| Aeolus451 said: Giving aid to people during disasters is not socialism, that's taking care of your own people or being a good person. The countries you're referring to are not socialist countries. Safety nets are not socialist. Socialist ideals are antithetical to human nature and that's why it doesn't work. People like to own property and keep the things they work for. Humans by nature are meritocratic. Even nature is. |
The premise behind public welfare systems is a socialistic one: that it is the responsibility of society to provide for human needs and well-being. The prevailing application that the modern nation-state might provide thereof is more a paternalistic one than a socialist one (being as the government and population exist as separate entities, in contrast to say in your ancient hunting and gathering communities), but that does not detract from the fact the principle of distribution of resources according to need is still valued by human beings to one degree or another.
Incidentally, in my previous reply, I supplied a link and an additional explanation for my opinion. It would be appreciated if you would try and do the same going forward instead of just repeating unsubstantiated claims again and again as though the repetition renders them more true.
