Socialism, first introduced to the world by Mr. Marx, was quickly rejected and feared by people. But what people should really fear is capitalism, its engine runs on the blood and sweat of all the working class people in the world. Though you might wonder why, as working conditions are good in Canada. But it is important to remember that we, as humans, exist together as a species, and that working conditions vary greatly between country and country. The riches of America are built upon the savaged state of developing and undeveloped countries.
Your privilege is based on the necessity of other people in the world. Most countries in the world are capitalist countries, which is why 30 percent of the world population controls 90 percent of the riches, and why multi-billion companies earn more than some countries. Do all those statistics scare you? Well they should. Now, lets look at socialism. Socialism is basically imperfect communism, where everyone is equal and fair. Is it a bad idea that people who study for eight years in post-secondary school earns the same as people who work at a food distribution center (in an assumed communist country, grocery stores and such do not exist since everything is free), some people say that is unfair, I say it is fair.
People who studied for eight years will be capable of working in a better environment than that of a distribution center. And if you look at it this way, it may be more convincing. Canada is a mixed economy, where health care services are provided by the government, and this is a step towards socialism compared to our neighbours down south. But how about we take it one step further?
Free food for everyone? You may argue that people will start to hoard food supplies, but the truth is, no. People are greedy because of their survival instincts, and therefore it is conditional. When survival is garanteed, people will become tolerant and not greedy, for all you religious people, isn't greed one of the deadliest sins?
Exactly, communism is a step towards perfection, or God. For all you athiests, when people are not greedy and are not worrying about money, the living conditions of people will increase substantially, now does that sound so bad? I don't think so. The problem with people, is that they tend to relate communism to monarchy, the truth is it doesn't have to be that way. Socialism or communism contracts capitalism, while democracy contracts republican.
What does it mean? It means we can be a democracy as well as communism, a multi-partied democratic country that has a communist economy. Do you want to see other people suffer and find in the depth of you conscience that you are the one causing the problem? You are essentially the one who switched on the big engine of capitalism that runs on other people's misery. Just want to give you something to think about, that's all.
