Socialism
What are Pros and Cons of Socialism? By: Jackson Flack
Background Information
- According to the socialist view, individuals do not live or work in isolation but live in cooperation with one another.
- Furthermore, everything that people produce is in some sense a social product, and everyone who contributes to the production of a good is entitled to a share in it.
- Socialist want to spread wealth instead of people who would work harder for jobs get more money.
- Born of a commitment to remedy the economic and moral defects of capitalism, it has far surpassed capitalism in both economic malfunction and moral cruelty.
- Socialist want everyone to be equal in pay and status.
Examples
- Throughout the Cold War, which pitted the communist Soviet Union and the United States against each other in a struggle for global influence from the early 1950s to 1991, Americans increasingly came to equate both communism and socialism with their enemies.
- The rise of Adolph Hitler’s National Socialist Party and all the horror it wrought was a major public relations crisis for non-extremist socialist parties.
- China established a socialist government after WWII, which put two of the biggest countries in the world socialist, the opposite of what the Americans wanted.
- As many countries around the world were follwing under influence of socialism, Cuba did as well which put one of the closest countries to the U.S. communist.
- Many countries in Western Europe after WWII were either under Soviet control or were Socialist themselves.
Socialist Party Logo
Socialist Party Logo
What Socialism is about
Pros
- A Pro of Socialism is that everyone is equal in getting money causing no real poverty.
- In socialism, you do not need to make tough decisions, but you barely have any decisions.
- In socialism, people who do not work as hard as others get lucky and have the same amount of money as the harder job workers do, this is a benefit to lower level job people.
- Socialism increases workers rights and is more likely to allow more than only two dominate political parties
- Socialized healthcare means that everyone receives the same minimum healthcare, even if unemployed and unable to pay for medical needs.
Cons
- In the process of Socialism, the government tends to tax overwhelmingly.
- Higher taxes means it is much harder for entrepreneurs to start new companies and/or restrict existing companies from being very dynamic.
- A con of Socialism is that you can not earn more money for harder jobs that cause more work, in this case it is worse fot the people who work harder
- Under socialism, the citizens have very few rights and say in the economy or governement.
- Critics of socialism contest that the system limits individuals’ freedom to amass as much money as they can and do with it what they please.
- The government in a Socialistic Government makes all of the decisions for you.
FInal Thoughts
Overall, I think Socialism's cons outweigh the Pros. For example, if I manage a fast food restraunt and I make the same amount of money as someone who is a cashier at one of my restraunts I think that is unfair. Also, I think its unfair that you don't get to make any choices. In this type of government, the government assigns what you should do. I think we should be able to assign ourselves because what if we are not fit for that job they asign us, we would have poor work and not be happy.
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