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Socialism, as understood by college kids

Posted by Esteban 10 years, 4 months ago to Culture
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The other night I observed a discussion on the virtues of Socialism in my college class--oddly in an art history course. Students all over the room spoke of Socialism as though it was no more than voluntary sharing of resources between productive people. When I began to ask those uncomfortable questions--who decides what "fair" is, why should a single man work 12 hours for $10 and a single mother work 2 hours for $100, and what happens if you want a digital camera but somebody else *needs* one to feel equal to you... the discussion broke down into chaos.

Young people in college seem to have no idea what actually happens when everyone is FORCED to share.


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