Where are all the conservative socialists in the West?

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[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Why do you call it free when it isn't free? If it were free literally no one would object. The entire controversy revolves around forcing one person to pay for (and in essence work in servitude for-slavery-) the benefit of someone else. This is wrong. It is evil. Setting up an evil system with the excuse that you do it with good intentions is delusional.

[–]IamCleaver[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

"Why do you call it free when it isn't free?" I am not paying for it therefor it is free for me. The people who are paying for it are those who can afford to (at least that is how it should be). A rich person isn't going to starve if you tax him so there is nothing immoral in making him share his wealth with those who need it more. A rich person is a part of the society. A society that has allowed him to get rich. He owes that society for that. Marxists-Leninists would say that we ought to take away all his riches and redistribute them equally. I am more liberal in this regard. I say that as long as the richer people do their duty and support the poorer ones by paying taxes, they should be allowed to keep their wealth as a "reward" for having generated it. Everyone must do their duty for the good of the society as best they can. The poorer ones do their duty by working and the richer do their duty by by managing wealth production and paying taxes.

"forcing one person to pay for the benefit of someone else" If this someone else needs it more, it is our duty to make the rich person share instead of hoarding his wealth for his greedy self.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

A rich person isn't going to starve if you tax him so there is nothing immoral in making him share his wealth with those who need it more.

Nonone is starving. Not in America. Not of poverty. So has your greed skewed your moral compas so much that you think it is ok to take everything away from someone who sacrificed all thier free time working hard to make something of themselves and give it to the most lazy person so they can have all the same things?

[–]IamCleaver[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I am not from north america, but even then not everyone is eating healthy where you live. You have terrible urban environment, very unequal education, NO FREE HEALTHCARE!!!!. In the 21 century it is ridiculous. As long as some person doesn't have access to free healthcare you should bleed the greedy bastards with taxes.

"make something of themselves" The society allowed that him to grow wealthy. No it is time for him to repay his debt.