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As a filthy, commie bastard, I'm going to have to call bullshit on this. In a capitalist society, money often keeps people from bettering themselves. A perfect example being inner city schools in the U.S. Frankly, they're shit. Broken taxing makes sure they will never get equal education opportunities when compared to a suburban or upper-class area's schools.

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I would estimate that for most people, the vast majority of their wealth is inherited. How many college students pay for their own college, clothes, transportation (because public transportation is for commies!), ect from a young age? Almost none. And because a college education is the foundation for many careers in the U.S., ultimately a large part of one's wealth is inherited indirectly. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but it is a fact. Giving others a chance to better themselves through public institutions ultimately makes society as a whole better.
Also, I don’t thing being wealthy and being poor constitutes being one of the “best” or worst “people.”

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Another reason I like Socialism is because if you make the same amount of money as the next guy, you no longer have to fight just to survive. You would be able to afford a living, and that way, whatever your passion is in life, thats what you can strive for without worrying about any monetary issues. Everyone would be happy, and there would be no more arguments over money.

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There is no physical attribute that makes us different from one another. We all have arms, legs, teeth, and the like. What makes us different is our mentality. And nature has even found a way to balance it out for us in this way too. You see, we may not all be able to crunch a calculus function in a split second, but one might be more superior in other ways. Moral standing, virtue, or other mental abilities all fall in that category.

Therefore, we should all be working together, not against each other, to build a utopia. Where one of us fails, there's always another there to fill any gap.

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I think the problem is that we can all see the path, or have the resources to make the path, but we don't want to create it. We'll continue our blind march because that path works, and it feels good to walk down it. This path is the society we live in today. Capitalism, the system created by your forefathers, given unto the world so that the lucky and the smart will flourish with happy lives, while the dumb and the inept suffer a poor life of poverty. That's my issue with Capitalism.

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There is no utopia. There can never be a utopia. Any ideal society set up by a majority of good intentioned, upright people, will be taken advantage of by the type of person who will seek the easy route above all else. Where the hands of the hard-working forge a path, the lazy and evil will take advantage without offering anything in return.

Until you can get every one of Earth's six billion people to cooperate, it will not happen. And, no matter how noble the goal, six billion people will not cooperate.

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The government should not tell the different between a rich man and a poor man. Same services should be provided.

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What's strange to consider is that Socialism and Capitalism seek the same things. People who believe in Socialism believe that those involved will seek out an economy and a government who benefits everyone. This eliminates competition, no upward or downward mobility... and it leads to a kind of stagnant economy. True capitalism or laissez-faire economics calls for no government intervention in the economy. So following laissez-faire economics... monopolies would exist. Monopolies eliminate competition and allow no room for mobility, thus... stagnation in the economy.

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But monopolies have nothing to do with the way socialism works. They're still selling that product, and they still have a monopoly on it. But rather than maximizing their profit from it, they can have no profit. So now it gives these corporations more incentive to accomodate to the people and spend the money to make their product worth using. If they don't like it, then don't sell the product. There will always be someone who is all about the people.

I've been trying to think of solutions to the various problems that wind up with Socialism. My solution was to come up with a different type of government altogether, and so far it's going pretty good. It isn't shakespeare, but it's really for my personal reference.

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Simply put, I think it is a money-power versus greater good and personal achievement conflict. Many people--especially in the capitalist countries that encourage this--believe that if you have a nice car and house and lots of money and can buy whatever trend that is around, you are happy. However, as I believe, "you can't make your cake and eat it", you have to choose, either material gain or mental gain or even "for the greater good" gain. You really can't have both, at least in my eyes. Of course, this belief is completely un-American and the government will coin this as "terrorism." Since mental gain or doing something for the greater good of society, all of this, apparently seems to be communist-Nazi-jihadist-person-who-blows-up-buildings philosophy, or so my Benz-driving English teacher tells me. But I digress. Many search for material gain, while few--very few--look to better society or do what they as a person like, not they as a consumer.

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am I actually getting the idea from some of you that you think the US is getting worse because of Christians?

do you forget that when the US was founded it was primarily christian and has remained that way since that time?

sure, maybe not all of them are "right wing fundamentalist christians" but the largest portion of people are christian

the idea that Christianity is somehow going to be the downfall is far from the truth. In fact I feel it is the opposite. The rejection of Christianity's morals and values are what is ruining the US.

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I think he forgot that we´re in the 20th century now. Not the early 19th.

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I used to be Ephrion Noirpe

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