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@paninid

Great point. A society filled with charities, and people needing charity shows (pretty obviously) that the economy is not working.

@paninid I had a big boss that would always wear high end fashion brands and probably made $$$$.

After we closed on the acquisition of a small company, she said to a small group of us: "You know what I'd like to be? A philanthropist. My work would just be to do good things!"

Younger me was thinking WTF you're rich as hell. But that was also when I realized that whatever she was being paid was nothing compared to her bosses and the truly, truly wealthy.

So yeah, we should tax wealth and make sure no one has to live in poverty.

@paninid Rich people--ie, the owner class--are *desperate* to be seen as benevolent saviours and also will fight with their dying breath to avoid being legally obligated to give their money to the poor.

Trump is just one particularly obvious example of this pathological state.

@paninid
"When I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist."

- Hélder Pessoa Câmara

@paninid

It's what I call the Refrigerator Problem. Socialism works great with one refrigerator in a family.

But as the size of the cohort increases, soon enough, everyone starts in with "that's mine and you can't have it"

Look at these Nordic countries. They were exceedingly kind to many refugees, but now that load on the social network has increased - there is grumbling.

@paninid Yeah that's because when you give to charity you get to decide who deserves help, and if help is offered indiscriminately people of whom one does not approve might get it.

I remember when the ACA was being introduced in the U.S., surveys said white people would rather have less good healthcare coverage themselves if it meant Black people didn't benefit.

@paninid A socialist society doesn't allow to show you are a good person by giving away a small percentage of your earnings.

In a socialist society you would have to *gasp* do some meaningful work to prove it!

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Reminds me of Henning Wehn