other people starve to death.
I feel poor people are constantly entrapped by seductive socialist rhetoric, government welfare is literally a trap for the poor, and all these rich people championing government interference are incredibly sadistic or incredibly ignorant to the facts.
This is all to predictable, using violence to achieve something will achieve the opposite. We all understand this at a local level, like if you want a woman to have sex with you, the very worst thing you can do is to rape her. Or if you want someone to trade with you, the very worst thing you can do is to steal from him. Why do we not get this on an a larger economic level?
The only freedom, is freedom from illusion.
